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Monday, October 16, 2023

A salmon revolution

Land-based aquaculture is still coming into its own, but it stands to upend an industry plagued by environmental concerns.

Tribal groups, pollock industry at odds over how to limit trawl bycatch of
chum salmon

A struggle to dodge salmon in pursuit of a massive pollock bounty

How a Kuskokwim region activist helped villages claim a share of Bering Sea pollock riches

Washington and Oregon seek nominations for Columbia River fishing
advisory groups

California’s offshore wind farms are on a fast track


Tuesday, October 17, 2023

AFN subsistence resolution

The Alaska Federation of Natives wants Congress to permanently protect the right of Alaska Native people to engage in subsistence fishing in Alaska’s navigable waters.

A new species of fish joins Kraken post-win celebrations

The New Yorker: The Uyghurs forced to process the world’s fish

Trident Seafoods addresses The New Yorker article

California Wetfish Producers Association submits two EFP permit applications to Pacific Council

From collapse to sustainability: West Coast groundfish are back


Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Cook Inlet salmon management takeover

NOAA Fisheries is seeking public comment on implementing federal management of salmon fishing in the Cook Inlet EEZ.

Reopening of Bristol Bay red king crab fishery provides only temporary reprieve from challenges

Snow crab may be resilient to ocean acidification, study finds

Petersburg boat transforms fish hold into improvised musical space

International commission finds Canadian mining might violate human rights of Southeast Alaska tribes

A deep dive into Seattle’s busy, beloved Ballard Locks


Thursday, October 19, 2023

Alaska’s snow crab situation

Billions of crab went missing. Scientists now know what
happened to them.

Snohomish coho – the 50th rebuilt fish stock under Magnuson-Stevens Act

Arctic salmon spawning confirmation brings questions for future
international management

‘Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak

DNA shows where Washington culvert replacements helped spawning salmon


Friday, October 20, 2023

Channel 16 and you

Here’s a musical reminder from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Agency seeks input on federal management plan for Cook Inlet salmon fishing

Alaska Native advocates and leaders call for expanded federal subsistence protection

Alaska pollock trawlers are feeling pressure over salmon bycatch, so this reporter went to see for himself

Celebration of life set for Kodiak’s Al Burch

NMFS Alaska announces the initial issuance of quota share in Pacific cod trawl co-op program

New seafood refrigeration class trains next generation of specialists


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