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SECTION C 

 Sunaav MavSl 1992 

 Tne Sealiie Tirres 

 Seame Posi-lnieiiigence- 



ng for answer) 



•Pollock season at hand, 

 but factory-trawler fleet 

 is facing stormy seas 



< Tom Brown 



f factory trawlers. 65 

 and process fish, are 

 n Islands for the opening 



worlds nchest 

 jic of ihe Nonh Pacific Fisherv Manage- 

 I s decision to guarantee, for the first 

 1 35 percent ol Ihe pollock caich will be 

 d onshore in AJaska. compared with aboul 25 



r Roben Higgs of Seanie 



The potiock-«itoc«tWn pUn Is • doubt* wttanwny tor Rovsl S««loods. It« 

 CAiC^M and Its onshor* op«ratwns « Pt*r BO kn &««ttl« - untlks mo** In 



■llocsrOon batOs. 



Ill b« hurt by lowsr 

 prtU not b«n«t)L 



Larry Coner and Ron Hegge. proponents of 

 re proc^Siors. expire 

 Speculation is that the council will approve cuning 

 : allocation to (aaory trawlers from 65 penxnt this 

 60 ptrcent next year and 55 percent in 

 19&4 



The fundamental problem - one eveniuaify 

 reached in every open-access fishery - is too much 

 expensive equipment seeking too few ftsh. Despite its 

 amazing pnxluctivity. the Benng Sea pollock fishery. 

 ai current catch levels, just isn't big enough to 

 support both the faaory trawlers and the onshore 

 plants to the extent eaoi would like. 



Ethe • 



iingle fishery No one 

 lany pollock there are. whtch is 

 managing the fishery. I 



knows for sure h 

 pan of the probl 



n nought done b 



be renewed at a counal meeting June 23 

 I special meeiing Aug 3 in Juneau, (he 



IS. or more than 3 billion pounds 

 provide every pcrvwi in ihe U S a 



Please see FISH on C 2 



