It is looking likely that 2016 will be a good year for Alaska pollock, the largest fishery in the United States.
The pollock season began on 20 January with an annual quota of 1.34 million metric tons (MT) for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands, this was several hundred thousand tons less than federal fishery scientists determined can be sustainably harvested.
In addition, there was a near 30 percent increase in the total allowable catch (TAC) in the Gulf of Alaska to 257,852 MT. At the same time…
