Could a new commercial jig fishery for magister “armhook” squid help open new markets for small-boat commercial fishermen in Southeast Alaska, and benefit ocean species that are bearing the effects of climate change?
Richard Yamada, a long-time Juneau-based recreational fisherman and fisheries management leader, is presenting those questions with two proposals that he authored for the Alaska Board of Fisheries’ upcoming Southeast Alaska finfish and shellfish regulatory meeting in Ketchikan.
The seven-member board, which sets…
