Gov. Sean Parnell has signed an administrative order to deal with marine debris washing up on Alaska's shores from the Japanese tsunami in March 2011.
"While the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the lead agency on marine debris, Administrative Order 263 designates the state Department of Environmental Conservation as the lead agency to coordinate state and federal efforts relating to tsunami-generated marine debris," the governor's office said today.
The state has set up a special website with lots of details including how to report marine debris sightings.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Want to run UFA?
Here's an advertisement seeking a new executive director for United Fishermen of Alaska, the state's top commercial fishing organization.
The ad says the position pays $72,000 a year.
As we've previously reported, the job is coming open because the current executive director, Mark Vinsel, is planning to voluntarily transition to another position with UFA.
The ad says the position pays $72,000 a year.
As we've previously reported, the job is coming open because the current executive director, Mark Vinsel, is planning to voluntarily transition to another position with UFA.
Board to meet again tomorrow on Cook Inlet
The Alaska Board of Fisheries will meet at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday to consider more emergency petitions concerning the Cook Inlet salmon fisheries.
Click here to see the petitions and other meeting information.
Click here to see the petitions and other meeting information.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Sympathetic, but...
Here's the official summary from yesterday's emergency Board of Fisheries meeting on the Cook Inlet setnetters.
"Board members were sympathetic to the setnetters affected by the closure, but were also concerned about the Chinook salmon escapement," the summary says.
"Board members were sympathetic to the setnetters affected by the closure, but were also concerned about the Chinook salmon escapement," the summary says.
Four rescued after vessel sinks at Dixon Entrance
The bad news is the fishing vessel Mary Kay is now under 600 feet of water near Dixon Entrance in Southeast Alaska.
The good news is all four crewmen were rescued safe and sound, the U.S. Coast Guard says.
The Coast Guard was notified at 10:46 p.m. Thursday that the 78-foot Mary Kay was taking on water off Cape Chacon.
Several vessels and aircraft responded to an urgent marine information broadcast.
An Alaska Wildlife Troopers skiff was among the first to arrive.
The Mary Kay crewmen were in survival suits in a raft.
The skiff took aboard the four survivors and transferred them to a good Samaritan fishing vessel, the North Wind, for delivery to Ketchikan.
Other responders included the fishing vessel Irish Rose, the state patrol vessel Enforcer, the Canadian Coast Guard cutter Bartlett and a Canadian aircraft.
The good news is all four crewmen were rescued safe and sound, the U.S. Coast Guard says.
The Coast Guard was notified at 10:46 p.m. Thursday that the 78-foot Mary Kay was taking on water off Cape Chacon.
Several vessels and aircraft responded to an urgent marine information broadcast.
An Alaska Wildlife Troopers skiff was among the first to arrive.
The Mary Kay crewmen were in survival suits in a raft.
The skiff took aboard the four survivors and transferred them to a good Samaritan fishing vessel, the North Wind, for delivery to Ketchikan.
Other responders included the fishing vessel Irish Rose, the state patrol vessel Enforcer, the Canadian Coast Guard cutter Bartlett and a Canadian aircraft.
Valdez wins, processor loses
Here's an Alaska Supreme Court opinion that seems to very much favor the city of Valdez in a dispute with Sea Hawk Seafoods.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Climate and fish sticks
Here's an intriguing article from NOAA examining the effects of a warming climate on Alaska's huge Bering Sea pollock fishery.
"Warmer conditions could force fishery managers to lower Alaska pollock quotas over the long term, which means by mid-century, fish sticks — at least as we know them today — might become less economical," the article says.
"Warmer conditions could force fishery managers to lower Alaska pollock quotas over the long term, which means by mid-century, fish sticks — at least as we know them today — might become less economical," the article says.
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