A new study uses spatial models to precisely map how Pacific cod prey on commercially important snow and southern Tanner crabs in the eastern Bering Sea.
Scientists explored the effectiveness of shore-based observers in place of at-sea observers in a high-volume trawl fishery. They also developed a structured approach to evaluate shoreside monitoring programs in fisheries that lack at-sea human observers.
Pacific cod fishing communities with few alternative job opportunities and high unemployment are more vulnerable when Pacific cod are less accessible. This is especially true for communities in the southeastern Bering Sea.
