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Sea Watch: ADF&G releases sockeye run projections
Upper Cook Inlet commercial salmon fishermen may see an improvement in their catch this summer with the Alaska…
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Sea Watch: Fed shutdown affects fisheries
While federal fisheries are expected to open on time despite the on-going partial shutdown of the government, there…
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Sea Watch: Seafood industry faces more uncertainty
As another year draws to a close, the seafood industry seems to be facing even more uncertainty than…
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Sea Watch: Seiners propose buyback
The Southeast Alaska Seiners Association is spearheading another effort to reduce the size of the salmon fleet with…
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Sea Watch: Study finds pollock spawning varies widelye
Federal fisheries managers are looking at a new study using an “unprecedented 32-year data series” to help understand…
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Sea Watch: Weight per effort unit drops in IPHC survey
Halibut Individual Fishing Quota holders are bracing for another drop in quotas after the International Pacific Halibut Commission…
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Sea Watch: Recruitment up for Tanner crabs
Crab fishermen in Kodiak may be poised to reap the rewards of a crash in groundfish populations, as…
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Sea Watch: Small harvest was still profitable
Bigger is not always better, at least according to the preliminary summary of the 2018 Alaska salmon season.
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Seward nudges Homer out of first in halibut landings
The halibut season closed last week under stormy skies with a handful of boats making it into Homer…
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Harbor safety committee seeks representatives
The Cook Inlet Harbor Safety Committee is looking for stakeholder representatives to serve on the body, which seeks…
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Seawatch: 2018 season was ‘year of the salmon’
The political fallout from Lt. Gov. Byron Mallot’s abrupt resignation and Governor Bill Walker subsequently suspending his reelection…
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Seawatch: 2018 season was ‘year of the salmon’
It has been the year of the salmon, between booms and busts, trade wars with China, battles over…
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Seawatch: NPFMC changes sablefish pot regs
Beginning as early as next season, fishermen targeting sablefish with pots in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands…