Monday, June 10, 2013
CHINOOK TRAWL CAP
The question was just how much Chinook salmon could the Gulf's trawl fleet take unintentionally before they would have to pull up their nets and stop fishing, period.
– Alaska Public Media
More: alaskapublic.org
Budget cuts at Coast Guard
"We're going to respond to emergency and disaster calls as we normally would."
– Puget Sound Business Journal
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Open on Kodiak
Because of the strong early red salmon return, Fish and Game opened the Kodiak salmon season a little early.
– KMXT, Kodiak
More: kmxt.org
Making do after Warrenton
"Fuel costs, plus running time, plus you know, the guy's not coming back home delivering his fish, and getting his supplies in his own area."
– Oregon Public Broadcasting
More: opb.org
More on Togiak herring
Here's the official summary of the recently concluded Togiak sac roe herring season.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy, reporting on his blog: Deckboss
More: deckboss.blogspot.com
Fish escape landslide
Federal officials say fish populations appear to be unharmed by a massive landslide near Sitka last month.
– Juneau Empire
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Counting Bristol Bay smolt
For the last six years, a project has been ongoing on the Kvichak River to count the migrating smolt in an effort to better document the health and productivity of the Iliamna Lake system.
– KDLG, Dillingham
More: kdlg.org
U.S. senators against Pebble
In a letter, the group of senators from Washington, Oregon, and California, led by Maria Cantwell (Wash.), argue that their states could suffer economically if a huge gold-and-copper mine moves forward.
– Washington Post
More: washingtonpost.com
Don Young's birthday
His 40-year tenure in the House is one of the 25 longest in American history.
– Anchorage Daily News
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013
FARM SALMON PRICE UP
At £4,745 a tonne, farmed Norwegian salmon is now 56.1 percent more expensive than this time last year and up by 4.5 percent month on month.
– Daily Mail, U.K.
More: dailymail.co.uk
Crewman drowns
A man drowned Monday after being lost overboard from a fishing vessel near Cordova.
– Anchorage Daily News
More: adn.com
CG medevacs crewman
The Coast Guard medevaced a crewman from the fishing vessel Alaska Spirit 58 miles southeast of Nunivak Island Monday.
– Coast Guard
More: piersystem.com
Save 77 Tongass sites for salmon
These 77 watersheds comprise nearly 2 million rainforest acres.
– National Geographic News Watch
More: newswatch.nationalgeographic.com
Scientists want Tongass protected
More than 200 scientists have signed onto a letter asking Congress to enact legislation protecting 1.9 million acres of salmon habitat in this country's largest national forest.
– Everett Herald
More: heraldnet.com
Weather guys simplify forecasts
"The reason we changed this was just to clean up the wording and get rid of the east and west of, north and south of."
– KMXT, Kodiak
More: kmxt.org
Summer rerun
The Coast Guard is partnering with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association to offer commercial safety exams in Bristol Bay communities through June 20.
– Coast Guard
More: piersystem.com
Copper River open again
Commercial fishermen are on the Copper River once again after close to two weeks of closures by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
– KTUU, Anchorage
More: articles.ktuu.com
Oil drill in Valdez
The Coast Guard, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, City of Valdez, and Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. will conduct a joint oil spill response area exercise in Valdez on Wednesday and Thursday.
– Coast Guard
More: piersystem.com
Klamath River parched
The Klamath Tribes and the federal government called their water rights in Southern Oregon's Klamath Basin for the first time Monday, likely cutting off irrigation water to hundreds of cattle ranchers and farmers in the upper basin this summer.
– The Oregonian
More: oregonlive.com
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
PORT MOLLER TEST FISHERY STARTS
It's run by the Bristol Bay Science and Research Institute with assistance from ADF&G.
– KDLG, Dillingham
More: kdlg.org
B.C. tests for salmon farm disease
All samples collected and tested as part of the 2012 wild salmon disease surveillance initiative in B.C. have tested negative for infectious salmon anaemia (ISA).
– Vancouver Sun
More: vancouversun.com
Protecting Bering Sea canyons
The North Pacific Fisheries Management Council has decided to consider classifying the Bering Sea Canyons as a wildlife preserve.
– Alaska Public Media
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Tuna aquaculture in U.S.
The fish are part of the first effort in the United States to breed tuna in a land-based aquaculture facility to meet the growing demand for one of the ocean's top predators.
– Eco RI, Rhode Island
More: ecori.org
Pebble foes outside Alaska
Washington is a direct beneficiary, home to nearly 800 Bristol Bay commercial permits.
– Everett Herald
More: heraldnet.com
Gillnet hours on Columbia
Washington and Oregon approved eight hours of gillnetting Sunday night in the lower Columbia River from Beacon Rock to the ocean.
– Vancouver (Wash.) Columbian
More: columbian.com
Bristol Bay driftnet projects
The organization that represents all of the driftnet permit holders in Bristol Bay is slated to spend over $530,000 this year to fund 12 projects.
– KDLG, Dillingham
More: kdlg.org
Klamath shutoffs coming
Oregon state water officials figure they won't start shutting off irrigation in the drought-stricken upper Klamath Basin until later this week.
– Eureka Times Standard
More: times-standard.com
Seafood fund misses mark
The Senate passed the Farm Bill and it did not include the Mark Begich amendment which would have created the National Seafood Marketing & Development Fund. Because of the limitation rules on debate that were adopted by the Senate, Sen. Begich did not have the opportunity to formally offer it. However, the interaction that was offered by you all is helping to educate Congress about this. Please know that your support for the fund is helping the process to make the fund a reality.
– Bruce Schactler, writing to those interested in starting a national seafood marketing organization.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
COPPER RIVER FISH WANTED
FishEx in Anchorage was offering fresh Copper River sockeye fillets at $25.95 a pound and king filets for $38.95 a pound.
– Cordova Times
More: thecordovatimes.com
Big sockeye hatchery safe
The world's largest sockeye salmon hatchery was damaged this week when the Gulkana River flooded, ripping up a bridge that connects the Gulkana Hatchery to the Richardson Highway, gouging out outbuildings and re-routing natural springs.
– Anchorage Daily News
More: adn.com
Nets killing birds
The study, in the journal Biological Conservation, uncovered reports of 81 species of birds killed by gillnets, including penguins, ducks and some critically endangered ones like the waved albatross.
– New York Times
More: nytimes.com
Stonewalling Arne
From here on out, Begich says that his office won't be taking Fuglvog's calls.
– Alaska Public Media
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Don't bring booze to towns
Bringing any amount of alcohol into one of Bristol Bay's local option communities is a crime.
– KDLG, Dillingham
More: kdlg.org
'Line-caught' label preferred
A study undertaken by Nofima shows that British customers are willing to pay up to 22 percent extra for a packet of frozen cod or haddock when the products are labeled "line-caught."
– FishNewsEU
More: fishnewseu.com
Pebble miner speaks
He weighs in on charges by Senate Republicans that the agency may be unfairly trying to veto the project before Pebble applies for permitting.
– Environment and Energy Reporting
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Sustainable tuna
A three-year effort by the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) is expected to see the region's first "certified sustainably caught" skipjack tuna products hitting the Europe markets this month.
– Island Business, Fiji
More: islandsbusiness.com
Samaritans honored
The crew earned the medals for their heroic actions saving the lives of five crewmen from the fishing vessel Heritage south of Kodiak Island Jan. 25, 2012.
– Coast Guard
More: piersystem.com
Making under-weights tougher
The new measures are aimed at making it more difficult for vessels to underreport their catch.
– KMXT, Kodiak
More: kmxt.org
Friday, June 14, 2013
PROCESSOR WORKS ROUND THE CLOCK
"I can't believe it. They're working around the clock. I think they had every electrician in Clatsop County up there working on the electrical part of it."
– Oregon Public Broadcasting
More: opb.org
Farmers use too much pesticide
Information obtained by the Salmon & Trout Association Scotland shows that nearly one in five fish farms using Slice as a sea lice treatment show chemical residues in excess of Environmental Quality Standards.
– FishNewsEU
More: fishnewseu.com
Pebble boss lobbying D.C.
Shively said he understands the concerns of the senators, but their fears would be allayed by the environmental review process.
– Alaska Public Media
More: alaskapublic.org
Congress-people against Pebble
They join fish Western senators who earlier sent a letter to the White House stating their grave concerns about the vast mining proposal under review by the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
– Seattle Times
More: seattletimes.com
Alaska Fisheries Report
Coming up this week, news of Chinook and coral gardens from the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting, both sides are far apart in Togiak herring prices, and listen up, mariners, some of your marine forecast zones will be changing this fall.
– KMXT, Kodiak
More: kmxt.org
CG honors Samaritans
The crew of Air Station Kodiak and assembled guests congratulate the crew of the 109-foot Seattle-based fishing vessel Tuxedni on their award of the Gold Life Saving Medal presented by the Coast Guard at the Billiken Theater on Coast Guard Base Kodiak June 12, 2013, in Kodiak, Alaska. The Gold Life Saving Medal was created by an act of Congress in 1874 and to date only about 600 medals have been awarded.
– KMXT, Kodiak
More: kmxt.org
Nushagak Chinook begin
The first commercial opening in the Nushagak District will occur Friday evening.
– KDLG, Dillingham
More: kdlg.org
Bristol Bay flush deck
B&C Fiberglass in Dillingham has developed a flush deck mold for use on Rawson and Wegley 32-foot boats.
– KDLG, Dillingham
More: kdlg.org
Farmers sue for Klamath water
Some of the ranchers facing irrigation shutoffs in the upper Klamath Basin are asking a judge to stop state officials from enforcing newly recognized water rights held by the Klamath Tribes.
– Coos Bay World
More: theworldlink.com
Eating trash fish
It's called trash fish dining, and it's catching on with chefs around the country.
– Seattle Times
More: seattletimes.com
