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Monday, August 30, 2021

Alaska observer guidance

Citing factors including widely available coronavirus vaccines, NOAA Fisheries says it will be "expanding the deployment of observers to all ports" throughout the state.

Subsistence users, scientists seek answers for Western Alaska chum
salmon declines

Prince William Sound commercial shrimp pot quota achieved, fishery closes

Season set for commercial harvest of detached kelp washing up on Cook
Inlet beaches

'Alaska Fisheries Report' from KMXT in Kodiak

Oregon Health Authority reports COVID-19 outbreak at Pacific Seafood
in Newport


Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Surprise payday for Alaska trollers

The troll catch for chum salmon in Sitka Sound hit a new record with almost half a million fish. And the harvest isn't over yet.

NOAA breaks ground on project to rebuild Ketchikan port facility

Forest Service works to restore Alaska's Resurrection Creek from decades of mining damage

NOAA Fisheries names Kim Damon-Randall to lead Office of
Protected Resources

Why are some lingcod bright blue?


Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Vaccine requirement

Peter Pan Seafood Co. has implemented a policy requiring workers be vaccinated against COVID-19.

North Pacific Council to continue with virtual meetings

Alaska Fish and Game technician is recovering from bear mauling

Lone occupant of fishing vessel out of Coos Bay saved by research ship

Dead seabirds are washing ashore in Western Alaska for fifth straight summer

NOAA breaks ground on upgraded port facility in Ketchikan to host
R/V Fairweather


Thursday, September 2, 2021

Southeast Alaska troll closure

The Chinook fishery will conclude Friday with the harvest
target achieved.

Sunken 'ghost ship' remains costly Kodiak pollution hazard decades later

Former Alaska attorney general Havelock dies, helped institute limited entry

New scientific research prompted regulation of Cook Inlet kelp harvest

ASMI marketing update

Some changes for Alaska Sea Grant's Marine Advisory Program


Friday, September 3, 2021

Calamitous crab announcement

The Bristol Bay red king crab fishery, historically one of Alaska's
most valuable shellfish harvests, will be closed this season due to
stock weakness.

Pollock industry locked in high-stakes Jones Act dispute with U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Judge orders immediate actions at Willamette Basin dams to help
salmon, steelhead

Indy Walton named to Alaska Board of Fisheries

Institute works with Alaska shellfish growers to address emergency
rainfall closures


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