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Monday, March 21, 2022

Remembering Don Young

The long-serving Alaska congressman died Friday as he was flying home for yet another political campaign.

Sitka herring fishery to go on two-hour notice

B.C. Strait of Georgia herring fishery update

Tug runs aground in Alaska’s Neva Strait while towing container barge

Guided missile destroyer calls on Dutch Harbor

Sitka Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins to end legislative career

U.S. tsunami warning system needs an urgent overhaul, experts say


Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Canadian uprising

A coalition is calling on Alaska’s governor to stop the state’s harvest of Canadian-bound salmon, and questions the Pacific Salmon Treaty.

The state of the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association

Bristol Bay fishing family direct markets sockeye in Flagstaff

Petersburg harbor rates going up

After Young’s death, Alaska political world braces for sea change and
elections marathon

In California, offshore wind turbines meet resistance


Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Alaska medevac

The U.S. Coast Guard hoists another crewman off a
Bering Sea vessel.

As spill cleanup continues near Sitka, state looks at possible impacts to
herring fishery

Whales entangled in fishing gear could prompt California crab closure

State of Alaska posts application details for seafood processors pandemic
relief program

Kodiak trade show ComFish Alaska starts Thursday

First Nations leaders, Vancouver Island politicians make case for salmon
farm licenses


Thursday, March 24, 2022

Sitka herring watch

Large herring schools are seen in the area.

Fish board mostly leaves Sitka herring alone following truce between users

Alaska Board of Fisheries OKs compromise for Southeast king
salmon management

Alaska Board of Fisheries rejects proposed increase in bag limits for sport-
caught sablefish

NOAA Fisheries names Jon Kurland new regional administrator in Alaska

Alaska Air Cargo freighter fleet capacity to expand

‘Deadliest Catch’ kicks off 18th season April 19 with captains ‘facing
financial ruin’

Opinion: Is Pacific herring the next Atlantic cod?


Friday, March 25, 2022

California crab closure

Many crabbers are facing a shortened season as the state moves
to close the commercial Dungeness fishery from Mendocino County to the Mexico border due to two recent humpback
whale entanglements.

Fuel sheen from grounded tug remains a worry for Sitka herring fishery

Board continues with conservation measures for weak Southeast Alaska
king salmon stocks

Alaska senators address Ukraine conflict at Kodiak’s ComFish trade show

Upper Cook Inlet commercial salmon fishing outlook

Alaska seafood might ride online buying wave long after pandemic

ASMI marketing update

Vessel strike might have killed rare fin whale found dead on British
Columbia beach


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