Monday, April 4, 2016
Marketing moves
The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute has added a couple of new board members and designated a new board chairman.
‘Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak
Driftnet fishery for Stikine king salmon to open May 2
Southeast Alaska hatchery association seeks chum increase
North Pacific Council meets this week in Anchorage
Feds to cull Columbia cormorants again this year
NMFS sued over Columbia basin hatchery programs
Tribes decry Columbia basin hatchery lawsuit
New website focuses on Oregon’s marine reserves
Pacific Council seeks new executive director
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Kodiak salmon outlook
The preseason forecast calls for a harvest of about 3.4 million sockeye salmon and 16.2 million pinks.
Outlook for Bristol Bay commercial salmon fishery
Navy anchors up at Kodiak’s ComFish show
Restrictions imposed due to weak Chilkat king salmon forecast
Networking group reaches out to young Alaska fishermen
Mine operator sentenced in Alaska river pollution case
10-hour Columbia River commercial opener set for today
‘Major announcement’ coming Wednesday on Klamath River
Domoic acid testing continues on Northern California crab
‘Perfect storm’ decimates Northern California kelp forests
Feds adopt West Coast forage fish protection policy
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Building a salmon brand
The Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association has picked an Anchorage marketing agency to mount a new campaign.
Alaska lawmakers move rewrite of governor’s fish tax bill
Lots of herring available in Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim region
Kodiak sac roe herring fishery to begin April 15
Who won the skills competition at ComFish Alaska?
84 boats sign up for Prince William Sound shrimp fishery
Truck hauling frozen crab overturns on Seattle viaduct
Navy pier project could cost Port Angeles fish farm $6M
Oregon seeks input on terminal area salmon fisheries
California crabbers buy into efforts to save whales
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Alaska’s plight
Economist Gunnar Knapp discusses the state budget crunch and the implications for fisheries.
Officials sign new pact aimed at removing Klamath dams
Emmonak seeks disaster funding after Kwik’pak fire
Prince William Sound sablefish quota announced
Family waits for body of skipper lost in Coos Bay sinking
Environmentalists, Obama administration spar over fish policy
Commentary: It’s time for taxes in Alaska
Friday, April 8, 2016
CFEC legislation
Discussions continue in Juneau over the future of the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission.
‘Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak
Sen. Sullivan outlines efforts to open channels for U.S. fish
Interest rises in SE Alaska beam trawl shrimp fishery
Democrat Steve Lindbeck to challenge Don Young
Unlicensed fishing charters raise concern in Prince Rupert
NOAA administrator visits Foulweather Trawl in Newport