Monday, June 29, 2020

Adak shutdown

The only shore plant in the distant Aleutian Islands community has stopped buying fish, and crews were sent home following a "management shakeup," the city manager says.

NMFS moves toward restoring Alaska observer coverage

How COVID-19 is threatening Alaska's wild salmon fishing season

More than half of Unalaska's tsunami sirens fail during recent test

Sea lice outbreak prompts First Nations leaders to call for fish farm closures

Commerce Department announces appointments to fishery management councils

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Alaska salmon season update

Sockeye landings are running much lower than 2019, and harvest in Bristol Bay has been particularly slow.

Two crabbers die, one rescued after boat capsizes near Florence, Oregon

New co-op allows village fishermen to participate in Kuskokwim Bay
commercial fishery

Canadian observer requirement is further waived

Opinion: Oceans can feed our future world, if we do it right

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Summer Chinook time

The troll season for king salmon opens today in Southeast Alaska.

Senate moves to extend Paycheck Protection Program to Aug. 8,
helping fishermen

Two new COVID-19 cases in Sitka tied to seafood industry

Southeast Alaska Dungeness crab catch starts strong again, price drops

Fish processing halted in Newport due to water emergency

Robots poised to enter Bering Sea to start unconventional fisheries survey

AquaBounty commences commercial harvest of 'conventional' Atlantic salmon

Thursday, July 2, 2020

Warming threatens the world's fish

Among the species researchers say are at risk are grocery store staples such as Atlantic cod, Alaska pollock, and sockeye salmon.

Chignik's sockeye run could be worst since statehood

Legislative committee hears of fishermen snag with Alaska CARES Act grants

Plan to build marine haulout by next fishing season at Sitka stalls

ASMI's Responsible Fisheries Management certification program gets
new ownership

Legislation would create $3 billion grant program within NOAA

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