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Analysis Shows Pink Salmon’s ‘Incredible’ Sense of Direction

Results of University of Alaska Fairbanks DNA analysis of a massive database on pink salmon shows a remarkable ability of these fish to spawn at nearly the same spot within [...]

Washington State’s Commercial Net Pen Ban ‘Has No Legal Effect,’ Court Rules

Washington Department of Natural Resources’ so-called “net pen ban,” which last November effectively banded commercial net-pen fish farming is not legally binding, a Superior Court judge has ruled. During an [...]

NOAA Report on Killer Whale Bycatch Prompts Call for Immediate Action 

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, is calling on NOAA Fisheries to end the status quo on action to prevent killer whales from being caught up in groundfish trawl gear in [...]

Bristol Bay Red King Crab Fishery Opens After Two-Year Closure

Alaska’s Bristol Bay red king crab fishery opened on Oct. 15 after being closed for two years due to stocks not meeting minimal levels for fishing. The assigned quota was [...]

Analysis for Minimizing Chum Bycatch to Begin in Bering Sea Pollock Fishery

Federal fisheries managers have approved analyzing changes to chum salmon bycatch management measures to minimize bycatch of western Alaska chum salmon bycatch to the extent practicable in the Bering Sea [...]

SNP Launches ‘Fall in Love with Seafood’ Campaign

The Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP), a nonprofit based in Arlington, Va., on Oct. 4 launched its “Fall in Love with Seafood” campaign to boost consumption of seafood nationally. Fewer than [...]

Trident Expands Investment in Skilled Trades Training

Trident Seafoods will accept applications for 10 spots in its 2024 Skilled Trades Trainee Program, to meet industry needs for skilled trades personnel for shore-based plant processing operations, from March [...]

Alaskan Leader Seafoods Expands Miso Sablefish into Club, Retail Stores

Alaskan Leader Seafoods has begun expanding its miso sablefish foodservice product line into club and retail stores. The product marketing expansion was announced Oct. 23. The packaged, portioned and marinated [...]

Tuna Workshops Boost Effort for Management of Pacific Island Fisheries

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) is scheduled to meet in December in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, to negotiate a new tropical tuna measure, covering key tuna stocks of [...]

Sharing Ocean Space to Boost Seafood Production

From Crescent City to San Diego, California is home to a string of vibrant and diverse fishing communities. Well managed fisheries for albacore, black cod, lobster, crab, white sea bass, [...]

UAF Researcher Confirms Salmon Spawning in Arctic Rivers

A new study by the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ (UAF) College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences has confirmed that salmon are spawning in an Arctic Ocean watershed, suggesting that at [...]

NPRB Seeks Pre-Proposals for Integrated Ecosystem Research Program

Concerns over warming waters in the Bering and Chukchi seas and reduction in the extent and duration of seasonal sea ice have prompted the North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) to [...]

Congressmen Call for Action on Human Rights Abuses in Seafood Supply Chain

Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives are calling for federal action in response to investigative reports in The New Yorker magazine documenting human rights abuses in the seafood [...]

Federal Fisheries Council Action on Bycatch Prompts Critical Rebuttal

A group of commercial, sport and subsistence fishing entities are taking issue with a decision by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) to postpone setting limits on chum salmon [...]

Climate Resilience Specialist Joins California Sea Grant

Climate resilience specialist Alex Harper has joined the extension team at California Sea Grant, CSG announced in late October. In her new role, Harper is expected to focus on strengthening [...]

Oregon Sea Grant Hires Coastal Water Resources Specialist

Oregon Sea Grant and the Oregon State University Extension Service have hired a coastal water resources specialist, Miranda Gray, who started Sept. 12 and is based in Gold Beach. “I [...]

Coast Guard Establishes IUU Fishing, Environmental Response Centers in Hawaii

The U.S. Coast Guard Marine Environmental Response Regional Activities Center (MER RAC) and the Illegal Unreported Unregulated Fisheries Center of Expertise (IUUF COE) were established during an Oct. 11 ceremony [...]

Coast Guard Responds to Medical Emergency Aboard Fishing Vessel Near San Diego

Coast Guard Sector San Diego personnel on Oct. 12 responded to a medical emergency aboard a charter fishing vessel about 55 miles west of Point Loma. At about 1 p.m. [...]

Redd Zone Supplies a Complete Salmon Hatchery in 40-Foot Container

After a career of over 30 years in the non-profit hatchery movement in Alaska and Oregon, Tod Jones was looking forward to retirement—until he had a “eureka” moment in 2019 [...]

Commercial Vessel Deck Machinery: Innovations in the Industry

The innovation of deck machinery for commercial fishing vessels is ever-present in the maritime industry. While a winch will always be a winch, a newer model may pack the same [...]

Arctic Fjord Makes American Boatbuilding History

New pollock-surimi catcher-processor departs Seattle for working life in the Bering Sea. The next time someone glibly states that “America just doesn’t make anything anymore,” you may want to shove [...]

Offshore Wind’s Risks, Opportunities Explored in New Report

Offshore Wind (OSW) is a rapidly growing industry and a heightened policy focus under the Biden administration, which is pushing development of OSW around the country, including several planned West [...]

Watertight Door Maintenance

According to the U.S. Coast Guard, flooding and resultant capsizings are responsible for about 50% of fishing vessel casualties. Maintaining a watertight envelope, including watertight doors, is key to keeping [...]

NOAA Seeks Comment on Federal Management of Cook Inlet Fisheries

NOAA Fisheries is seeking public comment through Dec. 16 on a proposed rule to implement federal management of commercial and recreational salmon fishing in Alaska’s Cook Inlet Exclusive Economic Zone. [...]

GAPP Explores New Pollock Markets in Southeast Asia

Attracting new customers in Malaysia is the focus of the latest sales effort of the Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers (GAPP), based on market research that has identified the [...]

Restorative Aquaculture for Hawaiian Kūmū

Oceanic Institute is developing technology to raise a Hawaiian goatfish species in captivity to try to help declining wild populations. With their beard-like protrusions, typically reddish body and small white [...]

UAF Researcher Confirms Salmon Spawning in Arctic Rivers

A new study by the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ (UAF) College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences has confirmed that salmon are spawning in an Arctic Ocean watershed, suggesting that at [...]

Nominations Sought For Columbia River Fishing Advisory Groups

Nominations are open for advisors to fill positions on the commercial and recreational advisory groups from Washington and Oregon to provide input on fishing seasons on the Columbia River. The [...]

Commerce Dept. Approves Oregon Fishery Disaster Declaration

Federal authorities have approved a fishery disaster for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 at Oregon Chinook salmon ocean commercial fisheries, a decision that makes fishermen eligible to apply for [...]

Federal Fisheries Council Action on Bycatch Prompts Critical Rebuttal

A group of commercial, sport and subsistence fishing entities are taking issue with a decision by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) to postpone setting limits on chum salmon [...]

Washington State’s Commercial Net Pen Ban ‘Has No Legal Effect,’ Court Rules

Washington Department of Natural Resources’ so-called “net pen ban,” which last November effectively banded commercial net-pen fish farming is not legally binding, a Superior Court judge has ruled. During an [...]

NOAA Report on Killer Whale Bycatch Prompts Call for Immediate Action

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, is calling on NOAA Fisheries to end the status quo on action to prevent killer whales from being caught up in groundfish trawl gear in [...]

Bristol Bay Red King Crab Fishery Opens After Two-Year Closure

Alaska’s Bristol Bay red king crab fishery opened on Oct. 15 after being closed for two years due to stocks not meeting minimal levels for fishing. The assigned quota was [...]

Analysis for Minimizing Chum Bycatch to Begin in Bering Sea Pollock Fishery

Federal fisheries managers have approved analyzing changes to chum salmon bycatch management measures to minimize bycatch of western Alaska chum salmon bycatch to the extent practicable in the Bering Sea [...]

SNP Launches ‘Fall in Love with Seafood’ Campaign

The Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP), a nonprofit based in Arlington, Va., on Oct. 4 launched its “Fall in Love with Seafood” campaign to boost consumption of seafood nationally. Fewer than [...]

Trident Expands Investment in Skilled Trades Training

Trident Seafoods will accept applications for 10 spots in its 2024 Skilled Trades Trainee Program, to meet industry needs for skilled trades personnel for shore-based plant processing operations, from March [...]

Alaskan Leader Seafoods Expands Miso Sablefish into Club, Retail Stores

Alaskan Leader Seafoods has begun expanding its miso sablefish foodservice product line into club and retail stores. The product marketing expansion was announced Oct. 23. The packaged, portioned and marinated [...]

Tuna Workshops Boost Effort for Management of Pacific Island Fisheries

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) is scheduled to meet in December in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, to negotiate a new tropical tuna measure, covering key tuna stocks of [...]

Sharing Ocean Space to Boost Seafood Production

From Crescent City to San Diego, California is home to a string of vibrant and diverse fishing communities. Well managed fisheries for albacore, black cod, lobster, crab, white sea bass, [...]

Scheduling Snafus

By the time you read this, Pacific Marine Expo, one of the biggest trade shows of the year for the commercial fishing industry, will have already taken place Nov. 8-10 [...]

NPRB Seeks Pre-Proposals for Integrated Ecosystem Research Program

Concerns over warming waters in the Bering and Chukchi seas and reduction in the extent and duration of seasonal sea ice have prompted the North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) to [...]

Congressmen Call for Action on Human Rights Abuses in Seafood Supply Chain

Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives are calling for federal action in response to investigative reports in The New Yorker magazine documenting human rights abuses in the seafood [...]

Western Pacific Fishery Management Council Director Plans to Step Down

Kitty Simonds, executive director of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (commonly known as Wespac) has said that after 40 years at the helm, she plans to step down from [...]

Analysis Shows Pink Salmon’s ‘Incredible’ Sense of Direction

Results of University of Alaska Fairbanks DNA analysis of a massive database on pink salmon shows a remarkable ability of these fish to spawn at nearly the same spot within [...]

Climate Resilience Specialist Joins California Sea Grant

Climate resilience specialist Alex Harper has joined the extension team at California Sea Grant, CSG announced in late October. In her new role, Harper is expected to focus on strengthening [...]

Oregon Sea Grant Hires Coastal Water Resources Specialist

Oregon Sea Grant and the Oregon State University Extension Service have hired a coastal water resources specialist, Miranda Gray, who started Sept. 12 and is based in Gold Beach. “I [...]

Coast Guard Establishes IUU Fishing, Environmental Response Centers in Hawaii

The U.S. Coast Guard Marine Environmental Response Regional Activities Center (MER RAC) and the Illegal Unreported Unregulated Fisheries Center of Expertise (IUUF COE) were established during an Oct. 11 ceremony [...]

Coast Guard Responds to Medical Emergency Aboard Fishing Vessel Near San Diego

Coast Guard Sector San Diego personnel on Oct. 12 responded to a medical emergency aboard a charter fishing vessel about 55 miles west of Point Loma. At about 1 p.m. [...]

Scheduling Snafus

By the time you read this, Pacific Marine Expo, one of the biggest trade shows of the year for the commercial fishing industry, will have already taken place Nov. 8-10 [...]

Nominations Sought For Columbia River Fishing Advisory Groups

Nominations are open for advisors to fill positions on the commercial and recreational advisory groups from Washington and Oregon to provide input on fishing seasons on the Columbia River. The [...]

Commerce Dept. Approves Oregon Fishery Disaster Declaration

Federal authorities have approved a fishery disaster for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 at Oregon Chinook salmon ocean commercial fisheries, a decision that makes fishermen eligible to apply for [...]