BOF issues reminder on upcoming work session
Alaska Board of Fisheries officials have issued a reminder that their work session on Oct. 20-21 in Anchorage will be held via Zoom only.
Fish Factor: Most Bristol Bay salmon money won’t circulate in Alaska
The preliminary value to fishermen of the nearly 41 million salmon caught this summer at Alaska’s largest fishery at Bristol Bay is nearly $248 million, 64% above the 20-year average.
WRST Subsistence Resource Commission meets Oct. 5-6
The Wrangell-St. Elias Subsistence Resource Commission will consider issues related to subsistence hunting and fishing in Wrangell St. Elias National Park and Preserve when it meets via teleconference from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 5, and Wednesday, Oct. 6 from 9 a.m. until end of business.
Seeding the first commercial kelp farms in Prince William Sound
Local families, organizations, businesses, and individuals are pulling together to get kelp farming off the ground in the traditional territories of the Eyak, Alutiiq/Sugpiaq, and Tlingit Nations, commonly known as Prince William Sound. Here, mariculture is truly a grassroots effort that will benefit the entire community and the region.
AVCP urges field hearing on state of salmon
A nonprofit tribal consortium representing 56 member tribes in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta is urging Alaska’s congressional delegation to hold a field hearing on the state of salmon in Alaska.
AMSEA launches ‘Cath Fish. Not COVID’
Alaska Marine Safety Education Association is making its message simple and direct: Catch Fish. Not COVID. The marine safety education entity in Sitka announced its vaccination promotion campaign on Tuesday, Sept. 28.
Fish Factor: ‘Smart buoys’ trac, monitor deployed fishing gear
Lost fishing gear — be it nets, lines or pots — continues “ghost fishing” forever, causing a slow death to countless marine creatures and financial losses to fishermen.
Net Your Problem recycling reaches 1M pounds
Four years after former North Pacific groundfish observer Nicole Baker got inspired to find a way to recycle fishing nets from Unalaska she’s already reached one million pounds of recycled fishing gear and looking for more.
WRST Subsistence Resource Commission meets Oct. 5-6
The Wrangell-St. Elias Subsistence Resource Commission will consider issues related to subsistence hunting and fishing in Wrangell St. Elias National Park and Preserve when it meets via teleconference from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 5, and Wednesday, Oct. 6 from 9 a.m. until end of business.
NOAA grant aims at bycatch reduction
A new project underway by the International Pacific Halibut Commission aims to identify potential methods for protecting hook-caught fish from whale depredation, plus catch protection designs for use in current longline fishing techniques.
