Harvesting bycatch is in no way our intention. Some of our members fish a redfish-centric fishery. Our organization, in terms of boats and processing plants, is vertical. We manage to get a value out of the redfish fishery that may not be possible for smaller fishermen who are organized differently. So we have no interest in turning to species that should be bycatch.
On May 23rd, 2024. See this statement in context.