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Monday, April 5, 2021

Alaska plant shutdown

OBI Seafoods won't process salmon this summer at its Excursion
Inlet plant.

Sitka herring fishery exceeds 13,000 tons, now open daily

Small commercial fisheries for smelt, herring set for Upper Cook Inlet

Management of Kuskokwim king salmon uncertain after Dunleavy order

Seattle's tuition-free community college program sees record application numbers

Oregon's seafood bounty rose in 2020 but its value fell


Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Looking to USDA for help

The West Coast seafood industry is still reeling from the disruption of COVID-19.

Jim Cockrell named Alaska public safety commissioner

Temporary reprieve for Discovery Islands salmon farms

California Fish and Wildlife seeks applicants for Dungeness gear
retrieval program

Alexandra Morton's book chronicles her fight against open-net aquaculture

Boston seafood expo canceled due to ongoing pandemic constraints


Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Sitka herring watch

The commercial fishery inches along as major spawning begins in
Sitka Sound.

Seiners are hopeful Sitka's herring fishery will endure

NOAA awards contract to rebuild the agency's Ketchikan port facility

Alaska Gov. Dunleavy thanks NOAA for Ketchikan commitment

Removal of fish barrier on West Fork Chehalis River planned

Opinion: Standing together for Tutka Bay Lagoon Hatchery


Thursday, April 8, 2021

Upper Cook Inlet salmon outlook

The state is forecasting a commercial harvest of 1.6 million sockeye this year, about 1 million fish below the 20-year average.

'Alaska Fisheries Report' from KMXT in Kodiak

NOAA contracts for Ketchikan pier, paving way for R/V Fairweather to tie up at home port

Climate change raises risk of prey mismatch for young cod in Alaska

Commentary: Salmon farming is clean, sustainable, innovative, and local


Friday, April 9, 2021

Alaska fish politics

State legislators on Saturday will consider controversial appointees to the Alaska Board of Fisheries.

Sitka Sound herring fishery is winding down

New daily airline connection between Juneau, Petersburg starts up

Salmon advocates focus on ways to foster 'safe mining'

Northwest Farm Credit Services posts new 'Fisheries Market Snapshot'


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