Monday, January 28, 2013
HALIBUT DECLINE SLOWS
The population decline has now slowed and the stock trajectory is relatively flat, with spawning biomass about 5 percent higher than a level which would require a reduction in harvest rate.
– Alaska Dispatch
More:alaskadispatch.com
Washington to fight fish fraud
In Washington, two state agencies are asking for tougher penalties to deter seafood fraud.
– Oregon Public Broadcasting
More:opb.org
Wave power targets Oregon sites
The state of Oregon has adopted a plan laying out four areas for siting wave energy projects so they avoid interfering with fishing, scenic vistas, and sensitive marine habitats.
– Daily Astorian
More:dailyastorian.com
Wear a life jacket or die
Without a life jacket, crab boat crewman succumbed to the effects of the frigid water within three minutes of falling overboard.
– Port Townsend Leader
More:ptleader.com
CG rescues people and dog
The Coast Guard rescued four people and their dog in Southwest Washington this morning after their vessel ran aground.
– Seattle Times
More:blogs.seattletimes.com
Whole Foods pulls sockeye
Whole Foods Market is recalling one lot code of Whole Catch Wild Alaskan Sockeye, cold smoked and sliced, sold in stores in 12 states, because it may contain Listeria Monocytogenes.
– FDA
More:fda.gov
Voyage terminated out of Sitka
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Naushon terminated the voyage of the fishing vessel Snark near Sitka after discovering several safety issues aboard the vessel Friday.
– Coast Guard
More:uscgnews.com
CDQs doing just swell
A state panel has completed its performance review of Community Development Quota organizations, and finds that each of the six group has "maintained or improved its overall performance."
– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy, reporting on his blog: Deckboss
More:deckboss.blogspot.com
Smelt still down
The forecast for Columbia River smelt will be similar to the runs in the past two years.
– Tacoma News Tribune
More:thenewstribune.com
New steel for the Bering Sea
The 184-foot F/V Northern Leader longliner launched on Jan. 26, 2013 at Martinac Shipyard in Tacoma. It and others like it are the future for the fleet.
More:youtube1.com oryoutube2.com oryoutube3.com
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
SOLVE THE BYCATCH DILEMMA
Management goals must include lowering the amount of
king salmon, halibut, and crab that is allowed to be
taken as bycatch.
– Juneau Empire
More:juneauempire.com
Sandy aid: No help for NE fishermen
The U.S. Senate approved a $60 billion Hurricane Sandy disaster relief bill that contained no federal aid for the northeastern groundfishery or several other fisheries that face "economic disasters."
– Portland (Maine) Press Herald
More:pressherald.com
Alaska left out
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich expressed frustration that $150 million for Alaska and other states affected by fisheries' disasters wasn't included.
– Fairbanks News Miner
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More tsunami debris
"We landed on the beach but the skiff was too encrusted with gooseneck barnacles to find a vessel ID plate."
– Living Ocean Society
More:livingoceans.org
Kodiak seeks museum site
The historic salmon seiner was recently renovated and plans to permanently install it near Oscar's Dock on the spit are underway.
– KMXT, Kodiak
More:kmxt.org
Fur seal decline rests on diet
Just like trawlers searching for schools of fish, the fur seals, and birds go to patches – areas where there's a dense school of fish or krill – and eat there.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Stephanie Joyce, reporting for KUCB, Unalaska
More:kucb.org
No fishing first Yukon fish
In an attempt to rebuild what has been a dwindling Chinook run in recent years, the Alaska Board of Fisheries adopted a new regulation that will prohibit king salmon fishing on the first big pulse of fish that hit the Yukon River in early June.
– Fairbanks News Miner
More:newsminer.com
Laine describes halibut decision
Halibut catches weren't slashed as badly as people feared, although they still continue on a downward trend – and the outlook is grim.
– SitNews, Ketchikan
More:sitnews.us
Helping direct marketers
Bristol Bay permit holders who are actively marketing their own fish are invited to promote their direct marketing business on the Bristol Bay Sockeye Facebook page.
– Cordova Times
More:thecordovatimes.com
Calls for seafood traceability
WWF has joined private and public sector leaders in calling for a new global seafood traceability system to give consumers, businesses, and governments full access to information about marine fishing practices.
– The Fish Site
More:thefishsite.com
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
FISH ARE SHRINKING
The reasoning is simple: Harvest only the oldest, fattest members of the population and let young fish live to spawn and contribute to the next generation.
– Nature magazine
More:nature.com
Shrunk fish get eaten
"We found that decrease in size leads to a very large increase in mortality of fish due to predation."
– Australia Broadcasting Corp.
More:abc.net.au
Herring in SF Bay
"It is such an inspiration. There is something electric about a herring run."
– San Francisco Chronicle
More:sfgate.com
Herring in Seymour Canal
Southeast gillnetters will be able to fish for just over a thousand tons of herring in Seymour Canal off Admiralty Island this spring.
– KFSK, Petersburg
More:kfsk.org
Alaska Chinook plan
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has posted its Chinook salmon research plan.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy, reporting on his blog: Deckboss
More:deckboss.blogspot.com
Cod competition in a bikini
National fast-food chains Carl's Jr. and Hardee's launched the new charbroiled Atlantic cod fish sandwich with a little help from a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model.
– L.A. Times
More:latimes.com
New vessel to get most from cod
The Northern Leader is equipped to extract the maximum value from each fish in a slower-paced processing effort.
– Seattle Times
More:seattletimes.com
Keep Nanaimo Harbor's character
Nanaimo's Boat Basin is a working harbor, used by the commercial fishing fleet and by the residents of nearby Protection Island, who have long been able to tie up their boats while they do their shopping in the big city.
– Victoria Times Colonist
More:timescolonist.com
Talking Cook Inlet salmon
The set-netters' proposal suggests several changes to the Kenai River Late-Run King Salmon Management Plan.
– Redoubt Reporter, Soldotna
More:redoubtreporter.wordpress.com
Thursday, January 31, 2013
SELLING OUT GILLNETTERS TO BIG BIZ
Under a veneer of conservation rhetoric, the commission has reallocated salmon, crab, prawns, and now Columbia River Chinook from food fish harvesters to the politically powerful sport industry.
– Crosscut, Seattle
More:crosscut.com
Atlantic cod cut way back
Fishery management officials voted to impose drastic new cuts to the commercial harvest of cod along the Atlantic coast, arguing that the only way to save the centuries-old cod fishing industry was to sharply limit it.
– New York Times
More:nytimes.com
'Top Hooker' isn't what you think
The producers of The Ultimate Fighter are bringing Top Hooker to TV, but it's not as salacious as the title belies – it's a show about fishing.
– Zap2it, online entertainment
More:blog.zap2it.com
Old Believers shun reality TV
Word had gone out that even though it is the National Geographic Channel, the producers' aim may be to sensationalize Old Believer lives as had been done with another religious group, the Hutterites of Montana.
– Homer Tribune
More:homertribune.com
New UAF chief
Curry began fishing full salmon seasons with her father when she was about 14. She continued to fish the summers with her dad through high school, adding halibut fishing to her bag of tricks when she was 16.
– Capital City Weekly
More:capitalcityweekly.com
Bering medical evac
An Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, forward deployed to St. Paul, medevaced a crewmember from the 126-foot fishing vessel North Sea who was reportedly suffering seizure-like symptoms approximately 60 miles southwest of St. Paul.
– Coast Guard
More:uscgnews.com
Good Sam, CG help fishing boat
Coast Guard crews and a good Samaritan assisted the crew of a 70-foot fishing vessel taking on water approximately five miles west of Fairweather Ground.
– Coast Guard
More:uscgnews.com
Crude by rail in B.C.
Opponents of the Northern Gateway pipeline are threatening to turn their sights on CN Rail, as at least one Alberta oil company explores the possibility of transporting oil sands crude to the B.C. coast by rail.
– Vancouver Sun
More:vancouversun.com
Crude by rail in the NW
Three different developers have plans to use docks on Grays Harbor, Wash., to transfer crude oil from trains to ships.
– OPB, Portland
More:opb.org
Victory at sea
Fred Wahl launches its 32nd – and largest – hull on Wednesday. The Reedsport yard had four boats under construction, a record. Here's a video:theworldlink.com
Friday, February 1, 2013
THEY'LL MAKE YOU A STAR!
In a bid to improve their marketing the MSC has launched an outreach project to highlight MSC certified fisheries in the Americas Region by filming the personal stories of those fishermen involved.
– FishNewsEU
More:fishnewseu.com
ASMI vs. MSC
For the last year or so a debate has raged within the Alaska seafood industry about eco-labels and which label is right for Alaska's salmon. Several members of the Alaska Legislature heard one side of the argument.
– DKLG, Dillingham
More:kdlg.org
Tsunami debris gets worse
As our helicopter descends towards the shore, big chunks of white Styrofoam come into view.
– AlaskaPublic.org
More:alaskapublic.org
Experts examine runaway rig
All openings on the Kulluk, including windows and hatches, are also secured and in some cases sealed shut with temporary steel structures to keep the vessel water and weather tight.
– KMXT, Kodiak
More:kmxt.org
Shell makes more money
Royal Dutch Shell said it plans to continue investing aggressively in new projects in the coming years, as it sees a bright future for the oil and gas industry despite economic uncertainties around the world.
– Seattle Times
More:seattletimes.com
Importance of Alaska seafood
The size, scope, and importance of the seafood industry to Alaska's economy was outlined to several lawmakers in Juneau.
– KDLG, Dillingham
More:kdlg.org
Cod cuts drastic
That move, analysts predict, is expected to decimate fishing communities across the region and have a domino effect on seafood processors, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers who all make a living off the water.
– CNN
More:cnn.com
Renewed plant in B.C.
A couple of million dollars worth of renovations and improvements have been made to the village's processing plant, which is now hoping to fill the void in groundfish processing capacity left by the closure of the MacMillan fish plant in Prince Rupert.
– Northern View
More:thenorthernview.com
Freshest fish in Sacramento
Corti Bros. Market is selling an innovative new product, Frozen At Sea wild king salmon, for $15 to $20 a pound, depending on cut and occasional sales.
– Sacramento Bee
More:blogs.sacbee.com
Alaska Fisheries Report
Coming up this week, the IPHC says how many halibut you can catch, the state Legislature weighs in on Frankenfish, and no Yukon kings for you! All that, plus, Can't we all just get along?
– KMXT, Kodiak
More:kmxt.org
