Skip to main content

#09-04-2013 - ComFish News Roundup

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
A debunker on the halibut catch sharing plan
The North Pacific Council has posted this two-page summary of the pending halibut catch sharing plan.... http://deckboss.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-debunker-on-halibut-catch-sharing-plan.html

11:07 AM TUE SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
Commercial Fishermen Plan to Protest Walmart on Wednesday
By MIKE MASON
On Wednesday several commercial fishermen from across Alaska are expected to protest a recent decision by Walmart that could result in salmon products from Alaska not being available on store shelves. KDLG’s Mike Mason has the details..... http://kdlg.org/post/commercial-fishermen-plan-protest-walmart-wednesday
Wild salmon harvest hits record 261 million fish
Posted 09/03/2013
by - Margaret Bauman
Wild salmon harvests in Alaska have reached 261 million fish, up from the previous record of 221.9 million fish in 2005, Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists said Sept. 3 in a preliminary harvest report.
The harvest of pink salmon meanwhile has reached 210.3 million fish, far exceeding... http://www.thecordovatimes.com/article/1336wild-salmon-harvest-hits-record-261-million

Jewell: No decision imminent on Alaska refuge road
Posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 2:27 pm | Updated: 2:32 pm, Tue Sep 3, 2013.
Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has completed a firsthand look at a remote Alaska national wildlife refuge that shelters millions of migratory waterfowl but said Tuesday she's set no timetable for deciding whether to allow a road through it to... http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/jewell-no-decision-imminent-on-alaska-refuge-road/article_028e98fe-14e8-11e3-987b-0019bb30f31a.html


2:20 PM TUE SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
No Progress, No Plans Yet For Salvaging Lonestar
By DAVE BENDINGER
The US Coast Guard is still waiting on a new salvage plan, a spokesman said Tuesday, after Magone Marine's salvage attempts failed last month.
DILLINGHAM:  The F/V Lonestar has not been moved from the shallow, muddy waters of the Igushik River, and for the time being the crews hired to remove it have... http://kdlg.org/post/no-progress-no-plans-yet-salvaging-lonestar

Humpback Whale Remains Entangled in Gillnetting 12 Days Later
By Joshua Staab
Channel 2 News
3:26 p.m. AKDT, September 3, 2013
ANCHORAGE, Alaska
Despite continued efforts, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration crews have been unable to free a humpback whale entangled in gillnetting near Petersburg. The humpback first became entangled in the netting in Frederick Sound near Petersburg, on Aug. 23, according to NOAA officials..... http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-humpback-whale-remains-entangled-in-gillnetting-12-days-later-20130903,0,4039539.story

Court sides with feds in dispute over California oyster farm closure
Published September 04, 2013 Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO –  A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a decision by former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar not to renew the lease of a popular oyster farm operating in the Point Reyes National Seashore in Northern California. In a 2-1 decision, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Salazar had the authority to allow Drakes Bay Oyster Co.'s lease to expire. While the farm was slated to close for good in February, it continued operating after the court issued a preliminary.... http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/04/court-sides-with-feds-in-dispute-over-calif-oyster-farm-closure/

Oil platforms not major cause of fish contamination: study
UNITED STATES
Wednesday, September 04, 2013, 23:10 (GMT + 9)
A recent study by UC Santa Barbara scientists analyzed whole-body fish samples taken from oil-and-gas production platforms and natural sites for heavy metal pollutants and its results show all but four elements were relatively consistent at both types of location. The findings were published in the Bulletin of Marine Science. The research, led by fish expert Milton S. Love, a research biologist with UCSB's Marine Science Institute, entailed collecting a total of 196 fish –– 18 kelp bass.... http://fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?l=e&country=0&special=&monthyear=&day=&id=63324

Commercial fishermen disregarding food fishery
Fishermen deserve answers
DFO fails Canadians with closure of the Halibut fishery
Wise decisions aren’t made based on a lack of data
By Contributed - The Northern View
Published: September 04, 2013 7:00 AM..................... Aaron Hill reported that "the Alaskan commercial fisheries are still going right across the border and hammering these fish." Commercial fisherman such as these are only thinking about the future in relation to their wallets and giving no heed to the future of our fish stock. Mary-Ann Speirs, Hazelton, BC..... http://www.thenorthernview.com/opinion/letters/222187751.html










Popular posts from this blog

Crabbers get a boost in bairdi Tanner quotas

LAINE WELCH Image via Wikipedia FISHERIES Published: November 7th, 2009 10:10 PM Last Modified: November 7th, 2009 10:12 PM KODIAK -- Kodiak and Alaska Peninsula crabbers got some good news last week -- bigger catch quotas for bairdi Tanner crab, a mid-January fishery important to local economies. Bairdi are the larger cousins of the better-known opilio Tanners, or snow crab. The bairdi boost stems from a big pulse of new crab recruits that biologists have been tracking for years. "That is what's fueling the increase in the harvest this year. We're just getting the very beginning of that year class," said......... http://www.adn.com/money/welch/story/1004091.html
Read more

F/V Northern Leader. Launch. January 26, 2013 (video)

EXTRA :  Wave of new vessels will boost Alaska, Washington shipyards MOLLY DISCHNER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Jan 24, 2013 - 10:53 AM AKST Alaska’s fishing fleets are aging, but new vessels are making their way onto the water. According to the National Marine Fisheries Service, 1,646 fishing vessels participated in federal fisheries offshore from Alaska in 2010. The majority — more than 900 — were built in the 1970s and 1980s. The first new vessels operating in Alaska waters will be longliners fishing in the Bering Sea with Alaskan Leader Fisheries’ Northern Leader and Alaska Longline Co.’s Arctic Prowler scheduled to start fishing this spring. Alaskan Leader Fisheries is jointly owned by the Alaska Leader Group of Lynden, Wash., and Dillingham-based Bristol Bay Economic Development Corp. BBEDC is one of six Western Alaska Community Development Quota, or CDQ, groups that receive a 10 percent annual share of the Bering Sea harvests. Petersburg-based Alaska Longline Co. al
Read more

Tender "Lonestar" rolls over in the Mouth of the Igushik River (fishery closed)

The Tender "Lonestar" has Capsized in the Mouth of the Igushik River 2:00 PM SUN JUNE 30, 2013 By MIKE MASON A large vessel, used to transport sockeye salmon from the fishing grounds to a processing facility, has capsized in the mouth of one of the major salmon producing rivers in Bristol Bay. KDLG’s Mike Mason has the details.... http://kdlg.org/post/tender-lonestar-has-capsized-mouth-igushik-river SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 2013 Trouble in Bristol Bay The Alaska Department of Fish and Game shut down the local setnet fishery after a salmon tender, the Lonestar, sank this morning in the mouth of the Igushik River....... http://deckboss.blogspot.com/2013/06/trouble-in-bristol-bay.html Coast Guard responding to partially submerged vessel near Dillingham, Alaska Date: June 30, 2013 District 17 Public Affairs Detachment Kodiak KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard is responding to the sinking of a fishing vessel near the mouth of the Igushik River, Sunday. The Coast Guard is de
Read more