Action Agenda :: Summary
Fishing sustainably:
Charter fishing requires two things to succeed – a sustainable resource and regulations that support a predictable, sustainable industry.
SEAGO stands for both.
The charter fishing industry is facing a potential perfect storm:
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Halibut – We are facing a potentially permanent reduction to a one-fish limit by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. read more…
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Salmon – The 2008 renegotiations of the U.S.-Canada treaty cuts the Chinook allocation for Southeast Alaska by 15%. This winter’s Board of Fisheries meeting will decide our Chinook plan for 2009-2011 with potentially devastating effects on our businesses and the local economies we support - unless we come up with creative solutions. read more…
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Demersal Shelf Rockfish – This issue is a sleeping giant – with potential large-scale area closures to both halibut fishing and mooching for salmon. The Board of Fisheries will take up DSR at the winter 2009 meeting. read more…
We all have a stake in conservation. The question is how to sustain charter fishing within a conservation framework. One wrong decision, even unintentionally, could be devastating. Three wrong decisions in the next 12 months will bring the end to many charter businesses in Southeast Alaska and major economic loss to our communities.