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Table of Contents
1. NPFMC Agenda for October Meeting
2. Summary of Sep NMFMC Meeting on SSL (Sitka 7-8 Sep)
3. Arctic Rose owners sue to limit liability
4. Governor Convenes Alaskans to Write Subsistence Amendment.
5. Suit would force Katie John appeal
6. Suzuki Foundation commissions inquiry into BC salmon farming.
7. Alaskan crabbers seek delay of deadly winter opilio fishery.
8. Coast Guard rescues crew of Seattle fishing boat (Baranof Queen).
9. Columbia fishermen plan national boycott of Chilean salmon.
10. Pacific Rim Wild Salmon and Steelhead Conference
World Trade Center, Portland, Oregon, November 5-6, 2001.
11. Vessel Fishery Endorsement (Deadline October 1, 2001).
12. Bristol Bay processor bankruptcy ruling to be appealed
13. Federal Subsistence Board -- FY 2002 Fisheries Investigation Plan
14. Air, Land, and Sea Safety Exposition (Juneau, Sep 28-29).
15. Fishlines, the in-house newsletter of University of Alaska Sea Grant
(Sep 2001)
16. Newfoundland establishes panel to study consolidation of its seafood
industry.
17. John Iani (Unisea) Appointed as EPA Region X Administrator.
18. Commission on Ocean Policy to hold inaugural meeting
1. NPFMC Agenda for October Meeting in Seattle.
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/agenda1001.pdf
2. Summary of Sep NMFMC Meeting on SSL (Sitka 7-8 Sep)
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/Committees/ssl/SSLsummary.pdf
3. Arctic Rose owners sue to limit liability.
http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/682587p-724622c.html
4. Governor Convenes Alaskans to Write Subsistence Amendment.
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/PRESS/01200.html
Knowles subsistence panel mulls amendment wording.
http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/685420p-727475c.html
Opinion: Subsistence language (9/11/01).
http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/685400p-727470c.html
5. Suit would force Katie John appeal.
http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/688572p-730934c.html
6. Suzuki Foundation commissions inquiry into BC salmon farming.
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7. Alaskan crabbers seek delay of deadly winter opilio fishery.
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8. Coast Guard rescues crew of Seattle fishing boat (Baranof Queen).
http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/091101/ala_091101ala0050001.shtml
9. Columbia fishermen plan national boycott of Chilean salmon.
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FISH DONATIONS MADE ON COLUMBIA TO BRING ATTENTION TO SALMON HABITAT
DESTRUCTION AND MARKETS IMPACTED BY CHILEAN IMPORTS: Members of the Columbia
River Fishermen's Protective Union (CRFPU) began making donations of salmon
to homeless shelters in the Portland, Oregon area on 7 September in an
effort to bring public attention to the plight of the lower river's
commercial fishermen. "The fishermen have been pushed to the brink of
extinction themselves," said Jack Marincovich, CRFPU Executive Director.
"We would rather see the citizens of the Northwest have use of the fish
than
watch them go to waste." Marincovich contends that because of the
mismanagement of the hydropower system, the fishermen have been displaced
and their industry has been washed away, including the infrastructure that
was once in place to handle the volume of fish. "Unfortunately, quality
Columbia River salmon has been replaced in the marketplace by fish farm
operations that raise salmon in pens for the duration of their lives. For
decades, the federal government has allowed the hydropower system to kill
masses of juvenile and adult salmon, while restricting the lower river
fishery in the process," added Marincovich.
Families and rural communities along both sides of the Columbia that depend
on the salmon industry are crumbling, according to Gary Soderstrom, the
Union President, "the price of fresh fish is so low right now, it doesn't
even pay for the gas to run the boat." According to Bruce Crookshanks, a
27 year Columbia River and Alaskan fisherman, the federal government has not
offered assistance to the fishing families and communities that are being
destroyed. "Perhaps tariffs on imported farmed salmon are the answer to
give American fishermen the ability to compete," said Crookshanks.
"When
farmed fish are delivered into the U.S. at a price that is lower than it
costs to bring it in from a local boat, it makes you wonder how our
fishermen are supposed to stay in business." For more information on the
tie-up and fish give-away, contact Jack Marincovich at (503) 325-2702.
10. Pacific Rim Wild Salmon and Steelhead Conference
World Trade Center, Portland, Oregon, November 5-6, 2001.
http://www.wildsalmoncenter.org/version/WSSCC/index.htm
11. Vessel Fishery Endorsement (Deadline October 1, 2001). The American
Fisheries Acts requires that U.S. vessels be at least 75% U.S. owned. The
Coast Guard is handling this for vessels 100 feet or less in length and will
validating the 75% requirement in conjunction with annual documentation.
The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) will be handling vessels greater
than 100 feet and there is detailed information at their website:
http://www.marad.dot.gov/afa.html
12. Bristol Bay processor bankruptcy ruling to be appealed.
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13. Federal Subsistence Board -- FY 2002 Fisheries Investigation Plan.
Studies being planned for FY 2002 including Harvest Monitoring &
Traditional
Ecological Knowledge, and Stock Status and Trends.
http://www.r7.fws.gov/asm/fiship02/propind.html
14. Air, Land, and Sea Safety Exposition (Juneau, Sep 28-29).
http://www.alaska.faa.gov/jnufsdo/SafetyExpo.htm
15. Fishlines, the in-house newsletter of University of Alaska Sea Grant
(Sep 2001). http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/Fishlines/Sep01.html
16. Newfoundland establishes panel to study consolidation of its seafood
industry.
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17. John Iani (Unisea) Appointed as EPA Region X Administrator.
http://yosemite1.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/b1ab9f485b098972852562e7004dc686/b
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EPA's new Region 10 administrator ready to start
JOHN IANI: Former Alaska resident was named to the post Thursday
http://www.adn.com/business/story/689504p-731824c.html
18. Commission on Ocean Policy to hold inaugural meeting. Ed Rasmusson of
Anchorage is on the Commission.
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