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Article: Pacific Fishery Management Council Includes Processors in Allocations.
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- Business Wire
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- June 16, 2008
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A Fair and Balanced Allocation Included Among Major Changes Planned for Pacific Whiting and Groundfish Fisheries
FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- The Pacific Fishery Management Council voted for their preferred alternative for an Individual Quota Management system. Among many other important details, the Council provided allocation of shore-side whiting and shore-side non-whiting (groundfish) 20 percent to processors and 80 percent to harvesters. Final action on the program will occur at the Council's November meeting. Despite the fact that a few key issues remain unresolved, West Coast seafood processors will continue working with the Council with the expectation that ...