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Monday, August 22, 2022

Bycatch Reduction Week

NOAA Fisheries is focusing this week on the development, testing, and adoption of gears that reduce bycatch in U.S. fisheries.

Alaska’s snow crabs have disappeared, and where they went is a mystery

An international team of scientists maps out life in deep Bering Sea

Ketchikan welcomes new Coast Guard cutter Douglas Denman

California commission approves first experimental fishing permit under
new program


Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Alaska salmon season update

Pink salmon harvest numbers are up 9 percent compared to this point in 2020.

Counting Bristol Bay salmon, dead or alive

Sockeye escapement on Kasilof hits record

Crews prepare to raise sunken fishing vessel leaking oil into Salish Sea

To encourage more young fishermen, look to farm programs as models, new study argues

Opinion: Alaska’s CDQ fishery program is too important to be misunderstood


Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Fraser’s fading fortunes

This year’s returns of Fraser River sockeye salmon are
falling drastically short of preseason forecasts, dashing
hopes for a commercial fishery.

Fishing vessel runs aground south of Westport, Washington

Invasive green crab numbers continue to climb in Alaska

Agencies, tribes across Washington state work to stop growth of invasive crab

As mariculture grows in Alaska, NOAA outlines a plan to study it


Thursday, August 25, 2022

Alaska’s salmon tally board

The commercial catch has reached 150 million fish.

NOAA Fisheries: What’s behind Chinook and chum salmon declines in Alaska?

USCG looks into reports of vessel interfering with floatplane near Homer

‘Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak

Union concerned over Ottawa’s rejection of Pacific Salmon Commission recommendations

Murray and Inslee conclude breaching Snake River dams ‘not an option
right now’


Friday, August 26, 2022

Unalaska VIP

The city and the fishing industry put on a reception for visiting NMFS chief Janet Coit.

Southeast Alaska pink salmon seine fisheries wind down for season

Stuck at the pier, B.C. fishermen fume as their Americans counterparts fish

ASMI marketing update

Tulsequah Chief mine might see cleanup after 65 years

Alaska, Rhode Island senators offer Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvest Act


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