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    Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Seawatch: IPHC raises halibut quota in all areas
    By Cristy Fry • February 3, 2021 5:30 am

    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.

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    Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Seawatch: B.C. open-net salmon pens to be phased...
    By Cristy Fry • January 27, 2021 5:30 am

    First Nations pressured Canadian government to move salmon farming to closed, land based systems

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    Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Seawatch: Pollock fishermen to delay season
    By Cristy Fry • January 20, 2021 5:30 am

    Delay of pollock season will allow roe to ripen, making fish more valuable.

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    Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Seawatch: Tribe wins lawsuit in herring roe subsistence...
    By Cristy Fry • January 13, 2021 5:30 am

    Sitka Tribe of Alaska claimed state wasn’t providing “reasonable opportunity” in herring roe harvest.

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    Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Seawatch: Local shellfish growers win Farm Family of...
    By Cristy Fry • January 6, 2021 5:30 am

    Bates family of Halibut Cove wins mariculture Farm Family of the Year.

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    Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Seawatch: Fishing endured tough year
    By Cristy Fry • December 30, 2020 5:30 am

    Looking back at 2020, commercial fishing suffered economic losses from pandemic, other factors.

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    Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Seawatch: Cod season in federal waters is back
    By Cristy Fry • December 23, 2020 5:30 am

    After no season this year, cod season returns in federal waters for 2021.

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    Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo taken in January 2017 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Seawatch: Feds extend sign-up date for industry relief...
    By Cristy Fry • December 16, 2020 5:30 am

    Jan. 15 is new deadline for Seafood Trade Relief Program

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    Commercial fishing boats are docked at the Homer Harbor on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2014, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Seawatch: Young fishermen’s act praised
    By Cristy Fry • December 9, 2020 5:30 am

    Young Fishermen’s Development Act passes U.S. Senate, now goes to House

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    Seawatch: Halibut commission sets draft 2020 quotas
    By Cristy Fry • December 2, 2020 5:30 am

    The International Pacific Halibut Commission held its interim meeting last month and lead quantitative scientist Dr. Ian Stewart is recommending…

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    Seawatch: Fishermen concerned about option to close salmon...
    By Cristy Fry • November 24, 2020 5:30 am

    Upper Cook Inlet fishermen alarmed at proposal to close salmon fishery in Economic Exclusive Zone

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    Seawatch: ADFG: 2021 Bristol Bay run will be...
    By Cristy Fry • November 18, 2020 5:30 am

    Bristol Bay is looking at a smaller sockeye season for 2021, but still in respectable territory.

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    Seawatch: UAF study finds sizes of four salmon...
    By Cristy Fry • November 11, 2020 5:30 am

    Chinook salmon shows biggest decrease in size

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