Monday, November 14, 2011
SOUTHWEST SALMON, KODIAK HALIBUT CLAIM TOP SPOTS
Notable shuffling is going on among Alaska's fisheries this year, with Southeast besting Bristol Bay as the state's top salmon region and Kodiak toppling Homer as the No. 1 halibut port.
- Alaska Daily News
More: www.adn.com
Making 'The Deadliest Catch' Less Deadly
Old regulations forced fishermen to race against the clock. Today's catch shares have saved lives.
- The Wall Street Journal
More: online.wsj.com
Can the oceans continue to feed us?
Far out on the Pacific Ocean, the world’s industrial fishing fleets pursue one of the last huge wild hunts — for the tuna eaten by millions of people around the world.
- Bangor Daily News News
More: bangordailynews.com
Armed with a lively police blotter, reporter rolls dice in Dutch Harbor
A reporter who says he was essentially stranded in Dutch Harbor after a rural newspaper chain folded has launched his own news website, in hopes of bringing a local voice to an international audience.
- Alaska Dispatch
More: www.alaskadispatch.com
Cutting salmon catch could save voracious, endangered orcas: study
A large share of chinook salmon heading to the B.C.'s Fraser River each summer may have to be earmarked for endangered resident killer whales if the whale population is to recover.
- Vancouver Sun
More: www.vancouversun.com
New Bristol Bay group
The new network of commercial fishing interests, Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay (CFBB), debuted a website that provides information about the proposed mine and the risk it poses to the Bristol Bay salmon fishery.
– CFBB press release
More: fishermenforbristolbay.org
Fish farmers blame wild salmon for ISA disease
Wild salmon may be playing a role in ISA outbreaks in the farmed sector, according to Norway’s research institute Nofima.
– FishNewsEU.com
More: www.fishnewseu.com
Tune up with an upcoming boat engine troubleshooting and maintenance workshop
Washington Sea Grant and partners are offering a three-day wide-ranging workshop on boat engine troubleshooting and maintenance for commercial fishermen and recreational boaters.
- Seattle times
More: seattletimes.nwsource.com
Fish of death?
As sea creatures go, you don’t think of halibut as being all that dangerous.
-Salt Lake City Weekly
More: www.cityweekly.net
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
COMMERCIAL CRAB SEASON OPENING TUESDAY FOR CENTRAL COAST
Commercial crabbers on the Central Coast are preparing their crab pots and hoop nets for the commercial Dungeness crab season opener.
- KSBW.com
More:www.ksbw.com
Alaska's halibut civil war ramps up as charters fire new salvo
The Valdez-based www.pwscharterboats.com Prince William Sound Charter Boat Association has taken direct aim at Alaska commercial halibut fishermen.
– Alaska Dispatch
U.S. Senators call for NOAA to cover 80 percent of observer cost
U.S. Senators from Washington, Oregon and California joined together in sending a letter to the Secretary of Commerce (the agency that contains NMFS and NOAA) urging that West Coast fishermen's share of observer costs not exceed 20% in 2012, and that NOAA dedicate $3.9 million in FY12 to cover the remainder of observer costs.
– West Coast Trawler Network
Read the letter:www.westcoasttrawlers.net
UFA publishes fishing economic facts
United Fishermen of Alaska, which represents 37 fishing associations, has released a set of data sheets for major Alaska communities and boroughs, according to a release from the group.
– Juneau Empire
More:juneauempire.com
Bristol Bay season echoes derby days
Ten years ago a Bristol Bay red king crab fisherman could head out for three or four days and come home with a year's salary in his pocket.
– KCUB Unalaska
More:www.kucb.org
Share salmon with killer whales
The endangered orcas of the Puget Sound and San Juan Islands have adapted to eating mostly Chinook salmon, another threatened species.
– The Oregonian
More:www.oregonlive.com
Treaty to Stop Illegal Fishing Goes to Senate for Ratification
Pew supports efforts negotiated by two administrations.
– Wall Street Journal Market Watch
More:www.marketwatch.com
Homer's Bob Moss — hall of famer
United Fishermen of Alaska haswww.scribd.com named retired fisherman Bob Moss, of Homer, to its Alaska Seafood Industry Hall of Fame.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy, writing in his blog: Deckboss
Trout Unlimited praises southeast Alaska's record salmon harvest
Salmon bounty a testament to the region's habitat and careful management.
– SitNews Ketchikan
More:www.sitnews.us
Majority oppose Pebble Mine
A clear majority of Alaskans (54 percent) opposes the proposed Pebble Mine project, with fewer than one in three (32 percent) supporting it, according to a recent statewide survey conducted for Bristol Bay Native Corporation.
– BBNC press release
More:www.bbnc.net
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
CRABBERS BOYCOTT FOR PRICE
Commercial Dungeness crab season got under way, but crab lovers may need to wait to break out the garlic butter.
– San Jose Mercury News
More:www.mercurynews.com
See you at Expo?
It's a question you hear often this time of year: "Are you going to Fish Expo?"
– Pacific Fishing columnist Wesley Loy, writing in his blog: Deckboss
More:deckboss.blogspot.com
Pre-register and save money
You can wait until Thursday to register for Fish Expo and pay $30, or you can preregister today for free. Duh! (Remember to stop by Pacific Fishing's booth 729.)
To pre-register:www.pacificmarineexpo.com
Exploding containers at Unalaska
The Horizon Lines shipyard in Unalaska shutdown over worker concerns about potentially explosive refrigerated containers.
– KUCB
More:www.kucb.org
Octopus bycatch worries fleet
So far this year, only one group of boats has been prohibited from fishing in the Bering Sea because of bycatch problems.
– KUCB, Unalaska
More:www.kucb.org
Top Alaskan ports
Notable shuffling is going on among Alaska's fisheries this year, with Southeast besting Bristol Bay as the state's top salmon region and Kodiak toppling Homer as the No. 1 halibut port.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Laine Welch, writing in SitNews, Ketchikan
More:www.sitnews.us
Refining crab rearing techniques
In the latest update from the king crab rearing program at the Alutiiq Pride Hatchery in Seward, researchers have been gauging survival rates based on population densities.
– KMXT, Kodiak
More:www.kmxt.org
Groundfish rules explained
The biggest change to groundfish regulations on the West Coast in 50 years on this episode of Oregon Field Guide.
– Cassandra Profita's Ecotrope
More:ecotrope.opb.org
Pre-season crab inspections
A program that the U.S. Coast Guard credits with reducing fatalities in the dangerous Dungeness crab fishery starts, but a local fisherman says that timing couldn't be worse.
– Coos Bay World
More:theworldlink.com
B.C. mining worries Alaskans
In a letter to British Columbia Premier Christy Clark, 36 scientists asked for her leadership to balance impending industrial development in northwest B.C. with the outstanding fish, wildlife and ecological values of this largely pristine region.
– Press release
More:riverswithoutborders.org
Thursday, November 17, 2011
CLOTHING COMPANY AND SALMON JERKY?
What does a clothing company that sells high-end products with names like Nano Puff know about the fish business?
– NPR
More:www.npr.org
Back to court for BP
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to revoke BP's probation from a 2007 conviction for negligent discharge of oil, saying the company is a recidivist offender of environmental laws on Alaska's North Slope.
– Juneau Empire
More:juneauempire.com
Unalaska fleet small
Despite being the number one fishing port in the United States by volume and number two by value, Unalaska has the smallest number of resident commercial permit holders of any major fishing community in the state.
– KUCB, Unalaska
More:www.kucb.org
Central Cal crab strike
Bay Area crab fishermen have yet to reach a deal on prices with seafood buyers, Pillar Point Harbor fishermen said.
– San Mateo County Times
More:www.mercurynews.com
Squid fleet wants more
Commercial squid fishermen are enjoying a banner year and have asked the California Fish and Game Commission to take emergency action and increase the quota for market squid.
– San Diego Union Tribune
More:www.signonsandiego.com
Bloomberg explains salmon disease
It was troubling that researchers over the past few weeks may have found an infectious disease known as salmon anemia in wild fish in British Columbia.
– Bloomberg
More:www.businessweek.com
Feds answer Columbia judge ruling
The federal government said it will work with the region's tribes and states to respond to Judge James Redden's order to bolster the habitat actions in the federal plan to restore Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead, known as a biological opinion, under the Endangered Species Act.
– Bonneville Power Administration
More:www.piersystem.com
Sens and Reps: Protect fishing towns
U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), along with seven colleagues, sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter calling for guidance from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on ways to address the needs and characteristics of individual fishing communities as Regional Fishery Management Councils develop catch share policies.
– Sen. Barbara Boxer
More:boxer.senate.gov
Canada lauds its fish farmers
"From salmon and trout to oysters and mussels, Canada's aquaculture is second to none and plays a key role in keeping our economy strong."
– Government of Canada
More:www.marketwatch.com
Australia bans plastic ties
Plastic bait bands, used to secure cartons of bulk bait, have been banned by the Department of Fisheries.
– Perth (Australia) Now
More:www.perthnow.com
Friday, November 18, 2011
FEW CHANGES IN POLLOCK FISHERY
Next year's pollock numbers might not change much after all.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Alexandra Gutierrez, reporting for KUCB, Unalaska
More:www.kucb.org
Delay for north Dungeness
The opening of the ocean commercial Dungeness crab season from Point Arena, Calif., to the Canadian border will be delayed at least until Dec. 15. (Still no word from the central coast strike.)
– Natural Resource Report
More:naturalresourcereport.com
Anti-Pebble support
Bristol Bay fishermen are going national with their own new website, seeking support from commercial fishing organizations to protect fishing jobs they feel are under threat from the proposed Pebble mine.
– Cordova Times
More:thecordovatimes.com
Sea bird stops wind power plan
Plans for the first major wind farm in Western Washington have been canceled because of federal restrictions to protect a threatened seabird, the marbled murrelet.
– The Oregonian
More:www.oregonlive.com
Complaints about Klamath restoration
Members of the Resighini Rancheria strongly object to the approach taken by the federal government and the state of California for Klamath River dam removal.
– Eureka Times Standard
More:www.times-standard.com
In debt? Go fishing???
I stood along the starboard rail of a fishing boat trying to guard myself from the icy wind and the frigid waves crashing on board.
– Salon.com
More:www.salon.com
See you at Expo
Your Pacific Fishing writers will be at booth 729 at Fish Expo. Stop by and see them!
See what you missed
Here's a small compilation of the people you may have missed Thursday at Fish Expo.
Click:PME Picture Page.pdf
Alaska Fisheries Report
Coming up this week, the forecast for Togiak herring has been released, we get a wrap up of the red king crab season, and we hear about efforts to perfect hatchery-rearing of king crab. All that, and Mark Begich plans to meet with representatives of AquaBounty, who he has railed against over genetically engineered salmon.
– KMXT, Kodiak
More:www.kmxt.org (scroll down)
Friday, November 18, 2011
FEW CHANGES IN POLLOCK FISHERY
Next year's pollock numbers might not change much after all.
– Pacific Fishing columnist Alexandra Gutierrez, reporting for KUCB, Unalaska
More: www.kucb.org
Delay for north Dungeness
The opening of the ocean commercial Dungeness crab season from Point Arena, Calif., to the Canadian border will be delayed at least until Dec. 15. (Still no word from the central coast strike.)
– Natural Resource Report
More: naturalresourcereport.com
Anti-Pebble support
Bristol Bay fishermen are going national with their own new website, seeking support from commercial fishing organizations to protect fishing jobs they feel are under threat from the proposed Pebble mine.
– Cordova Times
More: thecordovatimes.com
Sea bird stops wind power plan
Plans for the first major wind farm in Western Washington have been canceled because of federal restrictions to protect a threatened seabird, the marbled murrelet.
– The Oregonian
More: www.oregonlive.com
Complaints about Klamath restoration
Members of the Resighini Rancheria strongly object to the approach taken by the federal government and the state of California for Klamath River dam removal.
– Eureka Times Standard
More: www.times-standard.com
In debt? Go fishing???
I stood along the starboard rail of a fishing boat trying to guard myself from the icy wind and the frigid waves crashing on board.
– Salon.com
More: www.salon.com
See you at Expo
Your Pacific Fishing writers will be at booth 729 at Fish Expo. Stop by and see them!
See what you missed
Here's a small compilation of the people you may have missed Thursday at Fish Expo.
Click: PME Picture Page.pdf
Alaska Fisheries Report
Coming up this week, the forecast for Togiak herring has been released, we get a wrap up of the red king crab season, and we hear about efforts to perfect hatchery-rearing of king crab. All that, and Mark Begich plans to meet with representatives of AquaBounty, who he has railed against over genetically engineered salmon.
– KMXT, Kodiak
More: www.kmxt.org (scroll down)
