Monday, November 5, 2012
MARIJUANA DIRT CAN KILL FISH
"It's bad for the rivers because it starves the river of oxygen, harms river organisms and can cause fish die-off."
– Eureka Times Standard
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Akutan airport mess
But the new airport has no planes, or at least no scheduled air service. And Akutan finds itself without regular mail.
– Anchorage Daily News
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Coast Guard rescues … the Coast Guard
If the tail rotor were to fail, the helicopter would be uncontrollable and face no other option but a watery landing.
– Anchorage Daily News
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Corps cuts threaten small harbors
Historically, the Corps of Engineers has maintained hundreds of small harbors across the nation where Congress has authorized federal navigation projects.
– Longview Daily News
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Harbors crippled by storm
Harbors and infrastructure were pummeled and in some cases destroyed along the New York and New Jersey coastlines.
– National Geographic News Watch
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Who are the processor workers?
Seafood processors are the largest share of workers in the fishing industry and also the largest group of seasonal workers in the state.
– SitNews, Ketchikan
More:sitnews.us
Panel on Togiak herring
A committee of local stakeholders met last week to discuss the proposals that seek to make changes to commercial fishing regulations in Bristol Bay.
– KDLG, Dillingham
More:kdlg.org
A look at Oregon fisheries
The Research Group estimates the total value of Oregon's catch this year will be $135.7 million, caught by 1,096 different fishing vessels.
– Pacific Fishing correspondent Cassandra Marie Profita reporting in Ecotrope, Oregon Public Broadcasting
More:ecotrope.opb.org
Fight over Nanaimo marina
The B.C. Seafood Alliance and the Underwater Harvester Association are fighting revised plans for the Nanaimo marina, which they say holds a complete disregard for the needs of the local commercial fishery.
– Nanaimo Daily News
More:2.canada.com
Cohen report refreshing and depressing
Bruce Cohen's commission of inquiry into what he quite rightly calls the uncertain future of Fraser River sockeye salmon is both refreshing and depressing.
– Vancouver Sun
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
SUSTAINABLE? WHO CARES?
Sustainability is a growing concern for many U.S. seafood consumers, but the topic is not as big a priority around most Southwest Florida dinner tables as price and origin.
– Naples News
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Money behind gillnet ban plan
When Oregon counts its ballots Tuesday night, Norm Brenden will be at home in Olympia wondering if his half million dollars was well spent.
– The Oregonian
More:oregonlive.com
Kodiak salmon pay the bills
Figures from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game show that Kodiak's salmon catch this year was the most valuable in almost two decades.
– KTOO, Juneau
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Close Togiak herring fishery?
An effort is underway to close down the Togiak sac-roe herring fishery for the next three years.
– KDLG, Dillingham
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Getting to pollock A
During A season, there are about 4500 people that want to go from the lower 48 to Dutch Harbor.
– KUCB, Unalaska
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Fraser should not fail
If any north Pacific river should continue to succeed as a home to salmon, it ought to be the Fraser. Its main flow has never been dammed, and it is much less industrialized than the Columbia. It used to produce enormous salmon runs regular as clockwork.
– Daily Astorian
More:dailyastorian.com
W. Alaska salmon study
The results of a six year study on Western salmon will be unveiled this month and the conclusions are not what people of the region had hoped for.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Laine Welch, writing in SitNews, Ketchikan
More:sitnews.us
Fishermen object to wave power plan
Local fishermen have expressed dismay at a state proposal to set aside multiple areas of Oregon's ocean — including nearly 20 square miles off the coast of Langlois — for potential marine renewable energy development.
– Coos Bay World
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Sea lion crime? Eating fish
Their crime, the crime deserving of a death sentence: Eating salmon.
– Beach Carolina
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
NO ON GILLNET BAN
Voters have rejected a measure aimed at prohibiting gillnets for nontribal commercial fishermen on the Columbia River.
– The Oregonian
More:oregonlive.com
Red king crab done
For the second year in a row, the Bristol Bay red king crab season echoed the derby days. In just three weeks fishermen have caught 95 percent of the 7.9 million pound quota.
– KUCB, Unalaska
More:kucb.org
No promises on Cal crab season
Seafood markets are trying to forestall any potential disappointment this year by not committing to any date, other than Thanksgiving-ish.
– San Jose Mercury News
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Winther, McDowell honored
United Fishermen of Alaska has posthumously named Alaska fishermen John Winther of Petersburg and Eric McDowell of Juneau to the organization's Alaska Seafood Hall of Fame.
– KDLG, Dillingham
More:kdlg.org
CG pilot hospitalized after laser attack
The crew of a Coast Guard Guardian jet was targeted by a laser while flying off Portland, Texas, during a critical phase on an instrument approach into Corpus Christi International Airport, Monday.
– Houston News
More:yourhoustonnews.com
Salmon abundant, but why?
Abundance of salmon in the North Pacific Ocean is the highest it's ever been, but fisheries scientists say there are many unanswered questions about how many fish the ocean can feed, particularly in light of climate change.
– Cordova Times
More:thecordovatimes.com
Oil spill vessel success
The vessel of opportunity program trains hundreds of fishermen and boat owners each year on how to safely and effectively clean up after an oil spill.
– KMXT, Kodiak
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Time to protect baitfish
Small, oil-rich fish such as sardines, anchovies, and smelt – commonly known as forage fish – are the linchpin of the marine ecosystem along the West Coast.
– Huffington Post
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
DEFENDING IRON DUMP
"This project was not entered into lightly."
– OPB, Oregon
More:earthfix.opb.org
Cook Inlet disaster for setnetters
While the 2012 commercial sockeye salmon fishing harvest was the ninth highest in the past 20 years, settnetters in the Upper Subdistrict experienced their lowest harvest since 1966.
– Peninsula Clarion
More:peninsulaclarion.com
Upper Cook Inlet yield lucrative
Upper Cook Inlet yielded a lucrative 2012 salmon season, despite dreadful Chinook returns that shut down setnetters.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy, reporting on his blog: Deckboss
More:deckboss.blogspot.com
Anti-gillnet measure crushed
Oregon Ballot Measure 81 to ban the use of gillnets by non-Indians in the Columbia River lost in Tuesday's election, gathering just 33.8 percent support.
– Vancouver Columbian
More:columbian.com
Next threat to Columbia gillnetters
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet Friday to hear public comments about possible reforms to fisheries on the lower Columbia River that could include moving nontribal commercial gillnets off the main channel.
– Statesman-Journal
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Salmon genetics study comes up short
The results of a six-year study on Western salmon will be unveiled this month and the conclusions are not what people of the region had hoped for.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Laine Welch, writing in the Capital City
Weekly
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Fish farm said to be good tool
The aquaculture technology of The Velella Mariculture Project has been named one of Time magazine's "50 Best Inventions of 2012″ list.
– Greener Ideal
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Cormorants or dams?
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently reported a startling statistic: Double-crested cormorants living at the mouth of the Columbia River are eating 18 percent of the juvenile salmon swimming toward the ocean.
– Pacific Fishing correspondent Cassandra Marie Profita reporting in Ecotrope, Oregon Public Broadcasting
More:ecotrope.opb.org
Sarah is back!
"And I can't believe that the majority of Americans would say it's OK to rely on foreign sources of energy instead of drilling and mining our own natural resources."
– Alaska Dispatch
More:alaskadispatch.com
Friday, November 9, 2012
BIGGER BOATS ON BRISTOL BAY?
The Alaska Board of Fisheries will take up a number of controversial proposal when they hold their Bristol Bay finfish meeting next month in Naknek. The most controversial proposals are expected to be those that seek to scrap Bristol Bay's traditional 32-foot length restriction for drift vessels.
– KDLG, Dillingham
More:kdlg.org
Salmon fecundity declines
The number of adult sockeye salmon produced per spawner has been decreasing over the last decade or more along the western coast of North America, from Washington state up through British Columbia and Southeast Alaska.
– SitNews, Ketchikan
More:sitnews.us
California commission limits forage fish fisheries
The California Fish and Game Commission has voted to limit fisheries for forage fish — small fish that make up a basic food source for larger marine animals.
– U-T San Diego
More:utsandiego.com
Job numbers surge in Alaska seafood industry
Employment of fish harvesters in Alaska reached a new high monthly average in 2011, as labor economists worked to achieve a more accurate count of the men and woman reaping millions of pounds of wild seafood from the sea.
– The Cordova Times
More:thecordovatimes.com
Will climate change bring smaller fish?
The latest research shows global warming and ocean acidification will have a significant effect on large pelagics, such as tuna and swordfish, over the 21st century.
– Honolulu Civil Beat
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Saving Fraser River Sockeye
A new report aims to make the federal government protect the Fraser River sockeye run, which is the second most important sockeye fishery - some years it's the most important - after Bristol Bay, Alaska, in the world.
– Canada.com
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Two added to Alaska Seafood Hall of Fame
United Fishermen of Alaska has posthumously named Alaska fishermen John Winther of Petersburg and Eric McDowell of Juneau to the organization's Alaska Seafood Hall of Fame.
– Anchorage Daily news
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Cook Inlet's feast and famine
Upper Cook Inlet yielded a lucrative 2012 salmon season, despite dreadful Chinook returns that shut down setnetters.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy, writing in his blog: Deckboss
More:deckboss.blogspot.com
Salmon most valuable resource
That view was voiced by cultural anthropologist and writer Richard Nelson during Sitka's WhaleFest.
– KCAW, Sitka
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