USDA buys $11M in canned pinks from Silver Bay

Here's the announcement.

$124M in disaster relief set for Alaska, elsewhere

Here's the press release from NOAA.

As best we can tell, these are the affected Alaska fisheries and the sums we can expect someday:

• 2023-24 Bering Sea snow crab fishery, $75.2 million

• 2022 Chignik salmon fishery, $18.5 million

• 2023 Upper Cook Inlet eastside setnet salmon fishery, $5.8 million.

The first million

As of this posting, Alaska's commercial salmon catch stands at 1.1 million fish.

The season is just getting started, and the state is forecasting a total harvest of 125.5 million salmon once the fishing year is done.

You can track the catch on the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Blue Sheet.

Commissioner clarifies status of fishing regulations

Here's the press release.

The situation with Cook Inlet beach seines seems particularly noteworthy.

Salmon outlook

The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute has posted its annual salmon market bulletin.

The advent of the charter halibut stamp

Read about it here.

F/V Arctic Sea remains aground at St. George Island

Here's a situation report from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.