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Showing posts with label Dillingham. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Another major announcement from Silver Bay
Silver Bay Seafoods says it will acquire processing plants at Dillingham and Port Moller, adding: "As part of this acquisition, Silver Bay has committed to participating in the working group formed by Rodger May to address the future of the former Peter Pan Seafoods facility in King Cove."
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Obama visits Dillingham today
Alaska Dispatch News is running a live blog to track the president's travels in Western Alaska.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Bristol Bay villages extend their reach
Here are a couple of Bristol Bay notes.
• A new road is planned to connect the village of Naknek to Pederson Point. The North Pacific Seafoods salmon cannery is located on the point, currently accessible only by taking a four-wheel-drive along the beach at low tide. Paug-Vik Inc., the Native village corporation for Naknek, wants to extend an overland road 1.7 miles from the east to reach Pederson Point. Paug-Vik says the road would provide year-round access to the point and would improve transportation of fish to Naknek, hub of Bristol Bay's salmon industry. For more information and a map, start here.
• The staff of a state agency, the Local Boundary Commission, has recommended approval of the city of Dillingham's petition to annex extensive commercial fishing grounds (map). The staff's conclusion starts on p. 84 of this preliminary report. At the end of the report, you can find letters from people for and against annexing the new territory. The annexation is still subject to commission approval, plus a vote of Dillingham area residents. For background, here's an item published in a recent issue of Pacific Fishing magazine:
Dillingham's expansion plan
The Bristol Bay city of Dillingham wants to get bigger, way bigger, and collect a lot more tax revenue.
To achieve its goals, the city has petitioned the state Local Boundary Commission to annex rich commercial salmon fishing grounds adjacent to town, including the Nushagak District and the Wood River special harvest area. In all, the city of about 36 square miles is seeking to add 396 square miles of water plus three square miles of islands.
In conjunction with the annexation, the city aims to impose a new local raw fish tax. The 2.5 percent levy would raise an estimated $710,833 annually beginning in 2012.
In their petition, Dillingham officials say they need more revenue to cover and improve city services. The city's population of 2,350 people nearly doubles during the summer fishing season, with up to 700 vessels jamming the city harbor. Most are not Dillingham residents, yet they use the harbor, boat ramps, parking areas, restrooms and bathhouse, and benefit from the city's trash hauling, street maintenance and more.
The proposed tax would extend to the roughly 50 percent of Nushagak Bay salmon delivered outside the district for processing, Dillingham's petition says.
Dillingham officials note that wrapping city limits around fishing waters is nothing new. The commission approved it for Egegik, Pilot Point, St. Paul and Togiak.
• A new road is planned to connect the village of Naknek to Pederson Point. The North Pacific Seafoods salmon cannery is located on the point, currently accessible only by taking a four-wheel-drive along the beach at low tide. Paug-Vik Inc., the Native village corporation for Naknek, wants to extend an overland road 1.7 miles from the east to reach Pederson Point. Paug-Vik says the road would provide year-round access to the point and would improve transportation of fish to Naknek, hub of Bristol Bay's salmon industry. For more information and a map, start here.
• The staff of a state agency, the Local Boundary Commission, has recommended approval of the city of Dillingham's petition to annex extensive commercial fishing grounds (map). The staff's conclusion starts on p. 84 of this preliminary report. At the end of the report, you can find letters from people for and against annexing the new territory. The annexation is still subject to commission approval, plus a vote of Dillingham area residents. For background, here's an item published in a recent issue of Pacific Fishing magazine:
Dillingham's expansion plan
The Bristol Bay city of Dillingham wants to get bigger, way bigger, and collect a lot more tax revenue.
To achieve its goals, the city has petitioned the state Local Boundary Commission to annex rich commercial salmon fishing grounds adjacent to town, including the Nushagak District and the Wood River special harvest area. In all, the city of about 36 square miles is seeking to add 396 square miles of water plus three square miles of islands.
In conjunction with the annexation, the city aims to impose a new local raw fish tax. The 2.5 percent levy would raise an estimated $710,833 annually beginning in 2012.
In their petition, Dillingham officials say they need more revenue to cover and improve city services. The city's population of 2,350 people nearly doubles during the summer fishing season, with up to 700 vessels jamming the city harbor. Most are not Dillingham residents, yet they use the harbor, boat ramps, parking areas, restrooms and bathhouse, and benefit from the city's trash hauling, street maintenance and more.
The proposed tax would extend to the roughly 50 percent of Nushagak Bay salmon delivered outside the district for processing, Dillingham's petition says.
Dillingham officials note that wrapping city limits around fishing waters is nothing new. The commission approved it for Egegik, Pilot Point, St. Paul and Togiak.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Ted Stevens, Nov. 18, 1923 — Aug. 9, 2010
Here's a statement from the National Marine Fisheries Service on Ted Stevens, who died Monday in a plane crash north of Dillingham:
Aug. 10, 2010
Regional Administrator's statement regarding the passing of former Senator Ted Stevens
This is an especially sad day for the Alaska Region of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service, where we have worked in cooperation with former Senator Ted Stevens to make Alaska's fisheries among the best managed in the world.
Senator Stevens was distinguished as a champion of sustainable ocean policy and influenced nearly every marine environmental and resource management law in the U.S. Senate over the past four decades. Alaska waters were often the test bed of revolutionary new ways of science-based fishery management and resource allocations that promoted safety and incentives for sustainability.
Senator Stevens was a tireless advocate for U.S. fisheries and marine science. He was instrumental in promoting the new Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Juneau which replaced the aging Auke Bay Lab. This laboratory honors his legacy with the name, the Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute.
Our deepest, most heartfelt thoughts are with his family during this time of loss.
Jim Balsiger
Regional Administrator
NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service
Alaska Region
Aug. 10, 2010
Regional Administrator's statement regarding the passing of former Senator Ted Stevens
This is an especially sad day for the Alaska Region of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service, where we have worked in cooperation with former Senator Ted Stevens to make Alaska's fisheries among the best managed in the world.
Senator Stevens was distinguished as a champion of sustainable ocean policy and influenced nearly every marine environmental and resource management law in the U.S. Senate over the past four decades. Alaska waters were often the test bed of revolutionary new ways of science-based fishery management and resource allocations that promoted safety and incentives for sustainability.
Senator Stevens was a tireless advocate for U.S. fisheries and marine science. He was instrumental in promoting the new Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Juneau which replaced the aging Auke Bay Lab. This laboratory honors his legacy with the name, the Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute.
Our deepest, most heartfelt thoughts are with his family during this time of loss.
Jim Balsiger
Regional Administrator
NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service
Alaska Region
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Peter Pan's dock of the bay
Peter Pan Seafoods Inc. is planning to build a major new dock at its Bristol Bay salmon cannery at Dillingham.
The Seattle-based company has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a permit.
According to a public notice the Corps issued today, Peter Pan proposes to construct a 339-foot by 55-foot pile-supported dock adjacent to its existing dock and plant.
The company's goal is "to provide storage during seasonal processing and to provide additional access to fishing vessels," the application says.
The application doesn't include a cost estimate or construction schedule.
The Seattle-based company has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a permit.
According to a public notice the Corps issued today, Peter Pan proposes to construct a 339-foot by 55-foot pile-supported dock adjacent to its existing dock and plant.
The company's goal is "to provide storage during seasonal processing and to provide additional access to fishing vessels," the application says.
The application doesn't include a cost estimate or construction schedule.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Dude fishing rules!
The Alaska Board of Fisheries has voted to continue "dude fishing" in Bristol Bay's Nushagak District.
The dude fishery gives tourists a chance to ride aboard a commercial fishing boat and net a few salmon. A boat operating in the dude fishery may take up to 90 salmon per day.
The special fishery is seen as good business in Dillingham, one of the main commercial fishing villages on Bristol Bay.
The Board of Fisheries originally approved dude fishing as a test three years ago. The authorizing regulation was due to expire, or sunset, at the end of this year.
But the board over the weekend adopted a proposal to eliminate the sunset date.
That means dude can keep fishing!
The board also voted to expand the dude fishing season. Now the season will open June 1, instead of July 1, and run through Sept. 30.
The dude fishery gives tourists a chance to ride aboard a commercial fishing boat and net a few salmon. A boat operating in the dude fishery may take up to 90 salmon per day.
The special fishery is seen as good business in Dillingham, one of the main commercial fishing villages on Bristol Bay.
The Board of Fisheries originally approved dude fishing as a test three years ago. The authorizing regulation was due to expire, or sunset, at the end of this year.
But the board over the weekend adopted a proposal to eliminate the sunset date.
That means dude can keep fishing!
The board also voted to expand the dude fishing season. Now the season will open June 1, instead of July 1, and run through Sept. 30.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Palin's gone fishin'
Looks like Sarah Palin, who shocked the nation last week in saying she'll step down as governor on July 26, is headed out to the family's setnet site near Dillingham to help harvest Bristol Bay salmon.
Palin disclosed her fishing plans in this series of "tweets" she sent in recent hours via Twitter:
AKGovSarahPalin Grateful Todd left fishing grnds to join me this wkend; but now he's back slaying salmon & working the kids @ the site; anxious to join 'em!
about 9 hours ago from TwitterBerry
AKGovSarahPalin As has been the case for decades, family is commercial fishing in Bristol Bay-I look forward to joining the work crew for 1 day picking fish
about 9 hours ago from TwitterBerry
AKGovSarahPalin Attached is my "thank you" sent yesterday to express gratitude, & smack down lies at same time http://tinyurl.com/q28wl5
about 11 hours ago from web
AKGovSarahPalin Trying to keep up w/getting truth to u, like proof there's no "FBI scandal", here's link http://tinyurl.com/nzlae8 Thanks, AK!
about 12 hours ago from web
AKGovSarahPalin so I'll make attempt to keep up w/attaching corrected info. I head 2 West AK villages today, look forward to their busy comm fish activity!
about 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry
AKGovSarahPalin Critics are spinning, so hang in there as they feed false info on the right decision made as I enter last yr in office to not run again....
about 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry
Palin disclosed her fishing plans in this series of "tweets" she sent in recent hours via Twitter:
AKGovSarahPalin Grateful Todd left fishing grnds to join me this wkend; but now he's back slaying salmon & working the kids @ the site; anxious to join 'em!
about 9 hours ago from TwitterBerry
AKGovSarahPalin As has been the case for decades, family is commercial fishing in Bristol Bay-I look forward to joining the work crew for 1 day picking fish
about 9 hours ago from TwitterBerry
AKGovSarahPalin Attached is my "thank you" sent yesterday to express gratitude, & smack down lies at same time http://tinyurl.com/q28wl5
about 11 hours ago from web
AKGovSarahPalin Trying to keep up w/getting truth to u, like proof there's no "FBI scandal", here's link http://tinyurl.com/nzlae8 Thanks, AK!
about 12 hours ago from web
AKGovSarahPalin so I'll make attempt to keep up w/attaching corrected info. I head 2 West AK villages today, look forward to their busy comm fish activity!
about 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry
AKGovSarahPalin Critics are spinning, so hang in there as they feed false info on the right decision made as I enter last yr in office to not run again....
about 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry
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