Monday, March 4, 2024

Alaska’s ‘economic peril’

Efforts in Juneau to create a Joint Legislative Seafood Industry Task Force suggest serious difficulty in the fishing business as the new salmon season approaches.

Fall-run Chinook salmon fry succumb to gas bubble disease in Klamath River

Alaska Board of Fisheries approves Kenai River king salmon action plan

New study adds to evidence that pink salmon from Alaska hatcheries could be crowding out sockeye

Council says it won’t tighten fishing regulations in Bristol Bay red king crab savings area

Agency postpones controversial bottom trawling experiment in Northern
Bering Sea

Pacific Fishery Management Council considering closures to protect deep-
sea habitats

Opinion: Dunleavy should be upfront about his motivations in eliminating
Wood-Tikchik council

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

The halibut situation

Fishermen are once again looking at lower catch limits this year amid poor population surveys.

Inoperable weather buoys at mouth of the Columbia River stir concern

Santa Barbara commercial lobster fisherman convicted on multiple violations

24 fishermen rescued, one found dead after tuna vessel flounders off
Japanese island

Opinion: The abandoned Tulsequah Chief mine is a festering sore on Alaska’s Taku River

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Another Peter Pan fire

Peter Pan Seafood confirms a “minor fire” at its plant at King Cove, Alaska. It’s the company’s second fire this year.

Canada’s fisheries minister promotes Canadian fish and related issues during
U.S. visit

Togiak herring outlook

U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bertholf arrives in Singapore

Morro Bay party boat operator agrees to pay $12,000 in civil penalties, abide by fishing restrictions

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Bristol Bay outlook

A meeting is set for March 21 to review sockeye salmon forecasts and climate conditions in the North Pacific and Bering Sea.

Defense Department analyzing possible spy balloon discovered off Alaska coast

Miniature railway spells multimillion-dollar settlement for two Alaska seafood shipping companies

Kodiak Fish and Game Advisory Committee works on bylaws following public fissure among members

‘Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak

Friday, March 8, 2024

Trident plant sales draw near

The company says it’s close to finalizing sales of its Petersburg, Ketchikan, and False Pass plants, while a fourth Alaska plant at Kodiak has “multiple interested buyers.”

Leading Alaska legislators propose task force to help rescue a seafood industry ‘in a tailspin’

Kodiak herring sac roe fishery to begin April 1 with 8,200-ton quota

Investment to support development of Deckhand electronic logbook technology

Washington Fish and Wildlife releases draft northern pike rapid response plan

Seafood Expo North America opens Sunday in Boston

Mass die-offs among farmed salmon on the rise around the world