Charlie Wilber

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Charlie Wilber has been fishing out of Sitka for 36 years, 30 of them in the halibut longline fishery. He is a member of the Alaska Longline Fisherman's Association, and sits on the board of directors of Seafood Producers Cooperative, for which he spent 4 years as chair.

Fish council must strike a better balance on halibut bycatch

OPINION: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's recent vote to reduce the trawl fleet's bycatch in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island region is smoke and mirrors.

By Charlie Wilber●

June 11, 2015 at 5:50 pm