Monday, June 22, 2015
Go time in Upper Cook Inlet
Citing a strong showing of sockeye at the Kasilof River, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game sets gillnet openers for today.
Dillingham refiles petition to annex Nushagak fishing district
Alaska weathervane scallop fisheries to open July 1
Toxic algae bloom off B.C. could affect salmon, scientists say
B.C.’s new freshwater/land-based aquaculture license takes effect
Columbia Basin plan to restore fish runs faces legal challenge
Commerce Department announces regional council appointments
Congress could nix ‘class societies’ in small vessel construction
Book review: ‘Red Light to Starboard: Recalling the Exxon Valdez Disaster’
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Commentary
Threats to local Bristol Bay setnetters gather on the horizon.
Financially troubled American Seafoods nears debt deal
Genetic stock estimates released for incoming Bristol Bay run
Kodiak Borough Assembly discusses ‘subsistence access’ bill
Wash. oyster processor agrees to pay $175K in pollution case
Warm water likely to blame for early Chinook deaths in Willamette
A look at Honolulu’s daily fish auction
Opinion: How to save wild salmon with a fork and knife
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Salmon certification stalemate
The Marine Stewardship Council says binding arbitration is the only way to settle a dispute between rival groups of Alaska fish processors.
Coastal Villages to help fund state salmon weir operation
Port of Ilwaco adopts ‘zero tolerance’ policy to deter sea lions
Corp halts Columbia River cormorant killings, for now
Paper examines ecological consequences of genetically modified salmon
Opinion: Letters in response to Paul Greenberg column
Thursday, June 25, 2015
B.C.’s Asia connection
Newly affluent China and thriving economies such as Singapore step up as customers for premium seafood.
Norton Sound commercial salmon fishery begins
Death reported aboard fishing vessel in Larsen Bay
Sitka fisherman fined in unlawful salmon sales case
NMFS details status of invasive species in Alaska
Update on proposed KSM mine upstream of Ketchikan
Coalition pressures Costco to not sell genetically modified salmon
Revival of canary rockfish a boon for West Coast trawlers
Calif. hearing set on impact of drought, marijuana on fisheries
Decision summary from recent Pacific Council meeting
Commentary: Working toward sustainable global fisheries
Friday, June 26, 2015
Fit to fish
A U.S. Coast Guard team in Bristol Bay conducted 412 dockside exams and issued 354 compliance decals to crews meeting all safety standards.
Icicle Seafoods to be sold in two pieces
Norton Sound red king crab summer fishery to open Monday
‘Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak
Southeast Alaska Dungeness season will run normal length
Tons of mackerel hit Monterey Harbor, and hopefully they don’t die
NOAA announces $25 million in Saltonstall-Kennedy grants