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Monday, May 15, 2023

Alaska illegal trawling case

Criminal misdemeanor charges have been filed against a vessel operator near Kodiak, the U.S. Coast Guard reports.

With congressional nudge, USDA to buy up to $119.5 million in
sockeye, groundfish

Breakup brings serious flooding to Yukon and Kuskokwim River communities

ASMI’s Vietnam trade mission

Column: To aid the killer whales, the real apex predator gets some pushback


Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Southeast Alaska purse seine outlook

The 2023 forecast indicates a weak pink salmon run throughout the region.

Southeast Alaska sablefish tag recovery drawing winners announced

NOAA announces projects recommended for Saltonstall-Kennedy funding

Inslee signs derelict aquatic structures removal bill into law

Fishing, conservation groups sue PG&E over ‘harms’ to salmon, steelhead on
Eel River

U.S., Japan coast guards conduct search and rescue exercise near San Diego

U.S. fishing policy is boosting fish populations, not constraining most fisheries, studies find


Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Slow Copper River start

Opening day produced an estimated 10,900 sockeye and 1,100 Chinook, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game reports.

Pacific Marine Expo set for Wednesday, Nov. 8, through Friday, Nov. 10,
in Seattle

Three Alaska trollers contemplate a summer without Chinook

Navy missile cruiser stops in Kodiak as part of Northern Edge military training

Researchers to study climate fluctuations in ocean along Washington’s
Olympic coast


Thursday, May 18, 2023

Disaster relief

Federal officials allocate more than $220 million to address disasters that occurred in multiple Alaska and Washington fisheries between 2019 and 2023.

‘Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak

First aid at sea course offered at Fishermen’s Terminal in Seattle

Washington state slates $50 million for trees to shade salmon streams

Yuba River agreement to reopen Chinook habitat for first time in a century


Friday, May 19, 2023

Alaska disaster relief

Most of the federal funding announced this week will go toward the Bristol Bay red king crab and Bering Sea snow crab fisheries.

Sockeye catch improves a bit in second Copper River opener with 16,500 fish

More marine debris cleanup projects coming to Alaska through federal infrastructure law

Want to crew on an Alaska salmon boat? Bristol Bay association offers
useful guidance

B.C. announces $25 million to shore up marine infrastructure

New wastewater regulations worry seafood processors in Oregon

Dungeness crab fisherman from Half Moon Bay claims hefty fine ‘the most
unfair thing’


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