Monday, May 2, 2016
That's a wrap
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has closed the Togiak herring seine season due to declining fish size and budget cuts necessitating "a more conservative management approach."
Lawsuit argues CFEC transfer order is unconstitutional
New Bristol Bay salmon partnership forming
Rebates on whale pingers offered to Alaska salmon fishermen
Canadian Coast Guard base in Kitsilano officially reopens
Recall issued for possibly defective EPIRBs
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Long wait nearly over
Much of Northern California will open for commercial Dungeness crabbing on May 12.
Business of Fish workshops set for Dillingham, Naknek
Industry plans ‘groundfish festival’ during Kodiak council meeting
2016 Sitka Sound herring season summary
Reopened Canadian CG base lacks full rescue capacity, union says
Study finds Oregon oysters contain drugs, other toxins
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
A win for fishermen plaintiffs in antitrust case
A federal appeals court has upheld an injunction against Pacific Seafood Group’s acquisition of Ocean Gold Seafoods.
9th Circuit opinion in Ocean Gold case
Alaska Board of Fisheries schedules May 24 teleconference
Students learn about roe in Kodiak workshop
Juneau Maritime Festival to feature 300 pounds of fish
California releases summary report on Refugio oil spill
Opinion: The hostility of catch shares
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Sweeping opinion
An Oregon federal judge has called for a new approach to Columbia and Snake River dam operations to preserve salmon and steelhead, with all options on the table for consideration, including dam removal on the Lower Snake River.
Alaska legislators consider proposed fisheries tax increase
Independent experts to review Bering Sea pollock science
CVRF announces $600,000 in ‘People Propel’ benefits
California biologists rescue flood-stranded fish
Commentary: Alaska has great hydropower potential if done right
Friday, May 6, 2016
Bright beauties
A Southeast Alaska drift gillnet fishery directed at returns of Stikine River king salmon is scheduled to open May 9.
Sport anglers protest as tribe gillnets Puget Sound Chinook
Excess of sub-legal shrimp prompts Oregon fleet to stand down
Alaska fish board to consider changing proposal process
California commission adopts spiny lobster management plan
NMFS weekly enforcement highlights
Wider World: Vietnam's epic fish kill