The brightest spot of the 2019 season was the strong returns of sockeye salmon that produced a catch of over 55 million fish, the largest since 1995 and the fifth consecutive year of harvests topping 50 million reds.
Fish Factor: A high-powered group of doctors and nutritionists is making sure the health benefits of seafood are front and center in committee meetings.
Fish Factor: Where and how the cuts will play out across the state’s far-flung coastal regions is now being decided by fishery managers.
Underwater and out of sight are the makings of a major Alaska industry with two anchor crops that clean the planet while pumping out lots of cash.
Through Sept. 15, people with good ideas, startups or existing businesses across the Bristol Bay region will compete to attend a three-day boot camp that provides in-depth business education, networking and advice.
Fish Factor: In a canvassing of nearly 25 members and trade groups, not one said they were aware of Chamber policy positions, nor were they queried.
The tit-for-tat taxes hit nearly all Alaska seafood.
A rockslide along the Fraser River in British Columbia has rescuers resorting to a temporary solution for wild sockeye that can’t reach their spawning grounds: flying the fish upriver by helicopter.
Set to get axed is funding for research projects, such as salmon inseason sampling and Tanner crab surveys at Prince William Sound, and five salmon weirs at Kodiak and Chignik.
Gov. Dunleavy’s initial budget in February aimed to repeal the 50-50 sharing of tax revenue between towns and state, but he didn’t veto the current arrangement.
The Derelict Vessels Act is intended to help harbor masters and others track down owners of abandoned vessels. But virtually no mariners know about the new registration requirement.
Also, how things are shaping up for the state’s other fisheries, from lingcod to Dungeness crab.
