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Pacific Whiting cooperative seeks an exempted fishing permit to process at sea off California; proposes genetic testing and a 1,500‑salmon cap within existing B
Summary
The Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative told the Pacific Fishery Management Council it intends to apply for an exempted fishing permit to allow at‑sea processing of Pacific whiting between the California–Oregon border and 42°10' north latitude, and proposed full genetic sampling of any salmon encountered.
Representatives of the Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative told the council they intend to submit an application for an exempted fishing permit that would allow at‑sea processing of Pacific whiting in waters between the California–Oregon border and 42°10' north latitude.
Trent Hartnell, president of the cooperative, said the request responds to an ongoing southward shift of whiting biomass that has in some years left substantial portions of the stock in California waters and limited the ability of the at‑sea sectors to harvest without moving into the new area. Hartnell said the fishery today has much higher coordination, observer coverage and a cooperative management system than when California processing was previously prohibited decades ago, and he argued that the…
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