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Monday, February 13, 2023

The sockeye situation

Andy Wink, of the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association, provides an update on market conditions.

ASMI talks international markets with House Fisheries Committee

Amputations, broken bones among injuries caused by winches on fishing boats

Fishermen’s Finest loses appeal in ‘takings’ case

‘Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak

West Coast crabbers struggle with low prices

Zooplankton research reveals glimpse of potential future Northern Bering
Sea ecosystem

Opinion: Empty freezers on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta


Tuesday, February 14, 2023

The search for a missing crabber

Volunteers continue looking for a crewmember from the F/V Ethel May, which sank on Feb. 5 at the mouth of Willapa Bay.

After three-year closure, Trident plans to reopen its Wrangell plant

Scientists slam DFO report regarding salmon farms, sea lice

B.C. northern and central coastal First Nations endorse marine protection
action plan

Sharper picture of salmon in the ocean resets threshold for fishing limits

Opinion: We need to face the real causes of salmon declines


Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Funding the troll fight

The Sitka Assembly, in a final vote, approves $25,000 to help fishermen fight a lawsuit that threatens to close the Southeast Alaska Chinook troll fishery.

Legislature passes resolution to defend Southeast Alaska’s troll fishery

U.S. Coast Guard medevacs crewmember from NOAA research vessel in Alaska

ODFW marine scientists secure research grant funding

Exploratory fishing proposed for brown box crab, king crab in California

NOAA Fisheries releases draft National Seafood Strategy, requests public input


Thursday, February 16, 2023

Salmon for Ukraine

A donation of canned pink salmon from the state of Alaska has arrived in the war-torn country, ASMI reports.

Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp. sentenced to pay $1 million in hazardous waste case

OSHA cites operator and owner of processing vessel Pacific Producer, proposes $208,983 in penalties

New marine forecast zones coming to Alaska’s coastal waters

WDFW invites public participation in annual salmon season-setting process

New fish-processing facility to open in Ilwaco


Friday, February 17, 2023

Bristol Bay’s 32-foot vessel length limit

The Alaska Wildlife Troopers are vowing to measure vessels for possible enforcement action during the 2023 fishing season.

Canada won’t renew licenses for 15 salmon farms around B.C.’s Discovery Islands

Ballard Oil closes after 85 years in Seattle

State sets quota for Norton Sound red king crab, but still no buyer for
winter fishery

‘Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak

Nominations sought for congressionally mandated Alaska Salmon Research
Task Force


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