State posts Southeast Chinook run forecasts

Details in this advisory announcement.

Seafood industry task force to meet again

Here's a press release with details.

Board of Fisheries to weigh PWS proposals

The Alaska Board of Fisheries is meeting this week in Cordova to consider dozens of proposals for the Prince William Sound region.

Here are a few attracting our interest:

Proposal 16, from the Chenega IRA Council, would close the Prince William Sound pollock trawl fishery.

Proposal 43, from Cordova District Fishermen United, would establish a directed octopus fishery in Prince William Sound.

Proposal 73, from James Burton, and several other proposals deal with permit stacking in the salmon seine and driftnet fisheries.

Proposal 78, from Virgil Umphenour, would reduce Prince William Sound pink salmon hatchery production by 25 percent.

It's all over

Another long commercial halibut season closes at midnight tonight.

Canned pollock for school kids?

The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute is holding its annual All Hands on Deck conference this week at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage.

One interesting item on the agenda is a proposed pilot project to demonstrate the acceptability and feasibility of canned Alaska pollock in international school meal programs.

Search underway for multiple people in Southeast

The U.S. Coast Guard and good Samaritans are searching for five people from a fishing boat that reportedly capsized near Point Couverden in Icy Strait.

The boat involved is the Wind Walker, the Coast Guard says.