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.

Station Papa out?

The Alaska Marine Community Coalition is sounding the alarm about the Trump administration moving to dismantle "one of the world's most advanced ocean monitoring systems."

This includes Station Papa, a key site in the Gulf of Alaska.

"Station Papa has been collecting ocean data since the Cold War era, making it one of the longest continuous ocean records in the North Pacific," AMCC writes in this blog post.

With ocean changes evolving rapidly and events such as salmon and crab crashes and marine heatwaves becoming more common, the group argues "we need more information about our oceans, not less."

Bristol Bay eastside salmon announcement No. 1

Read it right here.