Official: EPA to seek protections in Alaska mine permit
By BECKY BOHRER, Associated PressJUNEAU — The company that wants to build a copper and gold mine near a major Alaska salmon fishery should receive...
PWS P-cod state-waters fishery has 992,080 GHL
The Prince William Sound Pacific cod fishery has opened with a 992,080-pound guideline harvest level, of which 85 percent, or 843,268 pounds is earmarked...
PSC Chinook salmon limits in Gulf up for further analysis
Consideration of an adjustment in prohibited species catch limits of Chinook salmon by catcher vessels in the Gulf of Alaska will get another round...
Applicants sought for ALFA apprenticeship program
Concerns over the graying of the fleet have prompted creative efforts to teach more young people the art of commercial fishing, through a crewmember...
Fish Factor: European seafood buyers observe Dutch Harbor operations
The nation’s top fishing port welcomed seven European seafood buyers in late January – all women – and showed off its massive seafood industry...
Future workforce will be smaller, but smarter
Fishing industry officials faced with a declining workforce are increasingly modernizing and automating equipment to meet harvesting and processing demands with a smaller, but...
Federal council takes up GOA Chinook issues
Federal fisheries managers this week have scheduled an initial review of proposed adjustments of the prohibited species catch of Chinook salmon in the Gulf...
Fish Factor: Healthier eating favors more seafood
Millennials are now the nation’s “peak spenders” and they are gravitating towards healthier eating which favors more seafood.“We see year over year that there...
IPHC solicits nominations for U.S. commissioners
NOAA Fisheries is soliciting through Feb. 28 nominations for two U.S. seats on the International Pacific Halibut Commission currently held by Linda Behnken of...
No agreement yet on conservation cuts in halibut harvest
Commercial fishing for halibut opens on March 24 and runs through Nov. 7, with no decision reached by the International Pacific Halibut Commission at...
