The Alaska Board of Fisheries and the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (CFEC) have created a joint committee to recognize the need to change the regulatory system to support the herring roe fishery and benefit the seafood industry.
The value of Alaska's herring roe fisheries has declined since the 1990s. The regulatory structure was initially designed to support most of the harvest for herring roe; however, this structure must change to create higher-value markets and uses for…
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