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Monday, November 7, 2022

Oregon’s new crab guy

The Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission has named Tim Novotny as its new executive director.

Dungeness crab dying amid low oxygen levels linked to climate change

Alaska Department of Labor magazine profiles Adak, looks at 2021 fishing jobs

Will lab-grown fish save Alaska’s wild salmon stocks?

Canadian Coast Guard builds 13 helicopter pads on Haida Gwaii

New committee forming on offshore wind energy and fisheries


Tuesday, November 8, 2022

What happened to the Arctic Fox II?

A Canadian investigation into the deadly sinking in 2020 off Vancouver Island has identified “systemic safety issues.”

Is road salt killing salmon in B.C.?

ASMI’s annual All Hands on Deck conference launches Wednesday

NOAA announces American Fisheries Advisory Committee membership

Marubeni, Proximar announce sales and distribution agreement for fresh Atlantic salmon in Japan


Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Alaska fish politics

Democrat Mary Peltola leads in the race for the state’s
congressional seat, while the U.S. Senate contest tightens
between incumbent Republican Lisa Murkowski and right-wing challenger Kelly Tshibaka.

St. Paul, Alaska, declares crab crash emergency

Prince William Sound Tanner crab fishery to be closed for 2023 season

‘Weak’ forecast for Southeast Alaska pink salmon

Seattle area restaurants to feature Bristol Bay sockeye dishes on their menus Nov. 14-20

Wider World: The crash of Australia’s jackass morwong


Thursday, November 10, 2022

Alaska’s salmon season totals

The 2022 harvest of 160.7 million fish came in right as forecast
and generated a nearly 12 percent increase in value from the
prior year.

Video: U.S. Coast Guard rescues two from boat in distress off Oregon

Soft shells, low meat percentage call into question a Dec. 1 start for West
Coast Dungeness

Fishing fleet unloads more than a million pounds of salmon in Anacortes

Semper paratus: A remarkable U.S. Coast Guard rescue in 1979


Friday, November 11, 2022

Crabbers’ cry for help

Alaska’s crab crash has hit so hard that the Seattle-based trade association representing crab fishermen has launched a GoFundMe campaign to buoy the organization.

Future of B.C. salmon farms up in the air as phaseout deadline looms

Southeast Alaska’s salmon harvest was half last year’s, but worth millions more

Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue vessel christened in Prince Rupert

New book tells history of commercial fishing on Great Slave Lake

Opinion: Help save salmon from the dangers of stormwater


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