An opportunity to comment on the EIS for reducing the incidental catch of salmon by trawl vessels fishing for pollock in the Bering Sea.  Comments for the scoping are due by Feb. 15th.  Below is the press release on the NMFS website. The North Pacific Fisheries Management Council and the Alaska Region of NOAA Fisheries are […]

In her State of the State speech, Gov Palin had the following to say about the fisheries.  “We’re supporting our tremendous fisheries – for 150 years they have been the economic and social heart of our coastal communities. They define and sustain us, and I will not let politics interfere with management-for-abundance of our largest […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by Alaska lawmakers and four former governors says Exxon violated a social contract it had entered into with the state when the tanker Exxon Valdez hit a reef in Prince William Sound in 1989 and caused an 11-million-gallon oil spill. The brief says […]

The public meeting has been rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, 7:00-9:30 pm at Centennial Hall in Juneau and the close of comment period has been changed to Feb 21, 2008. 

The IPHC meeting ended this morning, Friday January 18th with the announcement of the catch limits and other actions taken by the Commissioners.  In Alaska, the Commissioners accepted the staff catch limit recommendations.  The season dates will be March 8 to November 15, 2008 The 2008 Catch Limits Area                 2007 Catch Limit          Staff Recommendation      2008 […]

The IPHC will be meeting January 14-18, 2008 to determine the 2008 catch limits and season starting dates.  We will post the information as soon as they announce it.  The IPHC staff is recommending moving to a coastwise model after a scientific peer review and thoroughly answering questions raised last year when they recommended the new model.  […]

The Secretary of Commerce approved Governor Palin’s first choice, Ed Dersham for the NPFMC seat.  Ed will be replacing Ed Rasmusson who resigned in December. 

The 2008 tanner season will be 6 days in the core area and 11 days in the non-core areas.  The fishery starts on Feb. 12, 2008, 12:00 noon.  Registration deadline is January 14, 2008 and registering after this date will incur a $45 late fee.  The full announcement is located at: http://documents.cf1.adfg.state.ak.us/AdfgDocument.po?DOCUMENT=14717

In October of 2007, Alaska Wildlife Troopers began investigating chum salmon roe deliveries made by commercial fishermen,  The law requires that the salmon carcass must be utilized, but in some cases the carcasses were disposed of after the roe was removed.  The fishermen were charged with Class A misdemeanors which require a court appearance.  Besides the wanton […]