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Alaska commercial fishing news and notes

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Big boost for summer troll fishery

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The state today announced the summer troll season will begin July 1 targeting 83,900 treaty Chinook salmon. That's a 51 percent jump ...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Some news on Fishermen's News

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Fishermen's News, a Seattle-based commercial fishing magazine, has suspended publication. Managing Editor Chris Philips, writing in th...
Monday, June 22, 2020

A change at the top for Coastal Villages

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Coastal Villages Region Fund has  announced that longtime Executive Director Morgen Crow has retired. Anchorage-based Coastal Villages is...
Sunday, June 21, 2020

Processor faces employment complaint

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A lawsuit accuses North Pacific Seafoods, a major Alaska salmon processor, of holding up to 150 cannery workers in "forced unpaid quara...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

A likely victory for trollers

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A U.S. magistrate judge is recommending denial of a motion to close the commercial troll salmon fishery in the federal waters off Southeast...
Sunday, June 7, 2020

Herring pickle

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Bering Sea pollock trawlers have used up their herring bycatch allowance, and now they're getting shut out of productive fishing grounds...
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Thursday, June 4, 2020

Coronavirus cluster reported in Whittier

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The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services is reporting 11 cases of COVID-19 in seafood workers in Whittier. "The city of Wh...
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I'm a journalist covering Alaska's commercial fishing industry. My real name is Wesley Loy. Reach me at wloy61@gmail.com.
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