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Monday, March 20, 2023

Alaska’s salmon struggles

State Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang says preservation is the priority.

Gov. Inslee likes Kenny Down for another term on North Pacific Council

Alaska governor names Rudy Tsukada to North Pacific Council

Crossing the perilous Willapa Bay bar holds a steep cost

USDA purchases nearly $4.5 million in canned pink salmon

Tuesday seminar: survival of halibut discarded in commercial and charter fisheries

Oregon State researchers begin to unravel whale entanglement risk factors


Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Sitka herring watch

The seine fleet goes on two-hour notice effective at
8 a.m. Thursday.

Togiak herring outlook

Lawsuit accuses Alaska of mismanaging Yukon, Kuskokwim salmon fisheries

Changing environmental conditions on Yukon may pose challenge for
juvenile salmon

Kodiak lawmakers outline fishery-related accomplishments and ambitions

The big problem for endangered orcas at center of Southeast Alaska salmon
suit? Inbreeding

Dunleavy nominates CDQ executive for North Pacific Council

Fish farmers launch legal challenge of Fisheries and Oceans license denials

Arrest made in huge crab heist in Washington state

Marine weather workshop offered April 8 in Gig Harbor

Meet the billionaire’s son who persuaded McDonald’s to serve Filet-O-Fish supplied by his firm


Wednesday, March 22, 2023

No Togiak herring fishery

Despite the huge quota available, processors have indicated they don’t intend to harvest this year, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game says.

Some tribal, subsistence advocates aren’t thrilled with Alaska governor’s
council pick

Crews refloat boat that overturned at Sitka harbor

Sen. Sullivan rips lawsuit threatening Alaska troll fishery, touts salmon research task force

Artists are wary of proposed changes to Southeast Alaska sea otter hunting rules

Study examines how sound could save sea ducks from deadly gillnets

Biden to create new marine sanctuary in Pacific


Thursday, March 23, 2023

The start of Klamath dam removal

“We have broken ground on the world’s biggest salmon restoration project to date,” says Craig Tucker, natural resources policy advocate for the Karuk Tribe.

B.C. salmon farm closure decision was necessary, says DFO amid
court challenges

‘Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak

How logging is heating up B.C.’s salmon-spawning rivers

Agreement resolves suit alleging logging in Clatsop, Tillamook state forests threatened coho

The marketing campaign that helped make fish sticks an American staple


Friday, March 24, 2023

Oregon salmon outlook

Ocean Chinook salmon fishing is likely to be canceled for much of Oregon this summer.

There are no octopus farms in Canada, and certain people want to keep it
that way

Talk of Alaska: The Southeast troll fishery lawsuit

B.C. study suggests how salmon hatcheries could improve survival rates

Oregon commission prohibits use of light boats in market squid fishery


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