Monthly Archives: November 2007
December Council Meeting
The NPFMC meeting starts December 3 with the Advisory Panel and SSC panel starting their meetings Monday morning and Wednesday Dec 5, the Council will start meeting. Comments are due Wedenesday November 28th. The Council has 6 hours scheduled for halibut charter issues. They will be reviewing the following halibut issues: (a.) Committee report on longterm solutions […]
Plan Team recommends Slight Decrease in Southeast Outside Sablefish Quota
The Plan team met and set it’s recommendations which will be given to the NPFMC at their December meeting. The Southeast Outside sablefish recommended TAC is 3,353 compared to the 2007 TAC of 3,370. The list of all recommendations can be viewed at http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/CouncilSpecs1007.pdf
Dr Hogarth Resigns
Dr. William Hogarth, NOAA’s Assistant Administrator for Fisheries announced his intention to leave NOAA at the end of December. He has taken a new job as Interim Dean for the College of Marine Science at the University of South Florida.
ADFG Release Bromley Report
ADFG released a copy of the Bromley report. the following links will take you to the report titled “Rethinking Fisheries Policy in Alaska: Options for the Future and a cover letter by ADFG. ADFG Cover Letter to Bromley Report Rethinking Fisheries Policy in Alaska: Options for the Future
ADFG Releases SE Pink Salmon Forecast for 2008
Ketchikan. . . The Southeast Alaska pink salmon harvest in 2008 is predicted to be below average, with a point estimate of 19 million fish (80% confidence interval: 10–34 million fish). An actual harvest of 19 million pink salmon would be 40% of the recent 10-year average of 47 million pink salmon. The 2008 forecast […]
Gov Palin Issues Press Release on NPFMC Appointments
November 9, 2007, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin today forwarded her nominations of Robert “Ed†Dersham, Mike Heimbuch and Roland Maw to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce as her candidates to fill the remainder of the term of resigning North Pacific Fishery Management Council member Ed Rasmuson. “Each of these nominees is knowledgeable about […]
ADFG Releases Summary of the 2007 Salmon Season
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 7, 2007                                                                  No. 07-27 Contact: Geron Bruce, Assistant Director, Division of Commercial Fisheries (907) 465-6151  ADF&G Releases Summary of the 2007 Salmon Season This year’s harvest was the 4th largest since Statehood  (JUNEAU) – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Commercial Fisheries today posted its preliminary […]