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Laine Welch: Project aims to boost energy efficiency of fishing vessels

Volunteers are needed to test new "do-it-yourself" energy audits on fishing boats.

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Laine Welch: Halibut catch cut less than feared but prospect poor

Halibut catches weren't slashed as much as people feared, although they still continue on a downward trend -- and the outlook is grim.
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Laine Welch: Opponents gear up to block FDA approval of Frankenfish

Fishing groups, consumers and health organizations are launching a final push to keep genetically modified fish off American dinner plates.
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Laine Welch: Salmon permits lose value

The market for Alaska salmon permits is up and down but sales of catch shares are in a stall.
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Laine Welch: Figures show 124 million salmon netted in Alaska in 2012

Prince William Sound topped all other Alaska regions for salmon catches last year -- but not by much.
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Laine Welch: Alaska fisheries year in review

Alaska's seafood industry worked hard this year to ramp up its message to policy makers, especially those from Railbelt regions who tend to overlook the industry's economic significance.
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Laine Welch: Association seeks to take aches out of fishing

For fishermen, applying the science of ergonomics can mean changing a boat deck's layout or modifying knives and scrapers to reduce the strains, sprains and pains of fishing.
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Laine Welch : Compendium of facts spotlights Alaska commercial fishing

Ask an Alaskan what community is home to the most commercial fishermen and they will likely tell you Kodiak or Dutch Harbor, Petersburg or Bristol Bay.
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Laine Welch: Commission considers plan that would cut halibut catches

Halibut catches could be cut by 33 percent next year if proposed numbers get the nod by the International Pacific Halibut Commission next month. That would mean a coast wide harvest of just 22.7 million pounds for fisheries in California, Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska. Alaska's...
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Laine Welch: Industry's jobs boost Alaska, but fleet is growing older

The "graying of the fleet" continues as fewer young fishermen obtain permits for various Alaska fisheries. Data from 2011 show that 45 percent of all Alaska permit holders were between the ages 45 and 60, with an average of 47. That was roughly twice as many permit holders as there were between ...
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Laine Welch: Salmon catch and value were down this year

Alaska's salmon harvest and value for 2012 came in well below last year, dropping 21 percent and 30 percent, respectively.