Sea State Inc

What Does Sea State Do?

What We Do
Who We Are

What We Do

Fishing companies and cooperatives share their real-time data with Sea State, which then serves as a trusted third party for communicating bycatch patterns. This helps the industry minimize bycatch while maximizing fishing efficiency. Sea State’s bycatch avoidance programs are unique globally and a key factor for Bering Sea fishing sustainability

Who We Are

Sea State is an independent consulting company specializing in third-party communication with fishing industries and cooperatives for bycatch avoidance. Sea State is a small team including our database expert Eric Torgerson, and data and policy analysts Steve Martell and Merrill Rudd.

History: Sea State was founded by Karl Haflinger who had experience working in both fishing and fisheries science. He saw a need for bycatch patterns to be more broadly communicated at a faster speed. With a strong foundation of trust with fishing companies and cooperatives, he built Sea State as an independent contractor to provide clients with supplementary information services, technical support, and data and policy analysis beyond what could be provided by government databases and scientists.

Clients

30 management sectors

185 fishing vessels

Raw data from 2000 - present

>50,000 annual fishing events

Services

What We Offer

Technical Support

Quota Tracking

Time-Area Closures

Bycatch Alarms

Weekly Reporting

Rolling hotspot Closure Program

Welcome to Sea State Inc

Sea State is an independent consulting company specializing in third-party communication with fishing industries and cooperatives for bycatch avoidance.

Working process

Fisheries Bycatch Avoidance Programs

Fisheries Information Services

Technical Support

Data and Policy Analysis

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01 Info Services

Fishing companies and cooperatives grant Sea State access to their real-time data to provide third-party communication on bycatch patterns. Information streams include the NOAA observer program data, catch accounting, electronic fish tickets, VMS, and much more.

02 Technical Support

Sea State tracks quota and bycatch through a website portal, sends automated bycatch alarms, and provides weekly reporting. Sea State also implements AFA pollock IPA agreements, including rolling hotspot closures for in-season salmon bycatch avoidance and closure violation notices.