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#04-01-2013 - ComFish News Roundup #NoJokes

Catch shares make safer, more sustainable fisheries
Matt RandThe Christian Science Monitor
March 31, 2013
Some reports make startling predictions about overfishing and the collapse of ocean life. Fishermen, local fishing communities, and conservation groups like ours are working to identify and implement fishery management tools to head off these tragic forecasts. Some tools are proving to be better than others. Over the past few decades, the primary strategy has been to reduce the amount of fish that can be caught and to cut the duration of fishing seasons. The idea behind this approach is simple and admirable – but at times the method has been inadequate to the task. True, shortening seasons can reduce overall pressure on stock. But history has shown that limited seasons are not always a long-term conservation solution – and cause problems for fishermen and fishing communities..... http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20130331/catch-shares-make-safer-more-sustainable-fisheries

Coast Guardsman Mentors During Bering Sea Patrol
Apr 01, 2013
U.S. Coast Guard| by LT Stephanie Young
In 1867 the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, predecessor service to the U.S. Coast Guard, transported the first federal officials to the territory of Alaska. From this modest beginning, cutters would eventually sail into the Arctic and the Bering Sea to protect the sea and those on it. Thus, “The Bering Sea Patrol” was born. Today, Coast Guard men and women continue to sail the Bering’s frigid waters, from Akutan to the.... http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/04/01/coast-guardsman-mentors-during-bering-sea-patrol.html

Why do Seattle's homeless get to feast on Alaska's king salmon bycatch?
Craig Medred
March 31, 2013
Trawlers dragging their nets in the Gulf of Alaska out-of-sight over the horizon from most state ports may be catching and killing more king salmon than the residents of the 49th state would like, but don't worry. The fish aren’t going to waste. They’re going to feed the homeless in Seattle and elsewhere in the state of Washington. Stephanie Madsen, executive director for the Seattle-based At-Sea Processors Association, explained to the state House Special Committee on Fisheries this past week that Alaska bycatch salmon are shipped south to SeaShare, an organization that bills itself as "The Seafood Industry's Answer to Hunger." Seashare passes the salmon on to Food LifeLine.
Washington food banks benefit
Food LifeLine, in turn, distributes food to 300 food banks and shelters in western Washington, including a considerable number in Seattle. "Food LifeLine, our local partner, moved almost 500,000 pounds of high-protein fish last year," the SeaShare website says. "Currently, SeaShare in Seattle is signed up to get the fish because our ships go from Dutch Harbor to Seattle," Madsen told the committee. Madsen's comments come in the wake of a summer of poor king salmon returns to most Alaska rivers. The low returns forced closures of subsistence.... http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20130331/why-do-seattles-homeless-get-feast-alaskas-king-salmon-bycatch