17-02-2016 22:09 via alaskapublic.org

Bering Sea winter fisheries underway

A tow of pollock is unloaded on the deck of the Sea Prince to be sorted January 11, 2015.
Alaska’s winter fisheries are underway, with trawlers getting in the water January 20.
Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation has boats out in a handful of fisheries said quota manager Anne Vanderhoeven.
“We have about a third of our A season Pollock harvested, so that’s a good sign at this point in the process,” she said February 11. “Hook and line cod has been about nor
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