AP: Alaska conflict grows over trawling and bycatch
Salmon declines in western Alaska are fueling disputes over pollock trawling and its bycatch, with Indigenous communities and small fishers saying they bear the costs.
THE BERING SEA (AP) — Alaska pollock is the second-largest fishery on Earth and supplies everything from McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish sandwiches to fish sticks and imitation crab. The fishery uses methods that it — and McDonald’s — say are aimed at minimizing environmental impacts, but the nets that catch pollock catch other marine life, too.