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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Farm Bureaus & Granges, Food
Mission: To promote orderly and efficient harvest of groundfish, minimization of non-target species bycatch, and responsible management of certain fisheries off alaska through member agreement and research.
Programs: To promote, through the mutual cooperation of its members, the intelligent and orderly harvest of groundfish species in the bering sea, aleutian islands, and gulf of alaska trawl fisheries off alaska; reduce waste and improve resource utilization in these fisheries; reduce the incidental catch of non-target species in the fisheries; to promote the adoption and continued support of resource utilization and conservation agreements and management policies consistent with these objectives; to attend north pacific fishery management council meetings from time to time and to summarize and disseminate information regarding the same; and to facilitate scientific research and publication concerning north pacific fishing issues, particularly those related to the commercial fisheries of the bering sea, aleutian island, and gulf of alaska areas.