Monday, March 16, 2015
Southeast Alaska seine compromise hailed
A recent Board of Fisheries action balances subsistence needs and commercial fishing interests, Angoon Native corporation says.
Alaska halibut charter restrictions announced
Alaska governor offers North Pacific Council picks
Restored Bristol Bay double-ender to be exhibited at state museum
At Boston expo, feds tout plan to track fish, stop fraud
Opinion: More to Unalaska than ‘Deadliest Catch’ image
Editorial: Alaska should require genetically modified food labeling
Editorial: Canadian Coast Guard mission is saving lives, not money
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Sitka herring fishery nears
The fleet goes on two-hour notice starting Wednesday.
Heavy weather dogs Alaska Peninsula cod fishery
Senators to offer ‘Frankenfish’ labeling, study bill
Senators urge federal action on worker visa snag
Plan advances to push ships, potential spills away from Aleutians
B.C. herring fishery update
Blue North to use stun technology for ‘humane’ cod harvest
UW lab uniquely situated to study ocean acidification
200,000 coho fry die at Washington state hatchery
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Bristol Bay’s big election
In a column in the forthcoming April issue of Pacific Fishing magazine, four former directors of the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association urge members to "fix an organization that has gone far off course."
BBEDC execs offer legislative testimony on permit out-migration
Alaska legislators advance bill prioritizing personal use fishing
Faced with uncertainty, Kenai fishing guides innovate
Entrepreneur proposes making pollock ‘fish franks’ at St. George
Unusually warm Pacific means less food for salmon, NMFS says
Retailers need to rethink the seafood case to spur sales
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Sitka herring fishery opens
Faced with low prices, the normally competitive fleet opts to fish as a cooperative.
Sitka troller falsified Chinook sales, troopers say
Oregon court rejects Columbia gillnet lawsuit
Astoria boatyard closure put off
Data mapping used in fight to save Newport rescue copter
Bay Area abalone poachers receive heavy penalties
Enormous marine reserve to be established in Pacific
Senators say foreign worker visa program has resumed
Don Young: I’m ‘leading the charge’ on Magnuson update
Ray Hilborn: Rising tide of America’s sustainable seafood
Friday, March 20, 2015
Steady fishing at Sitka
Co-op seine fleet approaches half the 8,712-ton herring quota.
Is Copper River marketing association unraveling?
Big pink salmon harvest expected in Lower Cook Inlet
‘The Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak
Tying Celtic knots in Kodiak
Coast Guard trains on machine guns at Ketchikan
NMFS proposes Pacific bluefin tuna regulations