Tuesday, May 26, 2015
BycatchFacts.org
A trawl group, Groundfish Forum, has launched a special website as part of efforts to fend off tighter halibut bycatch limits in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.
Two N. Pacific Council members barred from halibut vote
American Seafoods pays $1.75 million penalty
Upper Cook Inlet smelt fishery closes as 100-ton limit reached
Prince William Sound shrimp pot fishery extended
Silver Bay Seafoods anchors Sitka industrial park efforts
Consumer price for B.C. halibut skyrockets
Two rescued as fishing vessel sinks in Ilwaco Channel
Tighter rules aim to limit poisoning from Washington oysters
Norwegian king welcomed in Ballard
Hunters prepare to slaughter Columbia River cormorants
USCG hoists ill crewman from factory trawler off Calif.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Hide the halibut
NMFS says multiple investigations have been launched over reports of interference with observers aboard vessels that take halibut as bycatch.
Shipping company penalized $800K in oily bilge dumping case
Norwegian king treated royally in Alaska
USCG works on new reef danger daybeacon west of Bellingham
Opinion: The conundrum of halibut bycatch reduction
Opinion: Changes to setnets would reduce king catch
Thursday, May 28, 2015
The salmon situation
A new market analysis prepared for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute finds that current demand is “not particularly strong.”
Fresh halibut hits the Dillingham harbor
Judge to hear arguments in Pebble case
EPA penalizes Silver Bay Seafoods $4K in Naknek case
Crab makes an appearance at Kodiak’s Crab Fest
Petitioners urge halt to planned B.C. salmon farm expansion
Monterey considers electric sea lion deterrence mat
Friday, May 29, 2015
Bad time for booms
Kodiak fishermen are organizing a Saturday flotilla to protest naval training planned for the Gulf of Alaska during the summer salmon season.