Archive of: Fishery Stories

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January Issue 2 2013

Chinook conservation, permit stacking approved for Bristol Bay fisheries

Bristol Bay fisheries will operate under some revised regulations this year.

MOLLY DISCHNER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE

January Issue 2 2013

Board of Fisheries to discuss Yukon, Kuskokwim fishery changes

Commercial fisheries disasters were declared after low chinook runs on the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers in 2012, and several proposals to be considered by the Board of Fisheries will consider ways to preserve fishing opportunity for residents reliant on those fish.

MOLLY DISCHNER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE

January Issue 1 2013

Beluga whales showing no significant increase

The estimated number of endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales is showing a small but insignificant increase.

MARY PEMBERTON, Associated Press

ADFG predicts uptick in sockeye run for Upper Cook Inlet January Issue 1 2013

ADFG predicts uptick in sockeye run for Upper Cook Inlet

Fishermen could catch a few extra sockeyes in Upper Cook Inlet waterways in 2013.

MOLLY DISCHNER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE

Nonprofit files legal challenge to NMFS observer program January Issue 1 2013

Nonprofit files legal challenge to NMFS observer program

An Alaska nonprofit filed suit in U.S. Alaska District Court Dec. 21 over the new observer program set to take effect Jan. 1.

MOLLY DISCHNER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE

January Issue 1 2013

COMMENTARY: NMFS must go back to drawing board on Steller sea lions

The National Marine Fisheries Service imposed draconian fishing limits in 2011 to protect Steller sea lions.

GOV. SEAN PARNELL, FOR THE JOURNAL

January Issue 1 2013

FISH FACTOR: 2012 Picks and Pans from a year in Alaska seafood news

Alaska’s seafood industry worked hard this year to ramp up its message to policymakers, especially those from rail belt regions who tend to overlook the industry’s economic significance.

LAINE WELCH, FOR THE JOURNAL

December Issue 5 2012

Mixed outlook for fish stocks, new regs

Alaska’s fisheries are in for a mixed year in 2013, if current management expectations hold true.

MOLLY DISCHNER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE

December Issue 5 2012

FISH FACTOR: Seafood contest underway; assessment out for modified salmon

Alaska’s Symphony of Seafood will celebrate its 20th anniversary next year and the call is out for new entries to be introduced in the annual competition.

LAINE WELCH, FOR THE JOURNAL

December Issue 4 2012

FDA says fast-growing fish would not harm nature

Federal health regulators say a genetically modified salmon that grows twice as fast as normal is unlikely to harm the environment, clearing the way for the first approval of a scientifically engineered animal for human consumption.

Associated Press

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