Why no trawl backlash to Dan Sullivan’s proposed bycatch bill?

By: Laine Welch

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: August 13, 2026

Words: 683

Last Updated: 5 days, 1 hour ago

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In May 2024, when then-Congresswoman Mary Peltola introduced a Bycatch Reduction and Mitigation Act and Bottom Trawl Clarity Act, the bills drew immediate backlash.

Peltola, a Democrat, received a letter signed by 53 trawl interests and nationwide fishery stakeholders urging her to withdraw the proposed legislation saying, “These new federal mandates and timelines are utterly unworkable.”

Fast forward to 2026.

In her current campaign to unseat 12-year incumbent Republican Sen. …

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