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Monday, May 16, 2022

Togiak herring finish

The sac roe fishery draws minimal participation and concludes
for the season.

Congress urged to fund national seafood promotion campaign

U.S. Coast Guard inspectors to conduct inspections this week in
Petersburg, Alaska

Wasilla man sentenced in killing of harbor seal

DFO suppresses science and pushes salmon farms, critics tell MPs

Bellingham to spend $4.2 million to improve salmon habitat

Wider World: Thousands of Britain’s fish and chip shops could close


Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Alaska vessel registration update

Alaska State Troopers reportedly will continue nonenforcement of a redundant vessel registration law.

Upper Cook Inlet commercial smelt fishery closes with full quota taken

In D.C., Pebble mine opponents push for permanent protections for Bristol Bay

B.C. salmon abundance ‘a sixth’ of what it was half a century ago, study finds

U.S. Coast Guard assists fishing vessel off La Push, Washington


Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Slow start at the Copper River

Monday’s 12-hour season opener in the Copper River District produced 12,800 sockeye salmon and 2,700 Chinook, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game reported.

Copper River salmon season kicks off in Seattle

Alaska Air Cargo delivers season’s first Copper River salmon

U.S. Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel near Cordova, Alaska

Feds sue state over salmon fishing rules on the Kuskokwim

Alaska pollution regulator warns: No dumping!

Opinion: A new era of indigenous comanagement of the Bering Sea


Thursday, May 19, 2022

Alaska’s big dividend

The Alaska Legislature passes a budget that includes $3,200 payments to state residents.

Fisherman sues, seeks new BBRSDA board election

Two pathogens linked to salmon health and survival in B.C.

First detection of European green crab reported in Hood Canal

Burien, Washington, seafood broker sentenced in geoduck case


Friday, May 20, 2022

Copper River closure

Alaska fishery managers close the commercial salmon fishery after the season’s second opener produces another weak catch.

Alaska legislators pass a lucrative tax benefit for seafood processors

Average season ahead for pink salmon in Norton Sound, but weak forecast
for chum

‘Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak

Opinion: It’s time for bold action to protect our fisheries


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