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Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby trades big fish for big prizesThe Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby is revamping for 2012 in a proactive response to concerns about the resource. |
COMMENTARY: Old tech gets fresh look to prevent flooding; Sitka gets floating drydockOver half of all fishing fatalities are due to vessels going down, and most of the boats sink because of flooding. The sinkings of the Alaska Ranger and Katmai in 2008, for example, in which12 men died, both stemmed from flooding through open hatches. |
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House Bill could expand geoduck farming to Gulf watersTo look at the awkward-looking clam whose name is pronounced “gooey duck,” one would wonder why consumers would pay such good prices for its long foot. The name is Native American in origin and describes the effort of humans and otters to dig them out. |
Fishermen spar with bycatch cuts delayedSEATTLE — Less than a year after telling the public Gulf of Alaska halibut bycatch would be reduced in 2012, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council has bowed to a variety of pressures from bureaucratic to biological, and cuts won’t take effect until at least 2014. |
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Processors sue after being cut out of rockfish programThe prospect of paying fishermen higher prices has processors protesting the new rockfish program. |
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