Monday, December 8, 2014
North Pacific Council to consider quotas and much more
The 11-member panel, which helps regulate federal fisheries off Alaska, will set 2015 catch limits for pollock, cod, and other groundfish.
New Alaska Coast Guard chief outlines mission
Coast Guard proposes Bering Strait shipping route
Hoonah Sound spawn-on-kelp herring fishery to close second year
DFO investigates tooth removal from dead orca on Vancouver Island
Tribe to receive right to manage key Klamath salmon watershed
Fish oil skeptics: These five reports provide fodder for doubters
Opinion: Alaska must lead in addressing ocean acidification, and fast
Opinion: Mat-Su should invest in salmon preservation, not allocation wars
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
IPHC posts summary of interim meeting
The summary includes tables indicating potential halibut catch limits for 2015.
2015 Upper Cook Inlet sockeye forecast released
Board votes to increase salmon bag limits for Chitina dipnetters
New report questions viability of Susitna dam project
Fishermen debate possible mine north of Haines
U.S. Coast Guard defends closure of Newport air base
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Trident to buy Western Alaska Fisheries plant in Kodiak
The plant belongs to Westward Seafoods, a subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro.
ASMI meeting agenda includes sockeye marketing
Sen.-elect Sullivan announces new hires for D.C. office
Entries invited for Symphony of Seafood new products contest
New commercial surcharge among possible Washington changes
Oregon commission to move ahead with compensation fund
Big, meaty Dungeness crab reported in Oregon
Opinion: Kerry gives wrong advice for world's fisheries
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Senate gives fishermen a reprieve
The Senate passed a Coast Guard bill with a three-year moratorium on EPA vessel discharge
regulations for boats 79 feet and under. The House is expected to pass it this week, too.
Murkowski lays out fishery and other priorities
Begich introduces Magnuson-Stevens reauthorization bill
Joe Bundrant discusses Trident's Kodiak expansion
Study: Warming West Coast will send fish species north
Quota cuts seem to be helping halibut
Conflict on the high seas over Alaskan halibut
Judge clarifies order in Pebble mine case
An Aleutian shipwreck, 10 years later
Closure of Coast Guard's Newport air station delayed a year
Storm could bring tsunami debris to Northern California
Friday, December 12, 2014
Alaska gets preview of the R/V Sikuliaq
The 251-foot research vessel will be based in Seward. Photo courtesy UAF
'The Alaska Fisheries Report' from KMXT in Kodiak
Coast Guard assists vessel taking on water near Sitka
Alaska Coast Guard, South Korean officials meet
TransCanada details subsea natural gas pipeline project
Shellfish closure, recall ordered in Wash. after people sickened
Newport Fishermen's Wives vow to keep up fight for rescue base
Oregon's fisherpoets to perform at 'Community Day' in Portland
Opinion: Alaska must lead on halibut management
