Many of the low value species targeted by draggers are taking huge amounts of super valuable halibut. Also note the chronic offenders. Tows refers to the actual number of observed tows. American No.1 with a 20% bycatch rate for junk fish like arrowtooth is terrible, and the American No.1 has huge capacity. Survival rate for these halibut is next to zero.
Source: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/2012/pscinfo.htm
Keep yer head down and yer flippers wet.
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Is the Pacific Star the same ship that struck that blue whale in California while doing (unpermitted) surveys for the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative (MLPAI)?
It's my understanding that the Pacific Star is owned by Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation.
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/12/21/18633296.php
Not the same boat.
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