Help save Alaska's Bering Sea!

Something fishy is happening in the waters of Alaska, and it has a lot of animals starving for a solution – and fast! That’s because factory fishing ships are taking too many fish out of the sea—and putting the fishery and the ecosystem on the verge of a total collapse.
It’s up to YOU to speak up and help put food back in the mouths of animals like the northern fur seal and endangered Steller sea lion. With your help—sweet relief will taste so good.
Take Action >> Tell the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council to regulate factory trawlers and mandate that amount of pollock caught in 2009 must be cut in half and marine reserves must be established to protect critical habitats.

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Dear North Pacific Fisheries Management Council,

It has come to my attention that the eastern Bering Sea pollock stock appears to have declined 50% since last year.  This is particularly alarming due to the vital role that pollock plays in the Bering Sea ecosystem, as a food source for depleted fur seals and endangered Steller sea lions.

When you meet in December, I urge you to set a catch limit that will reverse the decline of pollock stocks and provide for the needs for all species that depend on pollock as their prey. Rebuilding pollock stocks will serve the long term interests of Alaska's fishing industry and coastal communities.

I also urge you to suspend the roe fishery.  With pollock stocks in trouble, it makes no sense to deliberately take tons of pregnant females before they release their eggs.

In general, a more precautionary, ecosystem-based approach is needed to prevent declines of this nature.  Marine reserves are a valuable tool to enable degraded habitats to recover, and to rebuild fish populations.  They can also serve as experimental controls which help increase understanding of the impacts of climate change.

Decisive action is needed now to prevent one of the largest fisheries collapses in history, with far reaching ecological and economic implications.

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