Exxon has agreed to pay out $383 million of the Exxon Settlement out of the $507.5 million U.S. Supreme Court decision.  They will not being paying on the $70 million they are battling over and the interest that they have contested in court. 

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council will be meeting starting September 29th with the Advisory Panel taking up halibut charter issues Monday morning.  The Council will start on Wednesday and take up halibut after B-report are over (Wed. – Oct 1st).  The Council expects halibut to take up to 14 hours but I believe that […]

The Coast Guard has extended the comment period and scheduled some public meetings during Fish Expo in November on the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for commercial fishing industry vessels .  Two public meetings will be held at Pacific Marine Expo in Seattle, WA on Friday, November 21, 9:00 am to 12 noon and Saturday, November 22, […]

SEAFA has written comments on several proposed rules with comment periods that have ended recently. We are posting links to the letters we submitted.   The one comment period was for an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking for fishing vessel safety regulations in particular regarding stability and watertight integrity regulations for vessels 50 to 79 feet with […]

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification is guaranteed through 2009, in order for the 2010 salmon season to be covered an annual audit must be performed in 2009.  ADFG is looking for an alternative client to take over the responsibilities and cost of the MSC certification.  The Alaska salmon fishery is the only fishery that […]