By Margaret Bauman The North Pacific Fishery Management Council, at its December meeting in Anchorage, identified a number of concerns about bycatch of Chinook salmon in Gulf of Alaska fisheries […]
By David Stauth Marine ecologists at Oregon State University have shown for the first time that tiny fish larvae can drift with ocean currents and “re-seed” fish stocks significant distances […]
By Dan Bacher On December 15, the Obama administration officially announced its support for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) to build a peripheral canal/tunnel, a project opposed […]
By John Hurwitz I have been writing about this survey in recent columns so I knew the numbers would be poor from our experience alone. What follows are the August […]
by Dan Bacher The Superior Court in San Francisco on Wednesday, December 1 will hear a court challenge to salmon-killing water diversion permits approved by the California Department of Fish […]
Last week “A Digital Gathering” began and 2,098 people have signed. “Out of respect for the law of this land, the Broughton First Nations and future generations, we recognize that […]
By John Hurwitz In California the great salmon fishing days of the early decade are gone. If you’re a salmon fisherman and had a few good days up north, you […]
Braided River joins award-winning photographer Amy Gulick, Jon Rowley, Blueacre Seafood Restaurant and Steelhead Diner in presenting a special evening of Southeast Alaska seafood and photography at the Burke Museum […]
By Margaret Bauman Last month Little Hoquiam Shipyard in Hoquiam, Washington launched the 58-foot by 23-foot shallow draft seiner-longliner F/V Invincible for owner and captain Phil Fogle. Photo by Tom […]
Alaska’s fisheries are considered among the best managed in the world. The state and federal agencies that sustainably manage Alaskan fisheries have done so with science-based conservative catch limits, comprehensive […]