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Monday, April 12, 2021

Sitka herring finish

The Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery is done for the year with the harvest totaling about 16,000 tons, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game reports.

Lawmakers push USDA to purchase West Coast seafood products

Fishermen likely had COVID-19 and still went to Unalaska bar,
prompting quarantine

Alaska throws its weight behind salmon trollers in lawsuit over endangered
killer whales

Open house set on planned Seattle Fishermen's Terminal improvements

Biden administration proposes record $6.9 billion budget for NOAA

The Columbia's fishing horses


Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Fukushima watch

In two years, Japan plans to start releasing treated radioactive water into the ocean from its tsunami-destroyed nuclear plant.

Boat mishap claims life of Sitka subsistence herring harvester

As halibut decline, Alaska Native fishers square off against industrial fleets

Key federal fisheries advisory panel loses Alaska Native voice

Canadian authorities fine crab processor, fisherman

Reward offered in shooting death of California sea lion


Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Honoring Billy Frank Jr.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signs a bill to place a statue of the tribal leader and salmon activist in Washington, D.C.

BBRSDA publishes its first annual report

DFO enforcing fishery, distancing rules to protect orcas

Port of Tacoma welcomes new tenant Silverback Marine

U.S. Coast Guard conducts waterways analysis of Columbia River entrance

A champion for San Diego's shrinking local commercial fishing industry


Thursday, April 15, 2021

A COVID apology

U.S. Seafoods has apologized to Unalaska after COVID-positive crewmembers from one of its vessels breached isolation protocols to visit a local bar.

Fishermen's memorial at Newport, Oregon, vandalized

'Alaska Fisheries Report' from KMXT in Kodiak

Alaska sport license surcharge favored to pay for hatchery upkeep, production

Western Alaska king salmon are getting smaller, and predators could be why

WDFW recommends retaining unlisted status for Steller sea lions

First aid at sea workshop offered in Gig Harbor


Friday, April 15, 2021

West Coast salmon outlook

The Pacific Fishery Management Council has adopted ocean salmon season recommendations for 2021.

After five months of waiting, fuel barge arrives in St. Paul

Yukon River Chinook salmon run likely will be small, according to forecast

Thawing permafrost in Alaska might negatively affect fish, study finds

Seattle Fishermen's Terminal spring newsletter

Wider World: France cuts two nuclear submarines in half to make one new one


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