BOF leaves hatcheries intact, passes harvest strategy for PWS Tanner crab
Alaska Board of Fisheries members took on several dozen proposals related to hatchery management, shellfish, drift and setnet fisheries during its Nov. 30-Dec. 6 meeting in Cordova. The board left hatchery issues largely intact, approved a harvest strategy for Prince William Sound Tanner crab and approved use of drift gillnets for certain subsistence salmon harvests.
Harvesters sign up to report on changes in fisheries, ocean conditions
Commercial harvesters are pitching in to provide their observations on ecological changes in fisheries and ocean conditions, to help pave the way for climate ready fisheries of the future through Skipper Science, a project of a tribal government in the Aleutians and SalmonState.
Fish Factor: 1M+ pounds of old Alaska fishing nets, lines recycled
Over one million pounds of old fishing nets and lines from Alaska have made it to recycling markets so far, where they are remade into plastic pellets and fibers.
Board of Fisheries convenes at Cordova Center
Salmon hatcheries and commercial shellfish opportunities are high priorities on the agenda of the Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting underway in Cordova from Nov. 30 through Dec. 6, with action expected on most proposals by the meeting’s conclusion.
ComFish 2022 set for March 24-26
ComFish Alaska, the state’s biggest commercial fisheries meeting, will be back in person again at the Kodiak Harbor Convention Center on March 24-26, complete with fisheries forums and trade show.
Veteran harvester to address Young Fishermen’s Summit
Veteran commercial harvester Theresa Peterson of Kodiak will be the keynote speaker at Alaska Sea Grant’s 2021 Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit, to be held virtually from Dec. 6-9.
UFA selects Welch as executive director
Veteran commercial fisheries harvester Tracy Welch has been selected by the board of United Fishermen of Alaska to serve as the new executive director of the statewide commercial fishing trade association.
Federal decision closing Cook Inlet EEZ to commercial harvests is challenged
A rule closing federal waters of Cook Inlet to salmon fishing starting in 2022 is being challenged in U.S. District Court in Anchorage by a libertarian public interest law firm on behalf of three veteran commercial salmon harvesters.
ADFG forecasts 75M+ run of Bristol Bay salmon in 2022
State fisheries biologists are forecasting a run of 75.27 million sockeye salmon into Bristol Bay in the summer of 2022, 44% more than the most recent 10-year average.
Fish Factor: Preliminary data shows dockside value of 2021 catch was nearly $644M
According to preliminary harvests and values by region from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, a catch of nearly 234 million salmon had a dockside value of almost $644 million, and weighed in at 858.5 million pounds.
