Monday, October 12, 2015


Making the grade

Washington pink shrimp has won Marine Stewardship Council certification as a sustainable fishery.


Video: Cleaning marine debris from Alaska beaches

Nanaimo meeting set on freshwater aquaculture plan

Columbia River jetty repairs done in time for winter waves

Skipanon recalls canned fish over botulism concern

House passes West Coast crab management bill

Bill filed to ban oil drilling offshore Wash., Ore., Calif.

 

Tuesday, October 13, 2015



Looking forward

The National Marine Fisheries Service has posted the "Alaska Regional Office Strategic Plan 2016-2020."


Floating processor breaks free of mooring at Bremerton

2015 Kotzebue Sound commercial salmon season summary

Amendment would bolster community rights to BSAI crab shares

Alaska Board of Fisheries work session set for Oct. 21-22

Canadian shipbuilding program gathers steam at Seaspan

New seafood market opens in downtown Astoria

 

Wednesday, October 14, 2015



Back in business

Hawaii's longline fleet can fish again for bigeye tuna in local waters now that a deal has been reached to end a painful two-month closure.

 


Bristol Bay association chips in $40K for counting towers

New bridge over Wood River near Dillingham opens

Oregon coast coho recovery plan out for public comment

Letter: Protecting salmon from chemicals

Editorial: Promptly paying bills is a necessity for Chinook port

 

Thursday, October 15, 2015


Kodiak tragedy

A local man who was diving for red sea cucumbers died after an emergency medevac, authorities say.


State biologist explains this season’s Alaska crab limits

State, feds won’t pursue $92M more for Exxon Valdez spill

Sen. Murkowski amasses $3 million for re-election bid

Billions of juvenile fish under the Arctic sea ice

Two of Oregon’s worst fish barriers removed

Oregon fish fertilizer plant causes a neighborhood stink

 

Friday, October 16, 2015



Rising tensions

Threats to fishery observers “will not be tolerated,” says Eileen Sobeck, head of the National Marine Fisheries Service.



House hearing set on EPA efforts to block Pebble mine

Water crunch eases up for Kodiak, seafood processors

Marine debris cleanup planned for Shuyak Island near Kodiak

Canadian report outlines acidification threat in Pacific

Former Odin Seafood dock in Prince Rupert to be demolished