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Monday, April 24, 2023

Alaska rescue

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter hoists two people from a fishing vessel taking on water near Cape Chiniak.

Alaska Rep. Peltola calls for transboundary rivers board to help address
B.C. mining worries

Understanding the Bering Sea snow crab collapse

New fish plant is part of strategy for revitalizing Great Slave Lake
commercial fishery

Washington offshore wind proposals present complex threats, challenges

U.S. senators introduce FISH Act to combat illegal foreign seafood harvest

Opinion: Alaska’s seafood industry is a vital component of our economy


Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Bristol Bay’s inventory issue

Companies are still working to sell last summer’s record-breaking harvest of more than 60 million sockeye salmon.

Norton Sound winter red king crab fishery to close at midnight April 30

Alaska legislative committee to hear Trident Seafoods presentation on bycatch

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek requests expedited federal salmon disaster declaration

Oregon to consider listing Southern Resident killer whales under state Endangered Species Act

El Niño is coming, and ocean temps are already at record highs


Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Cook Inlet takeover

NOAA Fisheries is taking action to establish federal management of salmon in Upper Cook Inlet.

U.S. Coast Guard reports intermittent Channel 16 outages in Prince
William Sound

Alaska legislators weigh controversial bill to close Area M salmon fishery

Army Corps to reconsider its decision denying permit for proposed Pebble mine

Protected areas, fishing bans to help B.C.’s threatened Southern Resident orcas

Nordic Aquafarms announces switch to kingfish


Thursday, April 27, 2023

Status of Stocks

NOAA Fisheries says its annual report to Congress “shows continued progress in science and management for U.S. fisheries.”

Alaska State Troopers investigate death of retired wildlife trooper

State of salmon is no rosy picture, UAF professor says

As mariculture in Alaska grows, industry leaders look abroad for inspiration

Court challenge dropped after Chevron surrenders offshore oil and gas permits
in B.C.

Fishermen-developed ‘banger bar’ helps reduce risk of injury on crab boats,
study finds

In the race for clean energy, is offshore wind harming the nation’s fisheries?


Friday, April 28, 2023

Cook Inlet buyback

Commercial fishermen voice support for a bill now pending in the Alaska Legislature to create a fishing permit buyback program for eastside Cook Inlet setnetters.

Washington’s ‘sustainable’ troll Chinook fishery to begin May 1

Southeast Alaska beam trawl shrimp fishery to open May 1

‘Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak

Report questions safety culture at Valdez tanker terminal

Fisherman’s Wharf needs a makeover, and San Francisco fishermen worry they’ll be left behind


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