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Monday, September 11, 2023

West Coast sea otter debate

Baby sea otters are adorable. But they aren’t wanted everywhere.

Traditional practices with modern lifejacket technology seen as boosting fishing safety in Alaska

Marine debris cleanup near Sitka brings volunteers together from across state

B.C. salmon swimming through summer sauna get emergency intervention

How a California caviar producer with a fake Russian name became the vanguard of sustainable aquaculture


Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Bering Sea danger

Russia has served notice of planned missile operations
Sept. 14-19.

Bristol Bay could see fewer sockeye return next year

Fishermen reportedly receive repayment requests from USDA

Advocates believe revising NOAA’s ‘national standards’ will increase equity, reduce bycatch

Peltola steps into Don Young’s shoes for charity fishing invitational, where motives converge

Mysterious ‘golden orb’ found deep in Gulf of Alaska

Oregon program returns nutrients from hatchery salmon back to rivers
and streams


Wednesday, September 13, 2023

An Alaska tragedy

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s husband dies in a plane crash in a remote, western area of the state.

Southeast Alaska red sea urchin fishery to open Oct. 1 with 2.3-million-
pound quota

Fishing vessel owners fined for illegal albacore catch off Vancouver Island

WDFW director’s statement on Columbia River fall commercial fisheries

Expanded gear marking requirements considered as whale
entanglement measure

Wider World: Fishing vessel in Greenland to try to free grounded cruise
ship with 206 people aboard


Thursday, September 14, 2023

Bristol Bay salmon notes

A forecast, an election, a BBRSDA board vacancy, and a proposal to clarify the 32-foot vessel length limit.

Mariners advised of Russian missile operations in Bering Sea zone off
St. Lawrence Island

Statement of President Joe Biden on the passing of Eugene Peltola Jr.

‘Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak

Fishermen’s Fall Festival set for Sept. 30 to benefit Seattle Fishermen’s Memorial

Emily Menashes named new deputy assistant administrator for operations at NOAA Fisheries

Opinion: Alaska’s Farm Bill promises to safeguard our oceans and fishing families


Friday, September 15, 2023

More trolling time

The Southeast Alaska troll fishery is being extended to the end of September with good coho fishing reported.

Commercial fishing vessel runs aground on Southern California’s Catalina Island

Four years into Yukon salmon collapse, Interior Alaska village wonders if it will ever fish again

NOAA researchers may have discovered two new organisms on Aleutian seafloor

In California, two plead guilty in case of sea cucumber smuggling

Agency awards $2.5M around country to support innovative bycatch reduction research projects


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