With a lot more Alaska pollock to fill trawlers’ nets this winter, Pacific Northwest whitefish suppliers are focused on bolstering demand both in the United States and abroad after a few years of getting by with less.
Back in December, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council set the 2011 total allowable catch for Bering Sea pollock at 1.25 million metric tons, up 54 percent from 2010. Federal scientists the previous month reported that the Bering Sea pollock biomass had rebounded significa…