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Monday, September 19, 2022

Seiner salvage

The sunken fishing vessel Aleutian Isle was successfully lifted to the surface over the weekend off San Juan Island, Washington.

Storm damage assessments begin across Western Alaska coastline

U.S. Coast Guard helicopter rescues two from fishing vessel that caught fire
off Oregon

Mary Peltola’s fish man

On Puget Sound, the women whose lives – and work – revolve around salmon


Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Sounding the alarm

A proposed rewrite of the Magnuson-Stevens Act could unleash “chaos” in the U.S. fishing industry, including fishery shutdowns, rampant litigation, job losses, and higher consumer seafood prices, warns a national coalition of seafood interests.

Potential source of catastrophic tsunami in Prince William Sound stirs new worry

Oregon ocean change report highlights innovative monitoring and research

U.S. Coast Guard cuts ribbon on new Vallejo search and rescue facility

Should the U.S. Coast Guard allow men to wear beards?


Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Alaska crab crash

The North Pacific Council posts a discussion paper on the troubled Bristol Bay red king crab stock.

Aleutian Airways gets FAA approval to begin service to Unalsaka airport

$3,284 Permanent Fund dividends hit bank accounts across Alaska

After decades of dwindling runs, sockeye return to Yukon fishing village in droves

Fishing family from Snohomish shares perils, triumphs, and realities


Thursday, September 22, 2022

Peltola’s fight for salmon

Alaska’s new congresswoman wants her colleagues on the House Natural Resources Committee to understand how dire the fish crisis is for families in her home region, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

Peltola tweets on ‘foreign and out-of-state factory trawling operations’

Alaska opens public comment on statewide salmon disaster draft spend plan

‘Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak

Sunken fishing vessel Aleutian Isle finally lifted onto barge

California bill providing new protections for white sharks signed into law


Friday, September 23, 2022

Bristol Bay’s super season

Alaska’s flagship salmon fishery tallied record-setting numbers this year, according to a state harvest summary.

Peltola wants expanded North Pacific Council with two ‘Alaska Native
tribal seats’

Alaska opens public comment on Norton Sound red king crab disaster relief spend plan

Scientists discover ancient underwater fish weir in Southeast Alaska

Salmon fishers in B.C. face decision of whether to quit industry via
license buyback

Oregon’s deadliest shipwreck

Judge approves $230 million settlement in California oil spill case


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