BOF to consider limits on hatchery cost recovery
Forty-seven proposals are on the agenda for the Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting at the Alaska Vocational Technical Center in Seward Dec. 10-13, including one to cap the number of each salmon species harvested for cost recovery in private nonprofit salmon hatcheries.
NOAA Fisheries names international affairs director
Alexa Cole has been appointed as the new director for NOAA Fisheries’ Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection.
Restrictions in place for P-cod fishery in Central GOA
Federal fisheries officials have halted Pacific cod harvests through Dec. 31 for catcher vessels 50 feet in length and larger using hook-and-line gear in the Central Gulf of Alaska to be sure their harvest stays within the 382 metric ton total allowable catch.
New fisheries patterns emerge in warming waters
Climate change impacts, for better in some sectors and for worse in others, are becoming more evident in fisheries throughout Alaska, including the Gulf of Alaska and Prince William Sound.
State waters fishery for P-cod opens Feb. 1
A state waters Prince William Sound area fishery for Pacific cod opens on Feb. 1 for jig, pot and longline gear, with a guideline harvest level of 437,425 pounds, of which 371,811 pounds are allocated to longline gear and 65,614 pounds for pot or jig gear.
PWS state waters Pacific cod fishery opens Feb. 1
A Prince William Sound commercial state waters Pacific cod fishery opens Feb. 1 for all gear types, with a guideline harvest level of 437,425 pounds, a 53 percent drop from last year’s 936,965-pound quota.
Fisheries board reduces Kodiak’s allocation
New limits on salmon harvests for the Kodiak area have been approved by the Alaska Board of Fisheries to allow increased harvests in other areas.
ADF&G concludes some P-cod, Pollock openers
A state waters fishery for Pacific cod in Prince William Sound closed to longline gear on March 4 based on projected harvest levels indicating that the guideline harvest level of 437,425 pounds would be achieved by that date.
PWS sablefish fishery continues to Dec. 31
The sablefish season in Prince William Sound has been extended through Dec. 31 due to health issues related to the COVID-19.
BOF will accept agenda change requests through Aug. 13
Alaska Board of Fisheries officials are reminding commercial fishing entities that the deadline for submissions for 2020/2021 meeting cycle agenda change requests is Aug. 13.
