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...delegation deserves our industry's thanks for responding to the concerns of coastal fishermen. Steve Fish, Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association Kelly Harrell, Alaska Marine Conservation Council Dale Kelley, Alaska Trollers Association Eric...
...overall, but would have resulted in smaller catch in Areas 2A, 2B, 3A and 3B, and a larger one in 2C. Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association Executive Director Linda Behnken, who served as conference board co-chair, said she thought...
...it's a way to preserve the investments they made in quota in the 1990s, said Linda Behnken from the Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association.In 1995, the charter sector was taking 9 percent of the combined charter and commercial catch...
...Both commercial and charter representatives said the final action represented a loss for their industry. Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association Executive Director Linda Behnken said the final action represented a loss for commercial vessels...
...Dersham is a "double dip" by the charter fleet that longliners "can't live with," said Linda Behnken of Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association. Behnken pointed to the council analysis that showed Southeast quota holders have seen their share...
...measures at low levels of abundance and a need for economic analysis. Linda Behnken, executive director of Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association, said NMFS could have resolved the issues that it sent back to the council. Most notably, she...
...of no consequence, in the back of their minds they're thinking it may be a consequence," said Don Lane, a longline fishermen of almost 30 years.In the past when exploitable halibut stocks had been in abundance, the effect of taking big...
...basis for a suit. That could soon change, he said. Mezirow said he was not pointing any fingers at commercial longline fishermen, but from his perspective, a suit should allege that the political process for allocating fish was not properly...
...several regional harvester organizations, among them the Upper Cook Inlet Driftnetters Association, the Alaska Longline Fishermen?s Association and the North Pacific Fisheries Association. According to paperwork Shelton submitted, Alaska Department of Fish...
...drift gill net fisherman in Oregon and in 1985 he moved to Kenai where he worked as a commercial drift gill net and longline fisherman until retiring in August 2007. Mr. Rogerss was a member of the American Legion Post No. 20, AmVets Post N...