After one-year hiatus, winter king tournament is back with COVID safety restrictions
Pandemic regulations extended another season allowing medical transfers of IFQ
Missed fuel delivery hurts crab fishermen seeking to refuel at St. Paul
Fish and Game predicts a 61% increase in salmon catches, mostly pinks
Gross proposes extending state waters to 12 miles
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to reccomend the closure last December.
Pandemic work conditions prevented mass mailings of IFQ permits
Three surveys will look at financial impacts before and during the pandemic
Pandemic impact in Bristol Bay alone estimated at $30-40 million
Homer boat was fishing for Pacific cod when Coast Guard patrol found halibut on board
Sablefish numbers are too small for market but still must be retained under IFQ regulations
Area 3A, the central Gulf of Alaska, gets 8.95 million pounds for the commercial sector and 1.95 million pounds for the charter sector.
Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game has issued several preemptive restrictions on king salmon fishing in Cook Inlet waters in an attempt to protect the… Continue reading
The year saw fewer and smaller fish, as well as lower-priced fish
First Nations pressured Canadian government to move salmon farming to closed, land based systems
Bates family of Halibut Cove wins mariculture Farm Family of the Year.
The annual Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament returns this year after a one-year hiatus, and has been pushed back to April. Canceled in 2020 due… Continue reading
