Monday, January 15, 2024

A momentous court case

How the Boldt decision 50 years ago remade Pacific
Northwest fishing.

Video: The right to fish, Boldt decision, and Washington salmon recovery

With satisfactory weather, Kodiak Tanner crab fishery opens

Total allowable catch recommended for Cook Inlet EEZ salmon fishery under federal management

U.S. Department of Justice sides with Metlakatla, Alaska, in expanded fishing rights case

Disaster determination issued for Squaxin Island Tribe Puget Sound fall chum salmon fishery

A fight over a fishing regulation could help tear down the administrative state

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Price agreement at Kodiak

The Tanner crab season starts on schedule.

No commercial fisheries in 2023 for fall chum or coho salmon, Yukon season summary says

Petersburg assembly to consider letter to state requesting disaster declaration for Southeast Alaska fisheries

Wrangell moorage rates could rise for uninsured boats

Researcher finds warming climate is making juvenile Skeena sockeye grow larger

Bellingham and Whatcom County fishermen preserve tradition amid
declining industry

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Juneau watch

As the Alaska Legislature begins a new session, an Anchorage lawmaker introduces a resolution opposing orca bycatch.

‘Traditional knowledge’ incorporated into Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting
in Kodiak

Trident Seafoods ending its National Fisheries Institute membership

ASMI announces ongoing partnership with ‘esteemed group of chefs’

Energy risks grow for land-based salmon farming in British Columbia

Invasive European green crabs threaten Northwest shellfish industries

Case brought to Supreme Court by herring fishermen may gut federal
rulemaking power

Thursday, January 18, 2024

Copper River salmon forecast

This year’s commercial harvest is predicted to be nearly
1.3 million sockeye.

‘Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak

Collapse of herring fishery near Vancouver tied to development

Unsettled Pacific Ocean offers few clear indicators for salmon success in 2024

The ancient back story of the slimiest animal in the sea

Opinion: Unpacking contradictions in Alaska’s hatchery debate

Friday, January 19, 2024

Shutting down Chinook bycatch

Tribal organizations have submitted an emergency petition to “institute a cap of zero on any further Chinook salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands pollock trawl fishery.”

San Francisco fishing crews head to sea as delayed Dungeness crab season opens

Dungeness crab season gets underway amid hope for relief in commercial
fishing fleet

Alaska Sea Grant offers ‘lunch and learn’ on tax tips for fishermen

B.C. trawlers dump thousands of salmon, depleting orca food source, wildlife protection group says

Port of Seattle spotlights ‘standout features’ of new factory trawler Arctic Fjord

Opinion: To salmon, indigenous tribes, and conservationists, Newsom says let them eat almonds