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Monday, October 30, 2023

Upper Cook Inlet salmon results

The closure of the eastside setnet fishery drags down the season.

Alaska fishermen struggle as rules to save king salmon limit their catch

Alaska’s snow crabs suddenly vanished. Will history repeat itself as waters warm?

Second Bering Sea snow crab season canceled as scientists pinpoint cause
of decline

ASMI marketing update

Entries in 2024 Alaska Symphony of Seafood competition announced

How Washington tribes are trying to protect the ‘last, best hope’ for
salmon recovery

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Alaska’s disappointing salmon season

This year’s harvest topped 230 million salmon, far more than
last year, but the value took a huge drop due to adverse
market conditions.

Kenai Assembly asks governor to declare Cook Inlet eastside setnet
economic disaster

U.S. Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to sunken vessel near Sitka

Federal research group seeks public input on Alaska’s salmon

The plan to save Oregon’s salmon from Willamette River dams

Opinion: For Alaska, federal fisheries updates can’t come soon enough

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Kodiak salmon season summary

The pink salmon harvest fails to reach forecast as processors stop buying early.

With little movement on salmon bycatch, Alaska advocates look to Biden administration for action

Salmon runs in Alaska’s Kuskokwim River show some positive signs, but totals remain low

NOAA study of reported violations from North Pacific observer program reveals trends, hope for better compliance

Canadian-led mission enforces international fishing regulations

Court case on fate of Snake River dams, imperiled salmon postponed at least
45 more days

Thursday, November 2, 2023

Alaska’s downward jobs trend

Employment for people harvesting seafood dropped by about a quarter from 2015 to 2022, an analysis shows.

U.S. Coast Guard cutter Kimball returns home following eventful patrol from Hawaiian Islands to Arctic Circle

Washington state Dungeness crab slow to ‘meat up’

Unmanned fishing boat sinks in Sitka harbor

‘Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak

Canopy kelp forests persist in coastal Alaska despite century of climatic and ecosystem change

Friday, November 3, 2023

Bristol Bay forecast

The state is forecasting a 2024 Bristol Bay sockeye salmon
harvest of 25 million fish, which would be a big drop from this
season’s catch.

Alaska Department of Fish and Game townhall on bycatch set for Nov. 27
at Homer

Fishermen’s expo set for Nov. 15 at Sitka

North Pacific Council’s science committee voices concerns over chum
bycatch plan

Podcast: Bering Sea factory trawlers and Alaska salmon

Researchers observe wolves hunting and killing sea otters and harbor seals on Alaska’s Katmai coast

Northwest tribes build momentum in large gathering for dam removal,
salmon restoration

‘Killing salmon to lose money’: A costly, questionable plan on the Willamette

Commentary: Move the IUU fight up the food chain

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