Monday, March 14, 2016
Fast finish
Southeast Alaska’s winter troll season closed in record time as high king salmon abundance and good prices lured lots of boats to the fishing grounds.
Norton Sound through-the-ice crab fishery nears finish
Board passes proposal to halt Unalaska Bay trawling
Weak catches force closures in SE Alaska king crab fishery
Algae toxins in Alaska marine mammals bodes ill for B.C.
Washington to assess Columbia, Puget Sound oil spill risks
Crescent City Harbor is now ‘tsunami-resistant’
Lisa Murkowski, Al Franken, and a huge Kenai king
Opinion: In defense of Puget Sound hatchery operations
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Silver situation
Commercial and recreational salmon fisheries could be closed this year in Washington’s ocean waters due to projected poor coho returns.
Study confirms interception of salmon bound for Bristol Bay
Kodiak Borough tightens contract with fisheries analyst
‘Kelp and Abalone: Sentinels for Climate Change’
B.C. Strait of Georgia herring fishery update
Oregon permit board to meet on rockfish case
Small Oregon ports need help with bar, jetty maintenance
Plant-based feed could alter health benefits of farmed fish
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Season start nears
The Sitka Sound herring fishery will go on two-hour notice effective 11 a.m. Thursday.
Pacific halibut season to open at noon Saturday
Grants support study of Alaska cannery history
Sitka Sound Science Center hopes to hatch some squid
Japanese tsunami debris not the problem California feared
Pacific Council chooses options for 2016 salmon season
DNA testing verifies 99 percent of MSC-labeled products
Letter: Silence over fish board nominees is deafening
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Togiak herring outlook
Sea conditions are so far from normal that fishery managers say they have “little confidence in our ability to accurately forecast timing this year.”
Fish board adjusts Bristol Bay setnet boundaries
Calif. Dungeness fishery remains closed as testing continues
Crab industry benefit planned at Crescent City
Summary of San Francisco Bay commercial herring season
Pacific whiting tribal fishery rule out for public comment
Opinion: Alaska salmon abundance shows fish board works
Friday, March 18, 2016
And they’re off!
Sitka Sound herring seiners saw their first opening of the season Thursday afternoon.
Alaska revenue commissioner doubts income tax this year
‘Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak
Young Alaska fishermen go east
Herring gillnetters reach half of quota in Strait of Georgia
Wrecked fishing boat pulled from Bellingham Bay
California salmon season facing big restrictions
Bumble Bee, Tri-Union voluntarily recall canned tuna
Opinion: How B.C. mining could hurt Northwest fishermen