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Commercial salmon gillnetters, seiners and setnet harvesters delivered upward of 9.2 million salmon to processors through the eve of Independence Day in fisheries from Southeast, Central and Westward regions of Alaska.
https://fishermensnews.com/commercial-catch-of-alaska-salmon-climbs-to-9m-fish/
File photo.
Harvesters in the Copper River, Bristol Bay, the Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak and the Alaska Peninsula are all competing now, as the Alaska commercial salmon fisheries open in full for the 2024 season with 3.7 million fish already delivered to processors.
https://fishermensnews.com/salmon-harvest-opens-from-bristol-bay-to-kodiak-and-beyond-2/
U.S. Commerce Department officials have announced the allocation of $12.2 million to address fishery resource disasters in Alaska and Washington State through 2022 and 2023 Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Acts.
https://fishermensnews.com/12m-for-alaska-washington-fisheries-disasters-allocated-by-commerce-dept/
Harvesters in the Copper River, Bristol Bay, the Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak and the Alaska Peninsula are all competing now, as the Alaska commercial salmon fisheries open in full for the 2024 season with 3.7 million fish already delivered to processors.
https://fishermensnews.com/salmon-harvest-opens-from-bristol-bay-to-kodiak-and-beyond/
A new federal fisheries study released June 20 shows that substantial numbers of po***ck travel seasonally between the two U.S. and Russian exclusive economic zones (EEZ).
https://fishermensnews.com/sonar-monitoring-on-seafloor-shows-po***ck-traveling-between-u-s-russia-eezs/
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Federal fisheries officials have implemented the domestic 2024 harvest specifications for Pacific whiting fisheries off the coasts of Washington, Oregon and California, including the 2024 Tribal allocation for the Pacific whiting fishery, the non-tribal sector allocations, and a set-aside for incidental mortality in research activities and non-groundfish fisheries.
https://fishermensnews.com/noaa-fisheries-issues-final-rule-implementing-pacific-whiting-fishery/
NOAA’s Office of Habitat Conservation says the numbers of threatened Upper Willamette River Chinook salmon are increasing, thanks to habitat restored in Oregon’s McKenzie River watershed.
https://fishermensnews.com/mckenzie-river-restoration-benefits-upper-willamette-river-chinook/
Estimated commercial harvests in the 2024 statewide Alaska salmon fishery topped one million fish as of Monday, June 17, as two districts in Bristol Bay opened in the wake of Copper River/Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet fisheries.
https://fishermensnews.com/early-alaska-commercial-salmon-catch-exceeds-1m-fish/
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The first three-day commercial directed Pacific halibut fishing season of the year in convention waters off the West Coast begins at 8 a.m. on June 25 and runs through 6 p.m. on June 27.
https://fishermensnews.com/area-2a-commercial-pacific-halibut-season-opens-june-25/
Indian tribes from Washington state and Southeast Alaska that have ancestral homelands along salmon rich transboundary rivers are asking the British Columbia government to consult with them regarding mining operations with potential adverse impacts on rivers and fisheries.
https://fishermensnews.com/washington-alaska-tribes-seek-consultation-on-bc-transboundary-mining-issues/
The Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) said in early June that it plans to redesign and reprioritize efforts in several of its surveys this year, while advancing ways to more efficiently collect data and accomplish its research mission to support sustainable fisheries management.
https://fishermensnews.com/noaa-fisheries-announces-changes-in-alaska-survey-portfolio/
Trident Seafoods and Silver Bay Seafoods on June 7 announced that they’ve reached an agreement for Silver Bay to acquire one of Trident’s processing facilities and fuel business.
https://fishermensnews.com/silver-bay-acquires-trident-seafoods-false-pass-processing-facilities/
Photo: Trident Seafoods
Trident Seafoods plans to keep its Kodiak processing facility operating through the groundfish “B” season, as negotiations continue with prospective buyers for that property and another facility at False Pass.
https://fishermensnews.com/trident-seafoods-kodiak-plant-to-operate-through-b-season-as-sale-negotiations-continue/
Photo: Trident Seafoods
Observer coverage, Aleutian Islands golden king crab, vessel caps for halibut landings and the release of small sablefish are top items for discussion before the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) meeting in Kodiak June 7-12.
https://fishermensnews.com/npfmc-to-discuss-observer-coverage-seafood-issues-at-kodiak-meeting/
Northline Seafoods’ new vertically integrated barge, equipped to buy, freeze, ship, store and distribute wild Alaska salmon, is expected to make its debut this summer in the Bristol Bay wild salmon fishery, with a capacity to hold more than 10 million pounds of fresh fish.
https://fishermensnews.com/northline-seafoods-barge-heads-for-bristol-bay/
Photo: Northline Seafoods.
A new NOAA Fisheries report to Congress on combatting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing finds that about 56% of audited import entry filings are noncompliant, mostly for incomplete chain of custody and misreporting of harvest weight.
https://fishermensnews.com/noaa-fisheries-more-than-half-of-seafood-import-entry-filings-noncompliant/
Two bills recently introduced in Congress by Rep. Mary Peltola, R-Alaska that would restrict bottom trawling are drawing kudos from commercial longliners, crabbers and salmon fishermen and criticism from the state’s po***ck fishery.
https://fishermensnews.com/congressional-bills-introduced-to-restrict-bottom-trawling/
NOAA Fisheries has recommended nearly $240 million to fund 46 fish passage projects this year, plus an additional $38 million for addition fish passage projects in future years.
https://fishermensnews.com/noaa-recommends-funding-46-fish-passage-projects/
Commercial harvesters in the first Copper River salmon opener delivered nearly 43,000 sockeye salmon, 1,108 Chinook, 247 chum and two coho salmon to processors. The estimated harvest was compiled from 376 deliveries by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Cordova office.
https://fishermensnews.com/first-copper-river-commercial-salmon-opener-harvest-yields-nearly-43000-sockeyes/
File photo.
California’s San Luis Obispo Superior Court on May 15 denied a request from commercial fishing entities for injunction relief in approving permits for ocean site surveys for offshore wind development. The litigation to stop approval of permits for site surveys was filed Feb. 29 by the Morro Bay Commercial Fishermen’s Organization (MBCFO) and Port San Luis Commercial Fishermen’s Association (PSLCFA).
https://fishermensnews.com/california-judge-denies-injunction-relief-in-wind-farming-ocean-survey/
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced plans for an assessment of marine life entanglement risk for commercial Dungeness crab on or around Friday, May 17, using the Risk Assessment and Mitigation Program.
https://fishermensnews.com/cdfw-plans-assessment-of-marine-life-entanglement-risk-for-dungeness-crab/
Alaska legislators on May 12 approved the creation of a task force to make policy recommendations to help the state’s struggling commercial fishing industry.
https://fishermensnews.com/alaska-legislature-approves-task-force-to-help-commercial-fishing-industry/
California’s San Luis Obispo Superior Court is expected to issue a decision today, May 15, regarding whether to halt approval of permits for ocean site surveys for offshore wind development.
https://fishermensnews.com/california-commercial-fishermen-sue-to-halt-wind-farming-ocean-survey/
The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) has formed a partnership with Holland America Line to educate the cruise line’s employees on the species, benefits and responsible fishing practices of the Alaska fishing industry.
https://fishermensnews.com/asmi-holland-america-partner-on-seafood-education/
Photo via Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute.
Longtime maritime industry figure Douglas Dixon, who was the former general manager and director of Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle, has died.
https://fishermensnews.com/former-pacific-fishermen-shipyard-manager-doug-dixon-dies/
Photo: Norwegian Commercial Club.
Legislation backed by 16 members of Congress aims to expedite delivery of disaster relief following fisheries disaster declarations by cutting red tape currently complicating the approval process by federal agencies.
https://fishermensnews.com/fishes-act-introduced-to-cut-red-tape-in-delivery-of-disaster-funds/
Photos: U.S. Senate.
A record low number of fish stocks were subject to overfishing in 2023, according to the annual Status of Stocks report that assesses the 506 stocks and stock complexes managed by NOAA Fisheries, which was released May 2.
https://fishermensnews.com/record-low-fish-stocks-subject-to-overfishing/
Officials with the NOAA Marine Debris Program say that the program’s expected to soon complete a mission to Midway Atoll, also known as Kuaihelani, to clean up derelict fishing gear and other debris from the shoreline.
https://fishermensnews.com/noaa-to-remove-derelict-fishing-gear-from-midway-islands-shores/
Photo: Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project.
NOAA Fisheries on April 29 announced publication of the final rule implementing federal management of commercial salmon fishing in the Cook Inlet Exclusive Economic Zone Area.
https://fishermensnews.com/noaa-fisheries-issues-final-rule-on-cook-inlet-eez/
Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians council member and Northwest Indian Fisheries Commissioner Kadi Bizyayeva has been appointed to the Salmon Recovery Funding Board by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. Her term runs through July 15, 2027.
https://fishermensnews.com/tribal-councilmember-appointed-to-salmon-recovery-board/
Image: Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office.
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