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Monday, December 9, 2019

Alaska cod calamity

In an unprecedented response to historically low numbers of Pacific cod, the federal cod fishery in the Gulf of Alaska is closing for the 2020 season.

Anchorage-based North Pacific Council to move to new offices

Proposed land trade may turn the tide for Sitka's maritime industry

Increase seen in juvenile winter-run Chinook heading down Sacramento to ocean

World's oceans are losing oxygen rapidly, study finds

Opinion: Northwest must speak for trees, salmon in Alaska


Tuesday, December 10, 2019

BBRSDA's big budget

The Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association board has passed a budget of $3.8 million for the 2020 fiscal year, the largest in the organization's history.

Would this proposed hydroelectric project harm salmon?

California Fish and Wildlife updates status of Dungeness crab fisheries

Alaska Department of Fish and Game seeks to allow jet skis in Kachemak Bay

Gov. Dunleavy's new budget may again seek deep cuts, bigger PFDs

Fraser River slide has 'huge' impact on community

Salmon fillets, Scotch whisky face renewed U.S. tariffs threat


Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Dillingham's waterfront

People in the Bristol Bay fishing town weigh a plan to improve waterfront access and make it easier to use the boat harbor
and docks.

Ravn postpones Unalaska meeting as airline focuses on winter fishing
season travel

Fisheries vessel delivered by Seaspan to Canadian Coast Guard

House passes Integrated Coastal Ocean Observing System Act

Elizabeth Warren rolls out 'Blue New Deal' for oceans


Thursday, December 12, 2019

Ocean Beauty plant sale

Ocean Beauty Seafoods says it has accepted an offer on
its shuttered seafood processing plant on the Petersburg,
Alaska, waterfront.

Volcano in Aleutian Islands sends ash cloud over Bering Sea

Humboldt County: Trinity River salmon could face 'irreversible harm'

What's behind the decline of the West Coast's herring?

Pacific Fishery Management Council newsletter


Friday, December 13, 2019

The end of B.C. fish farms?

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sets a 2025 timeline for transitioning away from salmon farming in British Columbia waters.

State forecasts 'average' pink salmon harvest at Kodiak

Togiak herring fishermen can tap a huge quota in 2020, but some are still staying home

Coast Guard-approved first aid at sea workshop offered in Seattle

Anglers paid $1.1 million for catching northern pikeminnow in Columbia, Snake rivers


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