October 28, 2013 12:37 pm
Alaska takes fight over seafood eco-labelling to Washington
By Aaron Stanley in Washington
Many of North America’s biggest seafood purchasers, including Walmart, Sodexo and the US government, are rethinking their environmental sustainability standards under intense pressure from the Alaskan fishing industry....... http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/2c950a06-3d98-11e3-9928-00144feab7de.html
By Judy Miller | S.M. Stoller 17 hour
s 14 minutes ago
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the availability of the Amchitka Island, Alaska, Biological Monitoring Report 2011 Sampling Results for the Amchitka, Alaska, site. The report provides the results of terrestrial and marine sampling in the areas surrounding Amchitka and Adak Islands in 2011 to determine whether local subsistence- and commercial-catch seafood is safe to eat....... http://alaska-native-news.com/state_news/9502-doe-releases-biological-monitoring-and-sampling-results-report-for-the-amchitka-site.html
Treaty with Alaska requires at least 40,000 chinook salmon make it to territory each year
CBC News Posted: Oct 25, 2013 12:39 PM CT Last Updated: Oct 25, 2013 12:39 PM CT
Yukon First Nations are demanding the federal government enforce its salmon treaty with Alaska. The Teslin Tlingit Council says Canada has "failed miserably" in protecting the First Nations' constitutional right to fish salmon..... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-first-nations-demand-salmon-treaty-be-enforced-1.2251723
Kintama to Release Salmon Tagging Details
Posted: October 28, 2013 at 12:10 pm
Kintama Research conducted a salmon tagging program last summer, tracking the movements of reds and kings through Cook Inlet. Kintama President David Welch… http://radiokenai.net/kintama-to-release-salmon-tagging-details/
New Study Shows Saving Tongass Old Growth Can Happen in Just Five Years
October 28, 2013
(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - A new report prepared by Oregon-based Mater Ltd., using updated Forest Service timber acreage and age class distribution data, shows that the agency could complete transition to supplying a second growth logging economy in Southeast Alaska within 5 years. In May 2010, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a framework to transition away from old growth logging on the Tongass National Forest, something the Forest..... http://www.sitnews.us/1013News/102813/102813_tongass_old_growth.html
October 28, 2013
NOAA seeks more electronic fish reports
By Sean Horgan
Staff Writer
NOAA has opened up electronic vessel trip reporting to all Northeast region fisheries, potentially offering a more efficient means for fishermen to submit trip information on catch, gear, discards, areas fished and a host of other details required by the National Marine Fisheries Service..... http://www.gloucestertimes.com/fishing/x1442594158/NOAA-seeks-more-electronic-fish-reports
Opinion: Don't take NOAA for an answer
Barney Frank was in town last week and he was gloating, admittedly gloating, over a National Research Council report that basically told fishing regulators that they've been doing it all wrong..... http://www.nationalfisherman.com/news-events/top-news/2523-opinion-don-t-take-noaa-for-an-answer
Friday October 25, 2013
Carino gets Canadian government money to help market seal products in Asia.... http://www.cbc.ca/fisheriesbroadcast/episodes/2013/10/25/carino-gets-government-money-to-help-market-seal-products-in-asia/
Alaska takes fight over seafood eco-labelling to Washington
By Aaron Stanley in Washington
Many of North America’s biggest seafood purchasers, including Walmart, Sodexo and the US government, are rethinking their environmental sustainability standards under intense pressure from the Alaskan fishing industry....... http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/2c950a06-3d98-11e3-9928-00144feab7de.html
The Coca-Cola Company isn’t smiling about the latest effort to force labels on foods and beverages that contain GMOs. http://t.co/eKqDp7nSe3DOE Releases Biological Monitoring and Sampling Results Report for the Amchitka Site
— POLITICO (@politico) October 29, 2013
English: Amchitka Island - Harlequin Beach, Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
s 14 minutes ago
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the availability of the Amchitka Island, Alaska, Biological Monitoring Report 2011 Sampling Results for the Amchitka, Alaska, site. The report provides the results of terrestrial and marine sampling in the areas surrounding Amchitka and Adak Islands in 2011 to determine whether local subsistence- and commercial-catch seafood is safe to eat....... http://alaska-native-news.com/state_news/9502-doe-releases-biological-monitoring-and-sampling-results-report-for-the-amchitka-site.html
@lisamurkowski : 'Standards used by Federal Subsistence Board to determine rural communities are ridiculous' (audio) http://t.co/EbX7YmWypQYukon First Nations demand salmon treaty be enforced
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) October 29, 2013
Treaty with Alaska requires at least 40,000 chinook salmon make it to territory each year
CBC News Posted: Oct 25, 2013 12:39 PM CT Last Updated: Oct 25, 2013 12:39 PM CT
Yukon First Nations are demanding the federal government enforce its salmon treaty with Alaska. The Teslin Tlingit Council says Canada has "failed miserably" in protecting the First Nations' constitutional right to fish salmon..... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-first-nations-demand-salmon-treaty-be-enforced-1.2251723
Kintama to Release Salmon Tagging Details
Posted: October 28, 2013 at 12:10 pm
Kintama Research conducted a salmon tagging program last summer, tracking the movements of reds and kings through Cook Inlet. Kintama President David Welch… http://radiokenai.net/kintama-to-release-salmon-tagging-details/
New Study Shows Saving Tongass Old Growth Can Happen in Just Five Years
October 28, 2013
(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - A new report prepared by Oregon-based Mater Ltd., using updated Forest Service timber acreage and age class distribution data, shows that the agency could complete transition to supplying a second growth logging economy in Southeast Alaska within 5 years. In May 2010, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a framework to transition away from old growth logging on the Tongass National Forest, something the Forest..... http://www.sitnews.us/1013News/102813/102813_tongass_old_growth.html
October 28, 2013
NOAA seeks more electronic fish reports
By Sean Horgan
Staff Writer
NOAA has opened up electronic vessel trip reporting to all Northeast region fisheries, potentially offering a more efficient means for fishermen to submit trip information on catch, gear, discards, areas fished and a host of other details required by the National Marine Fisheries Service..... http://www.gloucestertimes.com/fishing/x1442594158/NOAA-seeks-more-electronic-fish-reports
Opinion: Don't take NOAA for an answer
Barney Frank was in town last week and he was gloating, admittedly gloating, over a National Research Council report that basically told fishing regulators that they've been doing it all wrong..... http://www.nationalfisherman.com/news-events/top-news/2523-opinion-don-t-take-noaa-for-an-answer
Friday October 25, 2013
Carino gets Canadian government money to help market seal products in Asia.... http://www.cbc.ca/fisheriesbroadcast/episodes/2013/10/25/carino-gets-government-money-to-help-market-seal-products-in-asia/
@lisamurkowski : 'Standards used by Federal Subsistence Board to determine rural communities are ridiculous' (audio) http://t.co/EbX7YmWypQ
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) October 29, 2013
Search for Troller 'Tonto III' Ends Successfully Near Port Real Marina http://t.co/HXfiHtgOEX pic.twitter.com/bk6pXd63PL
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) October 29, 2013
Right now Bucareli Bay is the only area that has passed. Its possible Percy Island may pass but we won’t know... http://t.co/D13LsyAXol
— S.A.R.D.F.A. Alaska (@sardfa) October 29, 2013
I just bought Pacific Cod for $8.99/lb at Whole Foods. My dad sold it for $.22/lb last year. How is this possible?! #markup
— Brett Veerhusen (@brett_veerhusen) October 29, 2013
Fresh (never-frozen) Alaska red king crab from Bristol Bay's 2013 current season is now available! http://t.co/hiAiD45wcG
— FishEx Seafoods (@FishEx) October 28, 2013
Just visited some of the flooded areas on the #Kenai Peninsula. Our thoughts and prayers are with affected residents pic.twitter.com/irdBDY6lE3
— Gov. Sean Parnell (@AKGovParnell) October 28, 2013
160k pounds of BBR offloaded. Time to go out and do it again. pic.twitter.com/tGg6KVptom
— F/V Kiska Sea (@FVKiskaSea) October 28, 2013
Halibut season is closing. This is your last chance to order your fresh, never frozen, halibut this year! http://t.co/qHdLRfBgOh
— FishEx Seafoods (@FishEx) October 28, 2013
Personally, I don't want to be called a "fisher". Also, have I told you I'm an Ironman? Let's not overthink it.
— Mary Smith (@MaryInSitka) October 28, 2013
YES! all fishermen use this!!! @outsidemagazine: This is the most useful knot in the world. Learn how to tie it http://t.co/yDDFw3lx4i
— Brett Veerhusen (@brett_veerhusen) October 28, 2013
@Drudge: Alaska Suspends Obamacare Enrollments After Signing Up 3 People... http://t.co/L5e0ZIu6wd pic.twitter.com/kPzVZTBADS
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) October 28, 2013
Clicked on links in 3 tweets by @wsj today only to be slammed w/o warning into a paywall. Hate to dump them from the feed but easy to do.
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) October 28, 2013
Portugal: Surfer takes on 'biggest wave ever ridden' (100ft) after storm (video) http://t.co/ajlh0rEgar pic.twitter.com/OADRir3Ajr
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) October 29, 2013
A view of the Badami pipeline in Alaska. Learn more about USGS #energy research at http://t.co/r0CRgLokI4. pic.twitter.com/aopGu9BKdy
— USGS (@USGS) October 29, 2013
Motorola wants you to assemble your next smartphone out of Lego-like parts #WiredWheelhouse http://t.co/0uTIZqOaQH
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) October 29, 2013
Motorola wants you to assemble your next smartphone out of Lego-like parts #WiredWheelhouse http://t.co/0uTIZqOaQH
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) October 29, 2013