Area M Seiners decline to stand down on June chum harvest
Area M commercial seiners have declined a plea from more than a dozen fisheries and Alaska Native entities to stand down from the June salmon fisheries, saying even if they did it would not likely change the conservation or management outcomes in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim region of western Alaska.
State, partners deliver salmon donations for Yukon, Kuskokwim villages
A collaborative partnership between the state of Alaska has delivered 12,928 pounds of keta salmon to the Tanana Chiefs Conference in Fairbanks and Kwik’Pak Fisheries in Emmonak for distribution to Interior and western Alaska villages, in lieu of fish they are forbidden to harvest themselves this year.
Marine economy adds billions to national GDP
Reports from two federal Commerce Department agencies note that America’s marine economy contributed some $361 billion to America’s gross domestic product in 2020.
Coast Guard offers free dockside exams
In advance of the Bristol Bay salmon fishery season the Coast Guard is offering courtesy dockside Free exams at Egegik, Dillingham and King Salmon.
Silver Bay Seafoods will pay fine for water quality violations
Silver Bay Seafoods has agreed to pay a $467,469 penalty determined by state environmental officials for water quality violations at its Naknek River processing facility in Bristol Bay.
Copper River commercial harvest nears 313,000 fish
Seven commercial openers on the Copper River have landed harvesters nearly 313,000 salmon to date, and given the demand for Copper River salmon, retail prices are holding, with shoppers reminded that the season is a short one and to buy now.
GAPP seek proposals for next round of Partnership Program funds
Cutting-edge proposals for product innovation are due by Aug. 12 for the latest found of partnership funding from the Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers in Seattle.
Fourth opener yields robust sockeye harvest
A robust fourth opener on the Copper River commercial salmon fishery, heralded in some retails shops as the Rolls Royce of the salmon world, brought in an estimated 85,579 salmon, mostly sockeyes, promptly a slight dip in prices as retail demand remained high.
PWSSC honors McCune contributions to fisheries resources
Commercial fisheries veteran Jerry McCune, a gillnetter and lobbyist who recently retired as president of Cordova District Fishermen United, has been honored as the 2022 winner of the Prince William Sound Science Center’s Fisheries Achievement Award.
BBRSDA offers classes for green crew
Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association will offer crew training by seasoned fishermen at Naknek June 4-5 and June 7-8 and at Dillingham June 10-12, to prepare new deckhands for what is expected to be a robust harvest season in the world’s biggest wild sockeye salmon commercial fishery.
