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Alaska commercial fishing news and notes

Monday, February 13, 2017

A Bering Sea tragedy

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The Coast Guard has suspended the search for the F/V Destination, which apparently sank over the weekend near St. George Island. The crew...
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Monday, February 6, 2017

Board of Fisheries news

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Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has reappointed John Jensen, of Petersburg, and Reed Morisky, of Fairbanks, to the state Board of Fisheries. The g...
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Friday, January 27, 2017

Halibut gets a boost

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The International Pacific Halibut Commission today announced catch limits for 2017 . The limits total 31.4 million pounds coastwide, a 5 p...
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Thursday, January 26, 2017

Ailing crewman hoisted off factory trawler

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A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter today conducted a medevac off the Bering Sea factory trawler American Dynasty. The patient, 59, was sufferi...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

A popular pick for NMFS chief

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Who will head the National Marine Fisheries Service in the Trump administration? Many in the industry like Chris Oliver, the longtime exec...

Buyback fails

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We told you in November that Southeast Alaska salmon seiners would vote on whether to buy out more permits. So, how did the election turn...
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Sunday, January 22, 2017

Small sockeye catch projected at Copper River

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Here's the Copper River salmon forecast , and it's not pretty. State biologists are projecting a commercial catch of 889,000 socke...
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