Monday, July 2, 2012
TOP NW FISH COP INVESTIGATED
The special agent in charge of federal fish cops in the Northwest has been removed from her position while internal government investigators pore over documents from her Seattle office.
– Seattle Times
More:seattletimes.nwsource.com
Cleaner trawl fishing
These observers, largely paid by the federal government, are required to be aboard West Coast bottom-trawl boats whenever they drop nets — part of a radical overhaul of a troubled commercial-harvest system long plagued by overfishing and waste.
– Seattle Times
More:seattletimes.nwsource.com
Mine again polluting Taku
Chieftain Metals has announced it will temporarily cease water treatment at its Tulsequah Chief Mine while it secures funds.
– Juneau Empire
More:juneauempire.com
Fisherman back from near-death
Two Unalaska-based Alaska State troopers brought a Bristol Bay fisherman back to life after a near-drowning.
— KUCB, Unalaska
More:kucb.org
Here's money, go fish
Bristol Bay Economic Development Corp. this year offered local commercial salmon fishermen advances of up to $5,000 to pay for nets, insurance, fuel and so forth.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy, reporting on his blog: Deckboss
More:deckboss.blogspot.com
Dangers of tsunami debris
Commercial fisherman Mark Schneider said he watched a refrigerator float past his boat, Sea Princess, while he and his crew were salmon fishing near Newport.
– The Oregonian
More:www.oregonlive.com
Oregon preserves carry fines
Under current law, if the offense is determined to be a Class A misdemeanor, the maximum fine is $6,250 and the maximum sentence is one year in jail.
– Siuslaw News
More:www.thesiuslawnews.com
Sport salmon figuring
Our valuable king salmon according to a state study are worth about $800 to $1,000 per sport caught salmon to our economy.
– Kenai Peninsula Clarion
More:peninsulaclarion.com
Fishermen still dying in Canada
A decade after five people were killed when the Cap Rouge II capsized at the mouth of the Fraser River, the average annual number of commercial fishing fatalities has not changed.
– Vancouver Sun
More: www.vancouversun.com
Bristol Bay report
Here is the report for July 1:kdlg.org
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
CRAB GEAR LOST UNDER ICE
Heavy ice in the Bering Sea this winter carried away a mountain of crab gear.
– KUCB, Unalaska
More:kucb.org
Strong Copper River sockeye run
Salmon harvests in the Copper River District swelled to 1,348,000 fish for the week ended June 29, with the state's preliminary harvest report showing a sockeye catch well above and Chinook catch way below average.
– Cordova Times
More:www.thecordovatimes.com
Japanese skiff found in Metlakatla
A Japanese fishing skiff, thought to be debris from the March 2011 tsunami there, has washed up on an Annette Island beach, near Metlakatla in Southeast.
– Alaska Public
More:www.alaskapublic.org
Otters protect kelp
By feeding on sea urchins, otters stabilize the kelp forests.
– KCAW, Sitka
More:www.kcaw.org
Alaskan wannabe back in court
Alaska State Troopers say they're hauling Negus back into court for making another false claim of residency in order to obtain a subsistence salmon permit.
– Alaska Dispatch
More:www.alaskadispatch.com
Ravenous bears
Here in the Alaska bush, as we see more and more signs of grizzly bears, all that quaintness vanishes and what you come to realize is that a grizzly bear is not omnivorous per se, but rather absolutely, desperately ravenous all the time.
– New York Times
More:bittman.blogs.nytimes.com
Oil port could be disaster
Ottawa's support of the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project could have dire consequences for Nanaimo's environment.
– Canada.com
More:www.canada.com
ADFG Blue Sheet
Here's a compilation of salmon catches in Alaskawww.adfg.alaska.gov
Gillnet ban headed for ballot
A measure that would ban using gillnets on the Columbia River and Oregon's other inland waters appears to be headed to the November ballot after supporters submitted another 45,000 signatures to the secretary of state Monday.
– Oregonian
More:www.oregonlive.com
See ya!
Ma and Pa Wrap, plus all the little Wrappettes, plan to celebrate the nation's birth on Wednesday by doing very little. We'll be back in the harness on Thursday.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Holiday. No FishWrap today.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
BIG NEWS! NO MERMAIDS!!!
The federal government last week went to unusual lengths to assure America that mermaids do not exist.
– Vancouver Sun
More:www.vancouversun.com
Million-fish days in Bristol Bay
Tuesday was the second day in a row that Bristol Bay's commercial fishermen hauled in over 1 million sockeye salmon.
– KDLG, Dillingham
More:kdlg.org
Juneau search suspended
The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a fisherman who fell overboard near Juneau.
– Anchorage Daily News
More:www.adn.com
One missing near Newport
Coast Guard crews in a boat and a helicopter pulled three people from the Pacific Ocean near Newport. They could not find a fourth crew member and think that he drowned.
– KATU, Portland
More:www.katu.com
Dungeness season in Alaska
It looks like a pretty average year for commercial Dungeness crabbing in Southeast.
– KFSK, Petersburg
More:www.kfsk.org
Man dies in Akutan
A worker at Trident Seafoods' fish processing plant in Akutan died early Wednesday.
– Anchorage Daily News
More:www.adn.com
Report sees sockeye decline
The number of adult sockeye salmon produced per spawner has been decreasing over the last decade or more along the western coast of North America, from Washington state up through British Columbia and southeast Alaska.
– Science Daily
More:www.sciencedaily.com
Alaska Chinook mystery
King salmon across the state of Alaska is in depletion as a whole.
– Peninsula Clarion
More:peninsulaclarion.com
Fishing is a 'ponzi scheme'
"Industrial fishing has never been sustainable, it's always been using the capital, not the interest."
– National Geographic
More:newswatch.nationalgeographic.com
Alaska crabber group merges
An organization formed to push for Bering Sea crab rationalization has decided to cease operations this summer and merge with a larger umbrella group of crab fishermen.
– KMXT, Kodiak
More:www.kmxt.org
Greenpeace vessel in Unalaska
The Greenpeace vessel Esperanza has arrived in Unalaska.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Alexandra Gutierrez, reporting for KUCB, Unalaska
More:kucb.org
Friday, July 6, 2012
NEWS CELEB ON BRISTOL BAY
On Tuesday, July 10th, Dan Rather Reports will air the first live broadcast from the remote town of King Salmon, which is on the Naknek River at the edge of Bristol Bay. More than 60 percent of the nation's seafood comes from Alaska, and Bristol Bay is ground zero for the fight to save the wild salmon.
– Breathless press release
More (on Facebook):www.facebook.com
Trouble brewing on Cook Inlet
Kenai sport fishing is restricted from catching kings, but commercial fishing is open to catching reds, leaving many sport fishermen worried about the number of king salmon down the road.
– YourAlaska.com
More:www.youralaskalink.com
No extension on EPA report
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it won't extend the 60-day public comment period on the agency's draft assessment of the Bristol Bay watershed, a study of the environmental impact the controversial Pebble Mine, or other projects could have on the important fishing area.
– Fairbanks News Miner
More:newsminer.com
Fisherman feared drown
The man, now identified as the owner of the vessel, 63-year-old Richard Boyce was attempting to free fishing gear that had fouled the vessel's propeller when he tripped and went over the side.
– Alaska Native News
More:alaska-native-news.com
Port Simpson plant re-opens
A couple million dollars worth of renovations and improvements have been made to the village's processing plant, which is now hoping to fill the void in groundfish processing capacity left by the closure of the MacMillan fish plant in Prince Rupert.
– The Northern View
More:www.thenorthernview.com
Seiner salmon certification begins
The MSC received notice of a signed contract between the Purse Seine Vessel Owners Association (PSVOA) and Intertek Moody Marine (IMM), the certification body that will conduct an independent assessment of the entire Alaska salmon fishery against the MSC standard.
– FishNewsEU
More:www.fishnewseu.com
Alaska Fisheries Report
Coming up this week: How ObamaCare may help independent fishing families; processing fish and creating jobs in Kake; and sharing fish on the Yukon. All that, and the Dungy season in Southeast got off to a better start this summer than last.
– KMXT, Kodiak
More:www.kmxt.org
Kodiak catches 1 million salmon
As the calendar flipped to July, the Kodiak area salmon harvest went over 1 million fish.
– KXMT, Kodiak
More:www.kmxt.org
Naknek-Kvichak hottest area
The most consistent fishing time this season has been in the Naknek-Kvichak District, and it doesn't appear that will change anytime soon.
– KLDG, Dillingham
More:kdlg.org
New airstrip on Kodiak island
The government program that grounded a landing craft on a Kodiak island will next year bring a new airstrip to Old Harbor.
– Anchorage Daily News
More:www.adn.com
Columbia River treaty revisited
Regulators are considering changes to the Columbia River Treaty with Canada to account for environmental concerns that weren't addressed a half-century ago.
– The Oregonian
More:www.oregonlive.com
