Monday, June 17, 2013

PRICEY SOCKEYE

Copper River salmon are a hot item on restaurant menus from Anchorage to Seattle in early summer, and at seafood counters too, with a word to the wise to always get them while you can.

– Alaska Dispatch

More: alaskadispatch.com

 

SE salmon forecast

This year's pink salmon harvest forecast is 54 million, which is double last year's forecast.

– KTOO, Juneau

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Wesley's salmon roundup

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game reports about 2.9 million fish have been taken so far, on a preseason forecast of 179 million.

– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy, reporting on his blog: Deckboss

More: deckboss.blogspot.com

Free life jackets

The first of 5,000 bespoke life-jackets to be produced for Scotland's fishermen as part of a £438,000 life-saving safety project has been officially handed over to the fishing industry.

– FISHupdate.com

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Bristol Bay Fisheries Report

The Bristol Bay Fisheries Report includes an update from the ongoing Port Moller test fishery and a report about the results of a survey of drifters about fleet reduction efforts.
 
– KDLG, Dillingham

More: kdlg.org

New Bering Sea rules

In the wake of several high-profile cases of alleged scale-tampering by Bering Sea groundfish vessels, the National Marine Fisheries Service is revising its regulations for weighing fish at-sea.

– KUCB, Unalaska

More: kucb.org

Crab legs last longer

"As the crab meat in the leg is well protected by the shell, the meat in the legs has a longer shelf life than meat from the shoulder."

– FishNewsEU

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Replacing Astoria plant

"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."

– Vancouver (Wash.) Columbian

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Congressman against Pebble

Congressman Rick Larsen has taken a side in the Pebble debate: His district, including Bellingham, represents 251 Bristol Bay commercial fishing permits and many small businesses that manufacture and sell equipment in Bristol Bay.

– Press release

More: larsen.house.gov

 

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

NON-LETHAL GEAR ON THE YUKON

What's really interesting about this opener is that fishermen can use only beach seines and dipnets, rather than the usual gillnets.

– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy, reporting on his blog: Deckboss

More: deckboss.blogspot.com

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Kodiak money fish

But while the reds are running strong, the pinks are the real money fish in these parts.

– Jay Barrett, reporting in KMXT, Kodiak

More: kmxt.org

Good news from Port Moller

The Port Moller Test Fishery continues to produce high index numbers leading to speculation that the Bristol Bay sockeye run is either early or large.

– Mike Mason, reporting for KDLG, Dillingham

More: kdlg.org

Adak processor auction today

On Tuesday, the processing plant's equipment will be auctioned off and, as KUCB's Stephanie Joyce reports, if it leaves the island, Adak will be left without its economic engine.

– KUCB, Unalaska

More: kucb.org

CG tow fishing boat

An 88-foot, 151-ton fishing vessel stranded 40 miles west of Fort Bragg was being towed to Eureka for repair by the Coast Guard Cutter Barracuda.

– Times Standard, Eureka

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Selling frozen halibut

Harvested from the cold waters near Kodiak, Alaska, Duke's Premium Halibut is better than fresh because it is ice chilled at the source and processed immediately after harvest, making it more consistent with a just-caught fresh flavor.

– Press release

More: heraldonline.com

Copper River coming on

Some 843,000 sockeyes and 7,200 king salmon have been harvested to date in the Copper River District and a 36-hour commercial opener was under way June 17, on the heels of an abundant catch this past week.

– Margaret Bauman, writing in the Cordova Times

More: thecordovatimes.com

Try a different halibut tag

It's back to the drawing board for halibut iTags that will soon tell us more about where the fish travels than ever before.

– Pacific Fishing columnist Laine Welch, writing in SitNews, Ketchikan

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Suing over Sacramento Delta

At least seven lawsuits were filed in three counties against what is known as the Delta Plan.

– Sacramento Bee

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

TEN REASONS!

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Search for missing crewman

The Coast Guard is searching for a missing crewman who went overboard from the fishing vessel "Swift."

– KCAW

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$1.8 million for Adak equipment

The equipment from Adak's fish processing plant was auctioned off in one piece Tuesday morning.
 
– KCUB

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Bristol Bay oil lease bill in Congress

A bill working its way through the House of Representatives would open Bristol Bay to oil and gas lease sales in a new leasing plan.

– KDLG

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Marketing Alaska seafood

This week a number of representatives from the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, also known as ASMI, are in town for an annual meeting to discuss how to better market Alaska seafood around the world.
 
– KMXT

More: kmxt.org

Open smaller fisheries

"If we carve out a small portion of these fisheries and regulate them differently, lower the cost of entry for small-scale fishers but require that the catch be marketed locally, we would be taking a huge step toward improving food security across the state."

– Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development

More: agdevjournal.com

Tribes against canyon trawling

Idle No More is a Canadian-born movement that reached the state earlier this year. It represents the indigenous people who've been affected by legislative measures to curb the commercial fishing industries and other issues facing local tribes.

– Juneau Empire

More: juneauempire.com

Fishermen ask for impact assessment

Hawaii fishermen on Monday asked policymakers to address how runoff caused by land development harms reefs, fisheries and oceans when they consider how to cope with the effects of climate change.

– SFGate

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Greenland to open commercial fishing

A recent announcement by the territory that it plans to open a commercial fishery has caused alarm in some North Atlantic countries where certain salmon populations are in critical decline.

– Alaska Dispatch

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Fishermen oppose river diversion

The plan to divert the Mississippi River into wetlands has sparked an uproar, with some in the fisheries industry saying it'll kill their livelihood.

– WWLTV.com

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

MISSING CREWMAN SEARCH SUSPENDED

The Coast Guard suspended its search late last night for a crewman who went overboard from a fishing vessel near Hoonah.

– KCAW

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Alaska rep warns of GE interbreeding

The Anchorage Democrat has been following the GE salmon issue closely, and came across a report in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the London-based journal of biology, which reports a study that shows GE salmon can interbreed with wild stocks if given the chance

– KMXT

More: www.kmxt.org

Slim odds for Klamath dam bill

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden's hearing Thursday on the Klamath Basin water crisis has sparked hope among supporters that landmark deals reached three years to unite many of the basin's combatants will finally get through Congress. But prospects for the Klamath Basin deals to win approval still look slim. 

– The Oregonian

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Alaska groups demand habitat protection

When is enough salmon protection enough, in the face of proposed coal mining?

– Cordova Times

More: thecordovatimes.com

Slow sockeye escapement continues

The escapement of sockeye to the Nushagak and Wood Rivers continues to be slow as commercial fishermen are anxiously awaiting the numbers to climb so they can go fishing in the Nushagak District. 

– KDLG

More: kdlg.org

Aleutian CDQ buys Seattle fish supplier

The Aleutian Islands' community development quota group is branching out. They're currently in the final stages of a deal to buy Cannon Fish Company, a Seattle seafood marketer and supplier. 

– KUCB

More: kucb.org

Funding sought for SF fish market

A San Francisco-based fisherman's cooperative that has been fighting for better wages and more sustainable fishing practices is now gunning for a retail shop to sell fresh, off-the-boat fish in the heart of Fisherman's Wharf.

– San Francisco Business Times

More: bizjournals.com

Report: Cook Inlet salmon fishery worth $56.4 million

As the push-pull of allocative arguments continue to churn in Cook Inlet fisheries, the Alaska Salmon Alliance has released an economic report to support its position that commercial fisheries are a significant part of the Kenai Peninsula economy, and so should have a place in the water and at the regulatory table.

– Homer Tribune

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Prey fish are important

A lack of forage fish can have serious repercussions – especially for the fishing industry. 

– Christian Science Monitor

More: csmonitor.com

 

Friday, June 21, 2013

FRANKENFISH LABELING ADDED
TO BILL

A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday narrowly agreed to add to a spending bill language that would require that genetically modified salmon be labeled.

– Juneau Empire

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'Off the charts' Egegik harvest

The most active of Bristol Bay's 5 commercial fishing districts is the Egegik District.
 
– KDLG

More: kdlg.org

The price of OR gillnet restrictions

The impact of the threat to gillnetting on the Columbia River is here.

– The Daily Astorian

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Klamath dam hearing

Local officials present at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday came away optimistic, but firm in their convictions that Congress must act now to address long-standing water issues in the Klamath Basin.

– Times-Standard

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NPFMC appointments

The Commerce Department has reappointed Duncan Fields, of Kodiak, to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, and also has appointed newcomer David Long, of Wasilla.

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

More: deckboss.blogspot.com

Alaska Fisheries Report

Coming up this week, Southeast nets went in the water on Sunday and fishermen are expecting a big pink return this year; it turns out genetically engineered salmon might be able to breed with wild stock if they ever got out, and bringing Alaska seafood to the world, and the world to Kodiak.
 
– KMXT

More: kmxt.org

Dock sales boost Half Moon Bay's economy

With intermittent summer days on the coast, the weather isn't always conducive for fishermen in Half Moon Bay's Princeton Harbor. But when the skies clear and provide spurts of calm, the public is sure to have direct access to off-the-boat salmon sales.

– The Daily Journal

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Cape Winslow sockeye counts

The sockeye are running out at Cape Wislow, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is keeping a close eye on the numbers.

– KCUB

More: kucb.org

Dam removal opens steelhead habitat

Politicians, utility officials and environmentalists will gather Friday in Carmel to celebrate the long-awaited removal of the 106-foot tall San Clemente Dam, which has blocked the Carmel River in Monterey County for 92 years.

– SFGate

More: blog.sfgate.com

Tribal hatcheries open on Columbia River

Salmon season is upon us, and two tribal hatcheries opening this week are testaments to restoration efforts.

– Indian Country Today Media Network

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