Monday, October 1, 2012
WE NEED BYCATCH 'BODY COUNT'
After prolonged frustration with the current system, a solution appeared to be on the horizon when the North Pacific Fishery Management Council took action to restructure the observer program two years ago.
– Anchorage Daily News
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Pot cod dismal in Bering Sea
"It was pretty bad. I've never given up on a cod season before, and I've given up on this one."
– Bristol Bay Times
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Japan debris targets in Alaska
The region from Yakutat to Gore Point off the Kenai Peninsula will likely see the heaviest debris piles, but Southeast Alaska and other areas will see chunks of junk as well.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Laine Welch, writing in SitNews, Ketchikan
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Search ends off LaPush
Coast Guard rescue crews have called off the search for a commercial fisherman who went missing after the fishing vessel he was on sank off the coast of LaPush.
– Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles
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Nuke plant tests worry fishermen
A state study found the project is likely to have "unavoidable adverse effects" on marine life and the environment.
– Commercial Appeal
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Acidification worries fishermen
Worries about the changing chemical balance of the ocean and its impact on the fish has made an arcane scientific buzzword common parlance here, along with the phrase "corrosive waters."
– Washington Post
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Hatchery killing salmon
These fish are not being bred to make more salmon, as has been standard practice for decades, but instead are being donated to area food banks.
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Early Bristol Bay catch value
The preliminary ex-vessel value of the salmon harvest this past season in Bristol Bay is $121.1 million dollars. However, a leading fisheries economist says that's just the beginning and the value will go up.
– KDLG, Dillingham
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Alaska flooding hurts salmon?
It will be years before we know how -- or even if -- the recent flooding and high waters will affect Alaska's salmon.
– Anchorage Daily News
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Research vessel becomes catcher processor
Marcon International, Inc. of Coupeville, Wash., has brokered the sale of the U.S. flag research vessel, Cape Flattery from Anchorage based Tanadgusix Corporation (TDX), an Alaska native village corporation, to U.S. Seafoods, a fishing and marketing company based in Seattle operating off the coast of Alaska.
– Marine Log
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
BIG EMBEZZLEMENT AT TRIDENT
Five people have been indicted on charges of embezzling almost a half-million dollars from the Trident Seafoods plant in Kodiak.
– KMXT, Kodiak
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Beating up halibut management
With another round in Alaska's halibut war shaping up between commercial fishermen and charter-boat operators, the staff of the National Marine Fisheries Service has written a 333 page indictment of what is wrong with management of the big flatfish in the North Pacific.
– Alaska Dispatch
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No on gillnet ban
With recreational sport-fishing advocates backing away from their initiative to ban gill nets, with Gov. John Kitzhaber asking the state Fish and Wildlife Commission to consider moving gill-netters off of the Columbia River's main stem and into shallow side areas and with tribes that hold treaty fishing rights solidly in opposition, Oregon voters should cast a confident vote against Measure 81 in the Nov. 6 election.
– Register Guard, Eugene
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Website traces fish back to fisherman
Developers of a small Canadian website that has allowed consumers to trace hundreds of thousands of fish back to those who caught them are gearing up for a global presence.
– CTV News
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Coos Bay jetty danger
The North Jetty in Charleston is facing some problems that can affect navigation and recreation on the South Coast.
– KCBY, Coos Bay
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Frankenfish in FDA logjam
The process for getting government approval to sell food derived from genetically engineered animals appears to be a hopeless logjam.
– LA Times
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B.C. says no to Skeena mine
The B.C. government has rejected plans for a copper and gold mine in the province's northwest, saying the project could endanger salmon in the Skeena River.
– Victoria Times Colonist
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New vessels with fuel cells
The government plans to spend about $332,000 to look into integrating hydrogen fuel cell technology into the new ships, which would be constructed at the Seaspan Marine Corp. shipyard in Vancouver.
– Vancouver Sun
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Community supported fishing
In November, they will begin delivering individual packages of fresh seafood to the Astoria Co-op every Friday for customers who sign up for weekly deliveries.
– Pacific Fishing correspondent Cassandra Marie Profita reporting in Ecotrope, Oregon Public Broadcasting
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Processors name executive
Glenn Reed, President of the Pacific Seafood Processors Association, announced today thatCaptain John V. O'Shea has joined PSPA as Vice President-Alaska.
– PSPA
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
BERING CRAB QUOTAS SHRINK
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has begun announcing Bering Sea crab quotas for the upcoming season, and the early news isn't good.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy, reporting on his blog: Deckboss
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Russia to boost salmon farming
Russian Sea, Russia's largest fish producer and processor, is planning a significant increase in volumes of fish hatchery in Russia in the coming years.
– WorldFishing.net
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Grants boost B.C. salmon farming
Nanaimo could become a center for aquaculture technology after a local company received federal and provincial grants worth $532,500 to put toward a $1.2 million trout farming operation.
– Victoria Times Colonist
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Bellingham couple save fisherman
Commercial fishing has been a life-long pursuit for Joel Brady-Power and Tele Aadsen, and the Bellingham couple knows just how dangerous the sea can be.
– KOMO, Seattle
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Cal lobster season begins
It's a little sweeter and denser than the New England lobster. Judge for yourself when the California spiny lobster commercial season begins.
– UTSanDiego
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Dump Pebble, save money
Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll has been in the news recently – and the news for the company isn't good. Amid reports of shareholder unrest, Carroll has pledged to cut $1.5 billion from the group's 2012 capital expenditures.
– Huffington Post
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Pebble panels criticized
Supporters say the panels will legitimize the science. Critics say that the panels, paid for by the Pebble Partnership, cannot be objective.
– Alaska Public
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Taku mine faces hurdles
Rivers Without Borders believes the Tulsequah Chief project still faces considerable financial, technical, and political obstacles, including unresolved acid mine pollution, violations of agreements, and at least one permit, no feasibility study, no major commitments from investors, no First Nation approval, and increasing concerns in Alaska.
– R&D Magazine
SE economy looking up
For the first time in about two decades, the annual Southeast "By The Numbers" report from Juneau-based research firm Sheinberg Associates gave a somewhat rosy picture of the region's economy.
– KRBD, Juneau
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Sporties worry over Cal name change
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation replacing "Game" with "Wildlife," in a nod to environmentalists and animal-rights activists. Sporting groups fear the legislation signals a change in the department's traditional focus.
– The Reporter, Vacaville
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
SHADOW GILLNET WAR CONTINUES
Three weeks after supporters of a ballot measure to curb gillnetting on the Columbia River suspended their campaign, the politicking continues around the combustible fishing issue.
– The Oregonian
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Asleep on doomed vessel
"Some time early this morning I woke up you know to go to the bathroom. There was a light outside the boat. I woke the captain up and told him, you know, I thought it was the Coast Guard out there checking on us. Maybe want to do a safety boarding or something."
– Sequim (Wash.) Gazette
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New cutter in Alaska
The 110-foot Island Class patrol boat, Chandeleur , which can accommodate a crew of 18 personnel, was moved from Miami, Fla., to Alaska to help support the regional response capabilities of the service in Southeast Alaska.
– Coast Guard
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Aussie trawlers fight off sharks
Local commercial fishermen are fighting a losing battle at sea with sharks stealing their catch on a regular basis.
– Gympie Times
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Red king crab quota about same
This season's Bristol Bay red king crab quota is 7.85 million pounds, the Department of Fish and Game just announced. That's a hair above last season's quota of 7.83 million pounds.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy, reporting on his blog: Deckboss
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Tracing fish back to fisherman
Developers of a small Canadian website that has allowed consumers to trace hundreds of thousands of fish back to those who caught them are gearing up for a global presence.
– Vancouver Sun
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Fish to shrink
Warmer and less-oxygenated waters could see many fish species reduce in size by up to 20 percent over the next few decades.
– Science A Go Go
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Top chef disses Pebble
I believe that we are facing one of the most critical environmental debates of our times– the decision whether to let Pebble Mine open in the Bristol Bay, Alaska, watershed or to preserve one of the last great remaining salmon fisheries on earth.
– Seattle chef Tom Douglas
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Chefs like chum
A salmon tasting session at the Chefs Collaborative National Summit may have helped dethrone the king in certain restaurant kitchens.
– Seattle Weekly
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Friday, October 5, 2012
NEW ALASKA SALMON AIRPLANE
Stretching nearly 129 feet, the fish-themed Boeing 737-800 is the most intricately painted commercial aircraft in the world and celebrates the partnership of Alaska Airlines and the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute.
– Press release
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Alaska Fisheries Report
From KMXT in Kodiak, and with help from public radio station reporters across the state, this is the Alaska Fisheries Report. I'm Jay Barrett. Coming up this week, we get a summer troll wrap up from Southeast and a gillnet wrap up from Bristol Bay.
– KMXT, Kodiak
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We're pulling for Ivar
The names of colorful seafood chain founder Ivar Haglund and the orca Tokitae are among the seven possibilities under consideration for two new Washington state ferries.
– Daily Astorian
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No money to count Cal fish
A state-of-the-art sonar fish counting station on the Smith River was supposed to start its third season Monday. Instead, the sonars will be dry, sitting in storage after the project lost funding for the season.
– Crescent City Triplicate
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Swimming pool kills salmon
The workers followed a hose back to a home in a nearby upscale development where the residents were pumping out their swimming pool, sending the chlorinated water gushing into the storm sewer.
– Vancouver Sun
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Killing off salmon in N. Ireland
Salmon in Northern Irish rivers have plummeted to near extinction levels and could now be past the point of no return.
– Belfast Telegraph
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Furman leaves crab commish
The Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission announced the retirement of long time Executive Director Nick Furman effective Oct. 1. Furman stepped down from the industry-funded organization after 22 years at the helm. ODCC staff member Hugh Link has been appointed to the position of Interim Administrator while the search for Furman's replacement continues.
– Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission
Job opening:oregondungeness.org
New nuke seismic plan
PG&E is modifying its proposal for its controversial seismic studies.
– KSBY, San Luis Obispo
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Finally…
For our Canadian friends, have a peaceful Thanksgiving on Monday.
