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    Bad weather keeping halibut boats tied to dock
    Bad weather keeping halibut boats tied to dock
    By Cristy Fry • March 25, 2015 12:36 pm

    Ten days into the 2015 halibut season, prices are beginning to fall slightly, but production is nearly nonexistent, at least…

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    Bycatch debate far from being finished
    Bycatch debate far from being finished
    By Cristy Fry • December 24, 2014 4:32 pm

    Bering Sea halibut fishermen narrowly missed getting a reduction of trawl bycatch at the latest North Pacific Fishery Management Council…

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    Bristol Bay red king crab fishery set for quota hike
    Bristol Bay red king crab fishery set for...
    By Cristy Fry • October 8, 2014 12:30 pm

    The Bristol Bay red king crab season scheduled to get under way Oct. 15 is set for another increase, rising…

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    Report details commercial fish industry’s value to U.S.
    Report details commercial fish industry’s value to U.S.
    By Cristy Fry • May 7, 2014 1:57 pm

    Many Alaskans know the commercial seafood industry is an economic powerhouse, and the largest private employer in the state. But…

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    Summit teaches how to run own fishing operation
    Summit teaches how to run own fishing operation
    By Cristy Fry • November 20, 2013 3:11 pm

    Young fishermen are preparing to gather for the fifth Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit in Anchorage beginning Dec. 10 and running…

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    Initiative would ban setnetting in Cook Inlet
    Initiative would ban setnetting in Cook Inlet
    By Cristy Fry • November 14, 2013 11:27 am

    The effort by a new group calling itself the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance to put a ballot initiative in front…

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    Bairdi tanner crab fisheries closed in many areas for 2014
    Bairdi tanner crab fisheries closed in many areas...
    By Cristy Fry • October 23, 2013 4:22 pm

    The small boat fleet got some bad, but not unexpected news that the Bairdi tanner crab fisheries in Kodiak, Chignik…

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    D.C. impasse may hurt Bering Sea crab fishery
    D.C. impasse may hurt Bering Sea crab fishery
    By Cristy Fry • October 9, 2013 12:37 pm

    The on-going impasse in Washington, D.C., that has resulted in hundreds of thousands of federal workers being furloughed is imperiling…

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    Pinks return in record numbers; that’s not the case with other salmon
    Pinks return in record numbers; that’s not the...
    By Cristy Fry • October 2, 2013 12:58 pm

    By most accounts, the 2013 salmon season in Alaska was a barn-burner. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is…

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    Homer group receives grant for electronic monitoring
    Homer group receives grant for electronic monitoring
    By Cristy Fry • May 15, 2013 11:46 am

    Homer-based North Pacific Fisheries Association has received a $147,400 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Fisheries Innovation Fund grant for a…

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    New research: All fisheries important to food security on peninsula
    New research: All fisheries important to food security...
    By Cristy Fry • May 7, 2013 6:55 pm

    The Kenai River Sportfishing Association has used elements of a recently released study about food security on the Kenai Peninsula…

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    Cod pot fleet hauls in gear with quota in water
    Cod pot fleet hauls in gear with quota...
    By Cristy Fry • April 24, 2013 12:13 pm

    For the first time since its inception, the state-waters Pacific cod pot fleet quit fishing with a substantial amount of…

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    NMFMC fails to clarify observer program
    NMFMC fails to clarify observer program
    By Cristy Fry • April 17, 2013 3:09 pm

    The Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association’s attempt to get the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to clarify the objectives of the…

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