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Monday, November 4, 2019

California crab delay

Due to whale entanglement worries, the start of the Dungeness crab season is expected to be delayed from Nov. 15 to Nov. 23 in the area south of Mendocino-Sonoma county line.

Court settlement reached in deadly Newport capsizing

Nordic Aquafarms set to move ahead with $400 million fish farm at
Humboldt Bay

EPA announces $27.5 million in funding for Puget Sound

Why are birds and seals starving in a Bering Sea full of fish?


Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Alaska's big salmon season

Alaska's harvest of 206.9 million salmon generated an ex-vessel value of $657.6 million, a 10 percent increase from last year.

Alaska governor visits Japan to promote seafood and other natural resources

Unalaska approves $352,000 budget amendment to pay for air charters

U.S. Forest Service kicks off 'roadless rule' discussion in Juneau

Groups call for closure of herring fishery in Strait of Georgia

Wider World: A million salmon starve and rot as protests block Chile farms


Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Bristol Bay fish tax

Voters in the Bristol Bay Borough have passed a 1.5 percent tax on all processed fish.

Dungeness fishery south of Mendocino-Sonoma line now set to open Nov. 22

Chignik sockeye catch was greatly improved, if not great, this year

Alaska's seafood harvesting employment dropped 4.9 percent in 2018,
state reports

A new solution to California's sea urchin problem: Ranch and eat them


Thursday, November 7, 2019

Rescue video

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter hoists an injured man from a fishing boat south of Kodiak Island.

EPA fines Silver Bay Seafoods over seafloor waste pile

These three Alaskans are disrupting the salmon business

Company set to build major fish farm at Humboldt Bay to hold community meeting

Fish size affects Snake River salmon returns more than route through dams, research shows


Friday, November 8, 2019

Bristol Bay forecast

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is forecasting a strong harvest of 34.56 million sockeye salmon next season at Bristol Bay.

Increase in observer fees has people questioning how their dollars are
being spent

'Alaska Fisheries Report' from KMXT in Kodiak

Residents fear the unknown in Pacific Seafood's bunkhouse

Marine heatwave in Pacific shrinks from 'Blob' in size, retreats farther offshore

Wider World: This $46,000 snow crab is the most expensive in the world


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