PWS humpy catch rises to 20M+ fish
Overall harvests of pink salmon in Prince William Sound rose to 20.3 million fish as of Wednesday, Aug. 19.
Alaskans Own, Northline Seafoods share the harvest
Two Sitka-based fishing entities are teaming up to provide 45,000 pounds of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon to Alaska Native villages that saw record low salmon returns this year.
Federal fisheries board October meeting will be online only
Written public comment is being strongly encouraged for the October meeting of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, which has moved the session normally held in early October in Anchorage to three online dates: Oct. 2, Oct. 9 and Oct. 12-16.
Fish Factor: Poor salmon returns spell disaster for many communities
Salmon returns have been so poor that communities already are claiming fishery disasters.
Copper River Seafoods offers Alaska Salmon Day special
Precautions prompted by the novel coronavirus have squashed most of the usual festivities of Alaska Wild Salmon Day, designated under a bill signed by former Gov. Bill Walker to be on Aug. 10 every year, but Copper River Seafoods is the exception.
PWS harvest nears 19M salmon
Purse seine and drift gillnet harvests of salmon continue in earnest this week in Prince William Sound, where the overall harvest has jumped from 11.2 million to 20.5 million salmon in a week, including some 17.6 million humpies.
Fish Factor: Federal dietary report advises eating more seafood
It got little attention from the mainstream media, but seafood netted some historic firsts in the nation’s new dietary guidelines.
Humpy harvest in PWS surges to exceed 12M fish
Harvests of over 9 million pink salmon over the past week have pushed Alaska’s yearly total to over 25 million fish, including upwards of 12 million humpies caught in Prince William Sound.
$50M CARES fisheries package awaits application process
Funding to help myriad sectors of the fishing industry hit by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is coming to Alaska, but for now the draft spending plan for the $50 million is a work in process at the state Department of Fish and Game.
Cordova urges state to declare fishery disaster
Wednesday, Aug. 5, Cordova City Council voted unanimously to encourage the state to declare an economic disaster in Cordova.
