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Summary for May 18, 2009 - May 22, 2009:

Monday, May 18, 2009

Better opener than last year for Copper River

Here's the box score from Thursday's season opener in the Copper River District. Total catch was 1,549 Chinook salmon and 20,216 sockeye.

– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy, writing in his new blog: deckboss

Read more: deckboss.blogspot.com

 

Threats abound for West Coast fish

Climate change, fishing and commercial shipping top the list of threats to the ocean off the West Coast of the United States. "Every single spot of the ocean along the West Coast," said Ben Halpern, a marine ecologist at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) at the University of California at Santa Barbara, "is affected by 10 to 15 different human activities annually."

– Science Daily

Read more: www.sciencedaily.com

 

Another plan to keep salmon out of Cal irrigation system

During their sprint to the sea this spring, baby salmon on the San Joaquin River tried to elude not only hungry bass and sharp rocks, but a wall of sound, strobe lights and bubbles. The underwater show is the state's latest attempt to save the fabled species from being sucked into giant pumps at the heart of the state water system.

– San Francisco Chronicle

Read more: www.sfgate.com

 

Eyes to replace sonar at Alaska salmon-counting site

YENTNA RIVER -- The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is going back to the future after the discovery that far more sockeye salmon are returning to the Yentna River than were accounted for by modern technology.

– Anchorage Daily News

Read more: www.adn.com

 

Shell Oil hints at plans in Unalaska

Representatives from Shell Oil hosted a community presentation this week and talked about their plans for Unalaska. They haven't bought any leases in the North Aleutian Basin yet -- they aren't for sale until 2011 -- but they might.

–Pacific Fishing columnist Anne Hillman reporting for KUCB

Hear more: www.publicbroadcasting.net

 

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

An end to king crab processor shares?

The staff of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council has written an interesting discussion on the idea of dropping processor shares from the crab rationalization program.

– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy, writing in his new blog: Deckboss

Read more: deckboss.blogspot.com

 

Fishermen learn how to avoid whales

The University of Alaska is working with commercial fishermen to study how best to keep whales away from fishing gear.

– KRBD, Petersburg

Read more: krbd.org

 

Blue whales returning to Alaska

Blue whales are returning to Alaska waters in search of food and could be re-establishing an old migration route decades after they were nearly wiped out by commercial whalers, scientists say.

– Anchorage Daily News

Read more: www.adn.com

 

Worries about salmon enter Oregon’s natural gas port debate

The U.S. Coast Guard has stepped into the fray on Bradwood Landing's already complicated problem of how to prevent juvenile fish from being sucked up into liquefied natural gas delivery tankers along with the ballast water.

– Pacific Fishing columnist Cassandra Marie Profita, writing in The Daily Astorian

Read more: www.dailyastorian.info

 

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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

‘Deadliest Catch’ skipper against Pebble Mine

Perhaps the most famous crab boat captain in America -- in the spotlight because of his recurring role in the "Deadliest Catch" cable TV reality show -- has taken a public stand against the proposed Pebble mine.

– Anchorage Daily News

Read more: www.adn.com

 

Vancouver Island salmon stocks improving

NANAIMO, B.C. — Vancouver Island salmon stocks are showing some signs of improvement, meaning better luck for fishermen this year, officials said. – Nanaimo Daily News

Read more: www.canada.com

 

Enviros sue over ocean acidification off Washington

SEATTLE— The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over the agency’s failure to recognize the impacts of ocean acidification on waters off the state of Washington. The suit, brought under the Clean Water Act, is the first to address ocean acidification, sometimes called – along with global warming – “the other carbon dioxide problem.”

– Press release

Read more: www.biologicaldiversity.org

 

Study to examine hatchery impact on Cal wild salmon

The debate over how hatchery-produced salmon and steelhead can be used to bolster runs of wild fish has long been the source of controversy -- and a new study on the Trinity River has reawakened that discussion.

– Eureka Times-Standard

Read more: www.times-standard.com

 

A new look coming for Fish Wrap

The folks at Pacific Fishing magazine have been working on a new look for your daily Fish Wrap, and you’ll see it the day after Memorial Day, May 26.

Here’s what’s new: Each e-mail Fish Wrap message will be brighter, more attractive, and easier to read. Plus, it’ll open new marketing opportunities for those needing to connect with the North Pacific fishing industry.

Here’s what won’t be new: We don’t rely on web crawlers. Each morning, our editors sort through scores of news sources before selecting items for your daily Fish Wrap report.
And one other thing will remain unchanged. Fish Wrap remains free.

 

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Sports fishery on scarce Sacramento Chinook

Their numbers have never been lower, yet in these troubled times for the Sacramento River’s Chinook salmon, state fisheries managers have for the second year in a row scheduled a recreational fishing season for late-fall-run salmon between the Red Bluff Diversion Dam and Knights Landing.

– Chico (Calif.) News & Review

Read more: www.newsreview.com

 

Copper River run seems bountiful

FAIRBANKS —The first sonar counts of the season for Copper River salmon at Miles Lake were posted, and more than 3,500 salmon were reported past the sonar. That was almost double the preseason projection.

– Fairbanks News-Miner

Read more: newsminer.com

 

Canadian salmon stocks improving

Salmon stocks are showing some signs of improvement, meaning better days for fishermen this year.

– Canada.com

Read more: www.canada.com


Alaska drilling rights draw few bids

ANCHORAGE – Only five bids were received in a state of Alaska lease sale that offered exploration rights to 4 million onshore and offshore acres, and no bids were received in a second sale that offered exploration rights to 5.8 million acres, according to results released Wednesday by the state Division of Oil and Gas.

– Reuters

Read more: www.reuters.com


Congressman bemoans salmon research ‘pork’

MESA, Arizona – Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, highlighted a pork project contained in the omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2009.

– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy, writing in his new blog: deckboss

Read more: deckboss.blogspot.com

 

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Friday, May 22, 2009

Silly season in Cordova

Fishmongers vied to charge the highest price – up to $45 a pound in Oregon – for the first Copper River salmon during the first full week of fishing.

The grounds price was a bit lower than last year: Chinook started at $5.30 and sockeye at $3.50.

With relatively good weather, fishermen’s catches were twice that of last year. Sonar stations indicated escapement above expectations.

 

Togiak herring fishery continues

The state’s biggest sac roe herring harvest occurs each May near the remote Bristol Bay village
of Togiak.

– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy, writing in his new blog: deckboss

Read more: deckboss.blogspot.com


Klamath tribes, irrigators resolve dispute

One of the most contested issues between irrigators and American Indian tribes in the Upper Klamath Basin has effectively been resolved, potentially simplifying talks on a much larger dam removal and restoration deal.

– Eureka Times-Standard

Read more: www.times-standard.com


Pacific Seafood using new traceability system

Pacific Seafood is implementing traceability practices with its Automated Production Control (APC) tracking system. The system helps protect consumers and the health of the industry, while addressing recent food safety concerns and consumers’ growing demand that seafood processors can identify the source of the seafood they are selling.

– Pacific Seafood press release

Read more: www.pacseafood.com


Farmers sue over Sacramento smelt measures

A conservative legal organization waded into the delta smelt controversy Thursday, claiming in a lawsuit that the federal government has no constitutional authority to oversee the endangered fish.
– Fresno Bee

Read more: www.fresnobee.com


A day off and then a new look for Fish Wrap

We’re taking off Monday, Memorial Day, but when we return on Tuesday, you’ll see a new look for your daily Fish Wrap.

Here’s what’s new: Each e-mail Fish Wrap message will be brighter, more attractive, and easier to read. Plus, it’ll open new marketing opportunities for those needing to connect with the North Pacific fishing industry.


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