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Monday, December 12, 2022

Pollock increase

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council recommends a
17 percent hike in the Eastern Bering Sea pollock quota.

A mixed bag of Southeast Alaska Chinook salmon forecasts

Translating a ‘pro-fish’ platform into policy reality won’t be easy for Peltola

Alaska tribes join with Lower 48 allies to seek protections from impacts of Canadian mines

Wider World: Recruited for Navy SEALs, many sailors wind up scraping paint

Opinion: We need an honest dialogue about our fisheries


Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Alaska rescue

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter hoists three men and a dog to safety after their boat runs aground near Whittier.

Large quota set for 2023 Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery

Alaska Supreme Court to hear appeal on 2021 herring ruling

Organization awarded $475,000 to promote access to Alaska fisheries

Climate change could make Washington streams too hot for fish, report shows

Opinion: How Americans can get more safe, sustainable seafood on their plates


Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Downsizing B.C.’s salmon sector

Canada is offering to buy commercial fishing licenses from those looking to get out of the declining industry.

Cooke appeals Washington state decision to end fish farm leases

ASMI marketing update

Starving seabirds on Alaska coast show climate change peril

NOAA announces ‘historic funding’ for fish habitats across the nation


Thursday, December 15, 2022

BBRSDA’s new Advisory Panel

The Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association is
seeking seven people to serve as “advisers and fleet liaisons”
to the board.

88 percent of coastwide halibut fishery limit has been landed, IPHC reports

‘Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak

Cooke goes to court over Washington state’s denial of fish farm lease renewal

Wider World: ‘Wicked Tuna’ captain pays $13K in tuna sale plea deal


Friday, December 16, 2022

Disaster declarations

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has declared disaster in multiple Alaska and Washington state fisheries, including the Bristol Bay red king crab and Bering Sea snow crab fisheries.

Borough assembly wants economic disaster declaration for Cook Inlet
setnet fishery

Kodiak outlook includes ‘strong’ pink salmon harvest but ‘poor’ sockeye catch

Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s herring appeal heard before state Supreme Court

Lummi Nation member sentenced in case involving sale of illegally caught Columbia salmon

Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe to sue over state decision to end net pen aquaculture

Fishing boat runs aground on Santa Cruz Island


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