In Scrap 26, I explained that Unfinished Biomass doesn't actually factor directly into the math driving this fishery, but is conceptually linked to the threshold level (below which fishing won't happen). What I didn't make clear is the jurisdictional reason for this flimsiness: while
A new ADF&G report imagines that these are unparalleled times for herring abundance in Sitka. Can they really claim that?
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... about herring spawning season as I witnessed it this year in Sitka...
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Tales from the Channel Light...
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The Herring Revitalization Committee and "The Restructuring of the Alaska Herring Resource"
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OR Swim Bladders of The Sky
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OR A Short History of Herring Counting in Sitka pt 2
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OR: A Short History of Counting Herring in Sitka pt 1
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herring hearings of the Alaska Board of Fish
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OR: “Courtroom Confusion About Models, Experts, and Accountability"
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OR: The Risks and Rewards of Counting More Herring Than Ever
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Welcome to a new year and a new season of herring scraps, my serial herring historiography e-letter, broadcasting from this new location (previous herring scraps were email only, in August 2022). Today I’m picking up at herring scrap 16. When I last sent a herring scrap to email subscribers,