Monday, January 2, 2012
Holiday - No Fishwrap
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Huge herring die off
Norwegians have been left puzzled at the sight of thousands of dead herring carpeting a beach in the northerly district of Nordreisa with some wondering if a predator had driven them to their death or a storm had washed them ashore.
– The Guardian, U.K.
More:www.guardian.co.uk
Kodiak fisherman medevaced
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced an injured fisherman from a 57-foot fishing vessel near Kodiak Island Sunday.
Coast Guard Sector Anchorage watchstanders received a call over VHF-FM channel 16 at 1:42 p.m. from the crew of the Kodiak-based fishing vessel Captain Kidd reporting that a 27-year-old crewman broke his arm after it became caught in an anchor line.
– Coast Guard
More:www.d17.uscgnews.com
Cal ocean reserve begins
Starting today (Jan. 1), fishing will be halted or limited in some 15 percent of Southern California's most bountiful ocean waters under a new landmark environmental protection initiative.
– Contra Costra Times
More:www.contracostatimes.com
Guide for Alaska fishing rookies
"The Big Bucks Guide to Commercial Fishing in Alaska," was the result. It is the subtitle that holds the real story, though: "How to run away to Alaska, Work Harder than You Ever Thought Possible and Perhaps Even Get Paid."
– KMXT, Kodiak
More:www.kmxt.org
Canada buys back salmon permits
The first round of a two-year, $28.5 million license retirement program has been launched by the Government of Canada, Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, recently announced. The program aims to enhance the economic viability of the commercial Chinook troll fishery off the West Coast of Vancouver Island.
– FIS
More:www.fis.com
New look in satcom field
Inmarsat the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has begun the process of including its subsidiary companies within a new organizational structure that will align the Inmarsat business more closely to core vertical market segments and continue to support both direct and indirect distribution of its services.
– Sacramento Bee
More:www.sacbee.com
Fighting fish fraud
Cheaper DNA testing technology is making it easier than ever for regulators and seafood firms to crack down on seafood mislabeling.
– Vancover Sun
More:www.vancouversun.com
Taku forecasts
The U.S. allowable catch of large Taku River king salmon is 6,703 fish, says this state forecast.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy writing in his blog: Deckboss
More:deckboss.blogspot.com
Top 2011 Alaska fish stories
Alaska’s seafood industry continued its mission to ramp up its message to policy makers, especially those from rail belt regions who tend to overlook its economic significance.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Laine Welch writing in SitCom, Ketchikan
More:www.sitnews.us
Cal pier open for crab
The Trinidad Pier will be open for crab season, hoisting the freshly caught crustaceans out of boats and across gaps in the partially constructed new pier to waiting trucks.
– Eureka Times Standard
More:www.times-standard.com
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
CHINA TOP TRADER WITH ALASKA
China will emerge as Alaska's top export customer for 2011 when final trade statistics are counted for the last two months of the year, state officials say.
– Anchorage Daily News
More:www.adn.com
Klamath River sealed off
The mouth has been sealed off in the past, but local researchers and fishermen believe this is the first time the mouth has closed at this time of year.
– Crescent City Triplicate
More:www.triplicate.com
Repopulating otters
Sea otters were extirpated by the fur trade from most of Alaska by the late 1800s.
– SitNews, Ketchikan
More:www.sitnews.us
Winter herring fishery unwise
The winter herring fishery underway in the Strait of Georgia has alarmed some conservationists, with some scientists worrying that local resident herring populations could be damaged.
– Vancouver Sun
Read more:www.vancouversun.com
Rationalization studied
Several fisheries in Alaska have been privatized with both positive and negative results. Kodiak is being used as a case-study for some research that was outlined at the most recent Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium in Anchorage.
– KDLG, Dillingham
More:kdlg.org (Scroll down)
Tanker headed for Nome
A Russian tanker that plans to deliver petroleum products to the iced-in Alaska city of Nome has passed a Coast Guard check and been approved to operate in U.S. waters.
– Anchorage Daily News
More:www.adn.com
New salmon farming standards
A ceiling of 200,000 fish per cage will be set as a maximum under new regulations for fish farming announced by the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries.
– The FishSite
More:mail.google.com
Wild Atlantic salmon
More than 3,100 salmon returned to the Penobscot River, the most since 1986, and nearly 200 ascended the Narraguagus River, up from the low two digits just a decade ago.
– New York Times
More:www.nytimes.com
Atlantic halibut banned
All fishing for halibut around Iceland will be banned from 1st January amid ongoing stock decline.
– IceNews
More: www.icenews.is
Thursday, January 5, 2012
ICE MOVING IN ON CRABBER
Sea ice is moving south - rapidly. That's a concern for boats heading out to catch snow crab.
– KUCB, Unalaska
More:www.kucb.org
D. crab to be costlier
The season opening crab price agreement between most commercial crab fishermen and processors will expire on January 5th, and many expect the laws of supply and demand will kick-in.
– KCBY, Coos Bay
More:www.kcby.com
One fish = $736,000
This tuna is worth savoring: It cost nearly three-quarters of a million dollars.
– San Francisco Chronicle
More:www.sfgate.com
New ASMI slogan in Japan
The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute has recently changed its marketing plan and slogan for the Japanese market.
– KMXT, Kodiak
More:www.kmxt.org
Fight to ban sturgeon nets
The Coastal Conservation Association is calling for an end to the winter sturgeon gillnet season in the lower Columbia River to reduce handling of the dwindling population.
– The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.
More:www.columbian.com
New Taku task force
Will development of the Tulsequah Chief Mine harm Taku River fisheries? Thursday night marks the first meeting of a task force created to seek out and address potential threats.
– Juneau Empire
More:juneauempire.com
Can state afford fish management?
I'm starting to wonder if Washington state's budget problems mean it will no longer be able to co-manage natural resources with the treaty tribes.
– Billy Frank Jr. for IndianCountryToday
More indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
Alaska economy promising
Even while the nation has been mired in a recession and its aftermath over the last several years, Alaska has mostly been adding jobs.
– Juneau Empire
More:juneauempire.com
Trawl ratz's first birthday
The first anniversary of the groundfish catch share management system launched last January is on the horizon, and reviews - while still decidedly mixed – are steering toward guardedly optimistic tradewinds.
– Newport News
More:www.newportnewstimes.com
Salmon back to Sacramento
After four long years of record-low numbers, the fall-run chinook salmon population surged back from the ocean this year, once again filling the Sacramento Valley's rivers on their spawning run.
– Sacramento Bee
More:www.sacbee.com
Friday, January 6, 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KAKE!
The city of Kake will celebrate its 100th anniversary this weekend. The three-day festivities include reflections on not only the community's history, but also its culture.
– KCAW, Sitka
More:www.kcaw.org
Herring on SF market
After a month in which it was difficult to track down sufficient quantities of fish, a sizable amount of herring was landed last night.
– SF Weekly
More:blogs.sfweekly.com
B.C. herring fishery targeted
The winter herring fishery underway in the Strait of Georgia has alarmed some conservationists, with some scientists worrying that local resident herring populations could be damaged.
– Vancouver Sun
More:www.vancouversun.com
More on seine buyback
Deckboss hears the new buyback list looks very similar, in terms of permit numbers and dollar amounts, to the one generated with the first auction.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy writing in his blog: Deckboss
More:deckboss.blogspot.com
Taku protection group begins
The eight-member Taku River Fact-Finding Task Force kicked off its year-long mission to provide facts on the river to Alaska's decision makers.
– Juneau Empire
More:juneauempire.com
NMFS chief gets new job
"I'm pleased to announce that I've chosen Eric Schwaab, assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries, to serve as NOAA's acting assistant secretary of commerce for conservation and management, a position left vacant by the departure of Dr. Larry Robinson in November 2011."
– NOAA press release
More:www.noaanews.noaa.gov
Nome tanker problems
The tanker had to return to port in the Aleutian Islands because of a bad valve.
– Anchorage Daily News
More:www.adn.com
Alaska Fisheries Report
Coming up this week, ASMI changes its slogan in Japan AND looks to South America as a potential customer; IFQs were one of the topics of the recent Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium, and a seasoned skipper writes a book of advice for greenhorns looking to break into Alaska fisheries.
– KMXT, Kodiak
More:www.kmxt.org
Halibut meeting in late January
The International Pacific Halibut Commission is meeting Jan. 24-27 in Anchorage to consider this slate of recommended catch limits for the 2012 season.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy writing in his blog: Deckboss
More:deckboss.blogspot.com
