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Monday, March 27, 2023

No Togiak herring fishery this spring

As the market for roe has dwindled, the remote fishery has become financially unfeasible.

Closure imperils Upper Cook Inlet setnet way of life

Much of West Coast faces ban to fish salmon amid low stocks

Verner Stor Wilson III, advocate for protection of Bristol Bay and wild
salmon, dies

Could a handheld device help U.S. Coast Guard avoid getting lost in translation?


Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Off and running at Sitka

After days of anticipation, the herring sac roe fishery
gets underway.

Willapa Bay crabbers deliver record Dungeness haul

Prince William Sound pollock trawl fishery finishes with full harvest

Michele Eder – a fisherman’s wife and much more

Yurok Tribe, fishermen associations sue Bureau of Reclamation over water

Wider World: Deadline looms for rules governing deep-sea mining

Commentary: Alaskans deserve full accounting of money provided for
Ted Stevens papers


Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Bristol Bay’s long-term prospects

The outlook is bright for Bristol Bay sockeye runs, a salmon
expert says.

No commercial gillnet openings expected in Kuskokwim Bay districts

U.S. energy officials release strategy to boost offshore wind

Alaskans join Global Seafood Alliance board of directors

The Cape Sarichef Lighthouse keepers and their stories of solitude


Thursday, March 30, 2023

California crab closure

The commercial Dungeness crab fishery from the Sonoma-Mendocino county line to the Mexico border will close on April 15 due to the risk of whale entanglement.

ADF&G announces 2023 Southeast Alaska Chinook salmon all-gear catch limit

Spring Virtual Fishermen’s EXPO set for April 4-5

Alaska officials prepare for possible commercial fishing expansion into
Arctic waters

Herring spawn documented for perhaps first time ever in B.C.’s
Broughton Archipelago

It’s a bad year for California salmon. Here’s how it hurts the economy
and environment


Friday, March 31, 2023

Cook Inlet conundrum

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is set to again take up the salmon management issue.

Dem senators, without mentioning offshore wind, ask NOAA to address
whale deaths

ASMI details European campaign to promote wild Alaska seafood

ASMI marketing update

Myrtle Hazard – first woman in the U.S. Coast Guard


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