Chignik fishery largely unchanged after BOF meets
BY MOLLY DISCHNER
Alaska’s Board of Fisheries made only a few of the proposed changes to Chignik fisheries today in Anchorage, noting the overall stability of the fishery. The board voted in favor of a change to seine regulations addressing when fishing ends. Under the new regulation, seines do not have to be all the way out of the water, just... http://www.alaskajournal.com/Blog-Fish-Bytes/Blogs-2013/Chignik-fishery-largely-unchanged-after-BOF-meets/
Fish Factor
Halibut catch limits down again for all regions except Southeast Alaska
By LAINE WELCH
December 06, 2013
(SitNews) - It comes as no surprise that the recommendations for next year’s halibut catches are down again for all regions except Southeast Alaska. Fishery scientists with the International Pacific Halibut Commission have recommended a 2014 coast wide commercial catch total of 24.45 million pounds, a 21% decrease from the 31 million pounds allowed for this year. That includes catches in Alaska, British Columbia and the Pacific Coast states. In a summation at a meeting in Seattle last week, the IPHC said: “The results of the 2013 stock assessment indicate that the Pacific halibut stock has been declining continuously over much of the last decade as a result... http://www.sitnews.us/LaineWelch/120613_fish_factor.html
The C word
Posted by admin2
Friday, December 6, 2013
Certification. It’s a nasty word in Alaska right now. So nasty in fact, that the State has successfully lobbied the US government to remove mention of the C word from its seafood purchasing guidelines. The General Services Administration has now removed all references to 3rd party certifications from its “Healthy and Sustainable Food Guidelines”. Alaska is right to do so.... http://www.alaskasalmonranching.com/the-c-word/
Alaska Science
Grinding fish heads for the goodness within
Pat Simpson of Anchorage holds up sockeye salmon oil he extracted from fishheads processed at his Nikiski plant. SitNews.us |
By NED ROZELL
December 06, 2013
(SitNews) Nikiski, Alaska - In a chilly building across Cook Inlet from the white pyramid of Mount Redoubt rest a few dozen plastic-lined cardboard totes filled to the brim with an amber liquid. Each chest-high cube holds about a ton of fish oil extracted this summer from the heads of salmon. It’s a product that would have been lost to the Kenai River if Pat Simpson had not recovered it. Simpson, 49, is a fisherman-turned-entrepreneur who has for the past few summers purchased salmon heads from fish processors who do business here in this small industrial town north of the Kenai River. Using precision equipment made in Europe, Simpson’s team steams and grinds the heads of pink, chum and red... http://www.sitnews.us/1213News/120613/120613_ak_science.html
Alaska promises to do better on Yukon River salmon
CBC News Posted: Dec 06, 2013 10:15 AM CT
International salmon talks with the Yukon River Panel have wrapped up in Whitehorse. In the last seven years, Alaska has delivered its salmon quotas on the Yukon River, twice. This year, the Alaskans are promising to do better. Andrew Bassich is the U.S. delegate from Eagle, Alaska..... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/alaska-promises-to-do-better-on-yukon-river-salmon-1.2453680
Energy committee hands two options to Assembly
December 5, 2013 | Vol. 111, No. 49
The borough assembly’s special energy committee voted 7-0 Monday to send two options and a recommendation to the borough assembly meeting Tuesday night. The options represent borough manager Jeff Jabusch’s assessment of possible futures for the Thomas Bay Power Authority. The options, delineated by the committee in discussion at a previous meeting, amount to a list of positives and negatives for either the City and Borough of Wrangell or Southeast Alaska Power Agency running the Tyee Lake hydroelectric facility. A two-page memo drafted by Jabusch outlined the ups and downs of either scenario. Were Wrangell to take over the project, it would give “Wrangell a more hands on involvement in the project on a day to day basis,” the document reads. It “would give us the opportunity to have a closer working relationship with SEAPA as it relates to things going on at Tyee.” The disadvantages include Wrangell having to cover roughly $90,000 of net non-billable costs currently not covered by the operations and maintenance contract between TBPA and SEAPA. The borough would also shoulder the burden of paying the... http://www.wrangellsentinel.com/story/2013/12/05/about-town/energy-committee-hands-two-options-to-assembly/1675.html
Who's Killing Hawaii's Monk Seals?
Posted: 12/06/2013 1:40 pm EST
By Nathan Eagle and Sophie Cocke
Last year, a man on the Hawaii island of Molokai confessed to killing an endangered Hawaiian monk seal — and nothing happened. He didn't just whisper it to a friend or post it on Facebook. He told a New York Times Magazine reporter that he hit an 8-year-old bull in the head with a rock out of anger and under peer pressure. Millions of people read the story in the May 8 edition titled "Who's Killing The Monk Seals?" Those readers included federal law enforcement agents whose job it is to protect Hawaiian monk seals, a species that has been classified as endangered under federal... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/06/killing-monk-seals_n_4399723.html
Food Network ‘Cupcake Wars’ champions introduce salmon cupcakes in Anchorage #Awesome (video) http://t.co/EyltQknLOF pic.twitter.com/scCZBpA1Ab
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) December 7, 2013
Chuck Boothman will sample all open Dist 1 areas this weekend. South Gravina’s GHL was harvested so it will not... http://t.co/u17Gimp7SC
— S.A.R.D.F.A. Alaska (@sardfa) December 7, 2013
Deckboss: Engine dealer penalized (by EPA) over Bristol Bay boats (pollution) http://t.co/gCwFCO7fXc
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) December 7, 2013
Port Graham: Private nonprofit hatchery permit meeting Dec. 19, 2013 http://t.co/Gn7k07Q7Ii pic.twitter.com/5ha9qyM3lJ
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) December 7, 2013
This salmon cooked with ginger, turmeric and coriander looks delicious and quick. #fishdish
http://t.co/WIzifn7jJV
— The Salmon Project (@AKSalmonProject) December 6, 2013
McClatchy Alaska - Pebble Mine (video) http://t.co/R7aufKoSk7
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) December 7, 2013
'Teacher at Sea' Heading to South Pole http://t.co/VA6MOwMUUG Bering Sea 2010 > http://t.co/3SgbJOD5zp
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) December 7, 2013
USF&W gunning again for cows on Chirikof & Wosnesenski? http://t.co/phyXYPWEWd pic.twitter.com/dayBcUaFh5
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) December 7, 2013
December 7, 1941. We shall never forget and always remember the gallant servicemen and women who served in WWII.... http://t.co/NBoNhsNRoI
— Sen. Mike Dunleavy (@SenDunleavy) December 7, 2013
Fairbanks veteran recalls attack on Pearl Harbor - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Local News http://t.co/Xj2bLUJgPc
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) December 7, 2013
“Air Raid, Pearl Harbor. This is no drill.” - announcement made at 7:55, Dec. 7, 1941 http://t.co/6RlNZcP7eT pic.twitter.com/KZqo9Cz548
— USCG (Official) (@USCG) December 7, 2013
Juneau clerks brought in to help keep Skagway U.S. Post Office running http://t.co/TR4w58rkSx pic.twitter.com/DRPgyIDq7a
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) December 7, 2013
In 2006 Senator Ted Stevens introduced a bill that would have prohibited ISPs from blocking traffic #SeriesOfTubes http://t.co/T52jBo7oHo
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) December 7, 2013
Unalaska could be connected to Shemya via fiber-optic Internet line by 2016 http://t.co/xK34CjBFpN
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) December 6, 2013
To @StephenKing Welcome. And worry not about writer's block here. Twitter is to writing as a sledgehammer is to sculpture - seldom beautiful
— Major Garrett (@MajorCBS) December 7, 2013
Slowly They Modernize - U.S. Federal Register Still Uses Floppy Disks http://t.co/lAuQPccYh5
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) December 7, 2013
Ills of http://t.co/VaWMZoBerk: Errors in ObamaCare website forms spark concerns | Fox News http://t.co/YhsFYtKiNz
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) December 7, 2013
Prescription Google Glass pictured in the wild gives us our best look at the eyewear yet http://t.co/s1woXtG15r pic.twitter.com/T7alYqWMLP
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) December 7, 2013
Microsoft designs smart bra to combat emotional eating | Ars Technica http://t.co/zz2pRnH7Ai
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) December 7, 2013
Ice Climbing - Fairbanks, Alaska http://t.co/YDCa6Y4UoV
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) December 7, 2013
Blood Sport. Brown Bear and Sockeye Salmon, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska USA #photography #wildlife pic.twitter.com/55dNwOoikm
— Richard Bernabe (@bernabephoto) December 6, 2013