Copper River, PWS fisheries qualify for relief
Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo has determined eight Alaska and Washington fisheries between 2019 and 2023—including the 2020 Copper River/Prince William Sound coho and...
Fishery council to focus on reducing red king crab mortality
Federal fisheries managers considered a red king crab savings area emergency rule request at their December meeting and instead decided to move forward with...
Southeast Chinook forecast below escapement goal for Stikine River
New forecasts for total runs of Chinook salmon for the Situk, Chilkat and Unuk rivers and terminal run forecasts for the Taku and Sitkine...
Task force report proposes ways to reduce salmon, crab, halibut bycatch
A final report issued by an eclectic group of seafood industry stakeholders concludes that while bycatch of salmon, crab and halibut should be reduced,...
Comment sought on proposed abundance-based halibut management plan
A proposed plan for abundance-based management of halibut caught in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) groundfish fisheries would base the limit on halibut prohibited...
ComFish Alaska 2023 set for March 16-18 in Kodiak
The Kodiak Chamber of Commerce is welcoming the fisheries industry once again to participate in ComFish Alaska, billed as the state’s longest running commercial...
Northline Seafoods carves new opportunity
More than two years after severe autumn storm winds beached a $7 million seafood processing barge on the shore of the Bristol Bay watershed,...
NOAA/BOEM work to mitigate impact of offshore windy energy development
Two federal agencies have released a Federal Survey Mitigation Strategy aimed at mitigating potential impacts of offshore wind energy development on NOAA Fisheries’ scientific...
Bob Desautel will continue to lead Pollock group
Bob Desautel, the co-founder, president and chief executive officer of Global Seas and Nina Fisheries, has been reelected chairman of the Association of Genuine...
Future management vote on Nushagak king salmon run moves to March
A decision on future management of Chinook salmon run in Bristol Bay’s Nushagak district has been delayed until the March 2023 meeting of the...
