Monday, February 4, 2013
BERING ICE REACHES SOUTH
Sea ice pushing south towards the Pribilof Islands could interfere with the snow crab fishery in coming days.
– KUCB, Unalaska
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Farmed salmon tops in B.C.
Farm-raised salmon has once again topped the list as British Columbia's most valuable seafood.
– FishNewsEU
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Disease-farm salmon sold
Salmon exposed to a deadly virus pose no risk for Canadian exports being sold to the United States.
– CBC
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Costs of rig's rampage
In a prepared presentation, Shell's Chief Executive Officer, Peter Voser, played down the company's many mishaps in Alaska last year.
– AlaskaPublic.org
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Dutch Harbor prepares for big ship
When it finally arrives in Unalaska, the Shin Onoe will be one of the biggest vessels to ever stay in port here.
– AlaskaPublic.org
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Eavesdropping sporties
A potential legal showdown is brewing between United Fishermen of Alaska and the Kenai River Sportfishing Association.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy, reporting on his blog: Deckboss
More:deckboss.blogspot.com
NE fishermen against Pebble
The challenge facing commercial fishermen in Bristol Bay is not how to cope with a shortage of fish, as is the case in several high-profile fisheries in New England.
– Rhode Island News
More:ecori.org
Dillingham dredging
The Alaska District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is conducting research prior to releasing a solicitation for a maintenance dredging program at the Port of Dillingham.
– Dredging Today
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Unalaska tanner quota caught
The 35,000 pound Tanner quota was expected to be fully harvested, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Unalaska.
– Pacific Fishing magazine contributor Jim Paulin, writing in the Dutch Harbor Fisherman
More:thedutchharborfisherman.com
Test drive do-it-yourself energy audits
Volunteers are needed to test drive some new money-saving methods for do-it-yourself' energy audits on fishing boats.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Laine Welch, writing in SitNews, Ketchikan
More:sitnews.us
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
TSUNAMI TRASH BUILDS UP
Only five items of debris in Alaska from the 2011 Japan tsunami have been officially identified by federal officials, but coastal watchdogs say the debris items already number in the thousands or millions and worry there'll be little funding to clean it up.
– Anchorage Daily News
More:adn.com
Feds deny road for the sick
The nearly thousand people who live in the village of King Cove want the 9 mile road to give medical patients a land link to nearby Cold Bay and its all-weather airport.
– Seattle Times
More:seattletimes.com
Stop taking herring
"King salmon need food, they need the herring. Stop harvesting the herring for commercial use."
– SitNews, Ketchikan
More:sitnews.us
Killing off baitfish
"There used to be fish for everybody. You'd run into immense schools."
– Daily Astorian
More:dailyastorian.com
More fish in preserve
A new NOAA research report finds that both fish populations and commercial and recreational anglers have benefited from "no-take" protections in the Tortugas Ecological Reserve in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
– Science Daily
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No dams to benefit Klamath
A federal report says removing four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River in Oregon and California and restoring ecosystems will produce a big increase in salmon harvests and boost farm revenues.
– Eureka Times Standard
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Frankenfish labeling to be voted on
"The fishing industry doesn't even want genetically engineered salmon approved. But if it's approved, at least give them labeling to protect the identity, the integrity, and the value of the wild salmon industry that we have here — the commercial fishing industry."
– PRI
More:pri.org
Looking at excess escapement
In advance of the hearing, the department has provided the committee a report titled Salmon Escapement in Excess of Goals.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy, reporting on his blog: Deckboss
More:deckboss.blogspot.com
Protecting salmon lands
Coastal America selected the Alaska partnership to receive this national award for its outstanding efforts to voluntarily conserve more than 6,000 acres of coastal habitat important to Pacific salmon and other wildlife.
– SitNews, Ketchikan
More:sitnews.us
Peddling Alaska's fish
Alaska's seafood industry is the state's largest private employer and its largest export market.
– Juneau Empire
More:juneauempire.com
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
FAMOUS GUY AGAINST PEBBLE
The ad features NRDC trustee, environmental activist and actor Robert Redford, who calls on President Obama to protect Bristol Bay.
– Switchboard
More:switchboard.nrdc.org
Washed up skiff from Japan
Scientists say a 30-foot boat that washed ashore on Gleneden Beach on the central Oregon coast appears to be debris from the March 2011 Japan tsunami.
– KMTR
More:kmtr.com
No tsunami on coast
The National Weather Service says there is no threat of a tsunami in Hawaii, Alaska, or the U.S. West Coast after a powerful earthquake struck in the South Pacific.
– KTOO, Juneau
More:ktoo.org
Cal may list great whites
They are the most feared predator in the ocean, but the state of California thinks great white sharks might need a little protection of their own.
– San Jose Mercury News
More:mercurynews.com
Conservation, not allocation
We need to focus on restoring salmon populations to abundance – mostly by restoring and protecting their habitat – instead of fighting battles over who gets to catch how many fish.
– Bellevue (Wash.) Reporter
More:bellevuereporter.com
Spend more money for sporties
As the biggest, sport fishing deserves most of the money spent on what we want.
– Victoria Times Colonist
More:timescolonist.com
Cruise sewage bill to Senate
Legislation to lower pollution standards approved in a 2006 citizen's initiative, allowing for release of millions of gallons of cruise ship sewage and wastewater into Alaska waters, has passed the House and is heading for the Senate.
– Cordova Times
More:thecordovatimes.com
Canada not ready for B.C. oil ships
The Harper government's disaster planning has not kept pace with proposals to greatly expand oilsands exports from B.C. ports using supertankers.
– Vancouver Sun
More:vancouversun.com
Europeans stiffen fish rules
The European Union parliament on Wednesday pushed for a drastic reform of fishing policy in a landmark vote seeking to end decades of overfishing that have decimated many of the stocks in Atlantic and Mediterranean EU waters.
– Seattle Times
More:seattletimes.com
Giant ship in Dutch Harbor
The 1000-foot Shin Onoe and her crew of about 20 arrived Monday around 4 pm – about two hours earlier than the response team had originally planned.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Stephanie Joyce, reporting for KUCB, Unalaska
More:kucb.org
Thursday, February 7, 2013
DEADLINE AGAINST FRANKENSALMON
Most consumers don't care if their salmon is farm-raised or caught wild salmon, but what happens when genetic modifications are added into the mix?
– Medill Reports, Chicago
More:news.medill.northwestern.edu
Medevaced to Kodiak
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a fisherman from the fishing vessel New Venture in the Shelikof Strait 95 miles west of Kodiak.
– Coast Guard
More:www.uscgnews.com
Guilty! Fishing in U.S. waters
Two commercial crab harvesters from Delta, B.C., have been fined a total of $27,000 and banned from participating in the Boundary Bay commercial crab fishing industry for 10 years, after pleading guilty to offences related to harvesting crab in American waters.
– Market Wire
More:www.marketwire.com
Bristol Bay review disappoints
A decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to further review and add to information gathered for the Bristol Bay watershed assessment is being greeted with disappointment and dismay by those opposed to a massive copper mine.
– Cordova Times
More:www.thecordovatimes.com
Plastic everywhere
The final count: 3,489 pieces of larger "macrodebris," microscopic plastic pieces in every water sample, and 66,077 small but visible pieces.
– The Oregonian
More:www.oregonlive.com
Against Shasta Dam heightening
Other potential water supplies, including conservation and efficiency measures, could produce far more water at far less cost than the proposed project.
– American Rivers
More:www.americanrivers.org
Legislature quiet on Pebble
There have also been calls to let the current regulatory process play out.
– KDLG, Dillingham
More:kdlg.org
Massive ship leaves Dutch
The Shin Onoe cargo ship has left Unalaska ahead of schedule, and without incident.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Stephanie Joyce, reporting for KUCB, Unalaska
More:kucb.org
New name on Fish Board
Gov. Sean Parnell has chosen Fairbanks resident Reed Morisky to replace Bill Brown on the state Board of Fisheries.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy, reporting on his blog: Deckboss
More:deckboss.blogspot.com
Hatcheries face suit
The Trinity River and Mad River hatcheries are also accused of “direct take” due to the practice of collecting fish for breeding.
– Crescent City Triplicate
More:www.triplicate.com
Friday, February 8, 2013
MIXING OIL AND (Arctic) WATER
In the meantime, questions are multiplying about the adequacy of existing oil spill response technology to deal with arctic conditions.
– Alaska Public Radio
More:alaskapublic.org
Guv worries over end to Arctic drilling
Gov. Sean Parnell says that if Arctic offshore exploration off Alaska is shut down this summer, the action "condemns" the region for decades.
– KTOO, Juneau
More:ktoo.org
Talking salmon sales
A world renowned fisheries economist updated members of the Alaska Legislature about the latest trends in salmon markets.
– KDLG, Dillingham
More:kdlg.org
Salmon steer with magnetism
A group of U.S. researchers have suggested that salmon are able to find their birth streams because of a memory of the magnetic field where they first entered the ocean.
– Science Recorder
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Holes in European fish plan
The plan is a big step forward, but experts are concerned that politicians could yet ignore scientific recommendations in implementing it.
– New Scientist
More:newscientist.com
Alaska Fisheries Report
Coming up this week, false labeling of seafood isn't just rampant on the East Coast, researchers try to find out exactly what's living up in the Arctic Ocean, and a new processor is heading to Bristol Bay.
– KMXT, Kodiak
More:kmxt.org
Small skates concern council
The body decided to designate six of the nurseries in the Eastern Bering Sea as "Habitat Areas of Particular Concern."
– KUCB, Unalaska
More:kucb.org
Volcano prepares to blow
The Alaska Volcano Observatory changed the Volcano Alert Level and the Aviation Color Code for Cleveland Volcano after evidence of a lava dome was discovered.
– SitNews, Ketchikan
More:sitnews.us
Copper River fish wow Bronx kids
Canned salmon isn't generally listed on many children's favorite foods list, but for 12 enthusiastic young students in the Bronx, cooking up salmon from Alaska's Copper River opened their eyes and fueled their enthusiasm for this wild sustainable fish.
– Copper River/PWS Marketing Association
More:copperriversalmon.org
