By Terry Dillman By most measures, the North Pacific albacore tuna fishery is thriving. Abundant stocks and environmentally-friendly fishing practices with very little by-catch have earned the albacore fishery off […]
A restructured groundfish and halibut observer program, aimed at improving fisheries management and minimizing bycatch, commences in January with a two-month deployment for selected vessels rather than the initial three-month […]
A final rule to restructure the North Pacific observer program for groundfish and halibut is set for publication in early December, with implementation in January, but many in the commercial […]
By Terry Dillman Commercial salmon fishermen off the Oregon coast are so far landing considerably more fish this season than they did in 2011 and 2010, but the results, while […]
A US Coast Guard crew medevaced a 43-year-old crewman from the fishing vessel Alaska Juris on Sept. 12, from Bering Sea waters 150 miles northeast of St. Paul Island, after […]
More seafood, far more value. That sums up the 2011 season for most Oregon fisheries, according to Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) officials and a consortium of four Oregon seafood […]
By Terry Dillman More seafood, far more value. That sums up the 2011 season for most Oregon fisheries, according to Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) officials and a consortium […]
Jennifer Lincoln has never fished commercially, but for two decades at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health her goal has been saving the lives of those who do, […]
By Margaret Bauman June 2012 Jennifer Lincoln has never fished commercially, but for two decades at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health her goal has been saving the […]
Down on the Copper River, harvesters and processors are bracing for the first commercial opener of 2012 on the river’s famed Copper River red and king salmon. Weather permitting, the […]