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January 10, 2005 Salmon fishermen - Deadline Thursday Jan 13 for USDA TAA application: Form FSA-229, and production evidence to verify 2003 catch, and Crew share form (even if you have no crew) must be received in an FSA Service Center or postmarked by January 13, 2005. CALL 866-TRADE20 (866-872-3320) today - and get this taken care of in five to fifteen minutes. FSA TAA FAQ: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/AK/FAQTAA.htm#evidence Table of Contents: 1. State to sue feds over water rights 2. Native group sues U.S. agencies over water rights 3. Selendang Ayu Spill could be costly for crabbers 4. AMSEA rallies Tsunami aid for Sri Lanka fishermen 5. Rule Requires Grocery Stores To Spell Out Seafood's Origin 6. Action Alert continues: Deadline Feb 2. for COOL comments 7. New Ag Secretary Johanns passes first committee, opposes COOL 8. Secretary of Commerce Nominee Gutierrez Commits to Visiting Alaska 9. Southeast urchin fishery in trouble 10. Senator Stevens named Chairman of the Senate Commerce… 11. 24th AK Legislature convenes 12. New Juneau fish plant prepares to open 13. Federal fisheries managers up gulf pollock quota nearly 30 percent 14. Plenty of cod, plenty of jobs as BSAI PCod "A" season opens 15. Tanner crab season set to begin with 3 reopened fisheries 16. Anticipation of mining activity leads to Iliamna subsidiary 17. DNR posts revisions to the Bristol Bay Area Plan, Nushagak and Mulchatna… 18. NOAA receives new fisheries survey vessel Oscar Dyson 19. Fish and Game needs an overhaul, not an increase in license fees 20. Sonar offers a way to count salmon accurately 21. Psychology Today on Omega-3s: Fishing for Happiness 22. "Bush's modest hope" - Seattle PI on Oceans policy 23. Different views of today's approach to ocean and fish management 24. Canada is fine with Tulsequah (Taku) mine 25. Alaska's fisheries shined in 2004 with great press and good prices 26. Laine Welch's Fish Radio, sponsored by VesselConnection / Wireless Matrix 27. MMRC studies South American Sea Lions' response to unpredictable food supply 28. Thailand files with US Trade Representative against shrimp antidumping action 29. ITC rules for Shrimp antidumping tariffs, expresses India & Thai tsunami concerns 30. Shrimp importers seek to settle dumping case - offer $100M 31. MMPA List of Fisheries comment period extended to March 4 32. NPFMC posts draft agenda for Feb 9-15 Seattle Meeting 33. USFWS posts proposed rule for AK Subsistence fish & Shellfish for 2006-7 34. Developing a Policy Framework for Aquaculture in the 3-200 U.S. Ocean Zone 35. Collaborative Insights: How fishery mgmt. regulations and practices affect quality 36. IPHC Survey Vessels - Bait for Year 2005 Call for Proposals - Deadline Jan 31 37. IPHC 2004 Report of Assessment and Research Activities 38. Marine Science in Alaska: 2005 Symposium Jan. 24-26, 2005, Anchorage 39. MAFAC final agenda for Jan 11-13, Honululu 40. ADF&G Kodiak, Chignik, and So. Penin. Tanner Crab Tank Insp and Fishery 41. ADF&G Vessel Reg. and Fishery Management for 2005 Bering Sea Snow Crab 42. BOF Public Hearing in Soldotna on Coon Inlet Issues, Jan 14 & 15 43. FCC issues regs. on use of Satellite Earth Stations on Board Vessels 44. ADF&G Final Comments on 2005-06 Federal Subsistence Fisheries Proposals 45. Deadline Jan 28 for 2006 Subsistence Fisheries Research Proposals 46. DNR Aquatic Farm Application Opening - Application period Jan 1-April 30 1. State to sue feds over water rights Governor says case does not challenge Katie John decision… The state of Alaska is suing the federal government over land and water rights it claims the U.S. departments of Interior and Agriculture illegally took under subsistence regulations set in 1999. Gov. Frank Murkowski said Tuesday afternoon in a written statement that the lawsuit will clarify who retains the rights to Alaska waters and tidelands in areas such as Cook Inlet and Bristol Bay…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/010505/sta_ Governor's press release: http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id=1455 2. Native group sues U.S. agencies over water rights 'ABOUT FISHING': Action was prompted by suit filed by the state the day before. The Native American Rights Fund on Friday filed what is effectively a countersuit to the state of Alaska's challenge of the federal government's power to control certain waterways in the state…"It's all about fishing, and it's all about people being able to fish without the state getting in the way," Heather Kendall Miller, a lawyer for the Rights Fund, said Friday… http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/5995980p-5892133c.html 3. Selendang Ayu Spill could be costly for crabbers Owners of the Puget Sound
crab fleet could lose an estimated $1 million or more, if oil draining from
the wrecked freighter Selendang Ayu contaminates Dutch Harbor by the start
of the snow crab season Jan. 15…
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2005/ &&& Calmer weather eases freighter-oil cleanup
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/ Selendang Ayu unified command center website:
http://www.state.ak.us/dec/spar/perp/response/sum_ 4. AMSEA rallies Tsunami aid for Sri Lanka fishermen - AMSEA Tsunami Relief: http://www.amsea.org/ &&& Former Kodiak resident to help in tsunami relief “Wherever they need us is where we’re going to go,” Virginia Buben said. The former Kodiak resident leaves Anchorage today as part of an 11-member medical team headed for Sri Lanka…http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=904 The article details various Alaska-based relief efforts including AMSEA 5. Rule Requires Grocery Stores To Spell Out Seafood's Origin … Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chairman of the Appropriations Committee and a strong supporter of Alaska's fishing industry, helped win funds to implement the seafood portion of the measure… http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61843-2005Jan9.html?nav=rss_business 6. Action Alert continues: Deadline Feb 2. for COOL comments Federal Register Notice:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800 UFA Action Alert - COOL needed for canned, smoked, cured salmon The interim final rule includes wild and farmed as well as country of origin, but it excludes canned, smoked, cured - a large proportion of the Alaska salmon harvest. Send an email today - and comment specifically to include canned, smoked and cured salmon. … -Email to cool@usda.gov . -FAX to (202) 720-3499 For the Interim Final Rule, Q&A, and public comments see http://www.ams.usda.gov/cool/ 7. New Ag Secretary Johanns passes first committee, opposes COOL Agriculture Secretary-nominee Mike Johanns on Thursday became the first of President Bush's second-term Cabinet choices to win approval from a Senate committee… Johanns also supports the administration's desire to repeal country-of-origin labeling. "You know the
administration's position has been one of a voluntary approach, and as
secretary, I would adopt the administration's position," Johanns said. "I
also recognize the law has been passed, and I want you to understand if
that's the law, that's what I'll be working with."
http://www.beatricedailysun.com/articles/2005/01 8. Secretary of Commerce Nominee Gutierrez Commits to Visiting Alaska The Secretary of Commerce designee Carlos Gutierrez said at his Senate Commerce Committee nomination hearing yesterday that he would “be in Alaska as soon as possible.” Gutierrez’s commitment to visit the State came as a response to an invitation from Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). The nomination hearing was Stevens’ first as Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Transportation and Science Committee… http://stevens.senate.gov/pr/2005/January/pr010605.htm 9. Southeast urchin fishery in trouble About 44 percent of harvest quota left unharvested in 2004 Stung by heavy competition from Russian traders, Southeast Alaska's dive fishermen are trying to figure out how to save their urchin fishery from possible extinction…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/010205/sta_ 10. Senator Stevens named Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, will continue to serve as Senate President Pro Tempore and on Appropriations and other Committees… http://www.senate.gov/~stevens/pr/pr010504.htm 11. 24th AK Legislature convenes Prefiled seafood-related bills include: HB 25 Seaton Sharing of Fish Tax Revenue with Muni's HB 26 Short term crew licenses SB 25 Genetically modified seafood SB 29 Regional marketing coordinator at ASMI Prefiled bills: http://w3.legis.state.ak.us/Prefiles/Prefiled_Measures_12-30-04.pdf Individual bills at http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/start.asp 12. New Juneau fish plant prepares to open Alaska Glacier Seafoods' new processing plant at Auke Nu Cove is swarming with activity in preparation for its first delivery by fishermen in mid-February… http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/010705/loc_ 13. Federal fisheries managers up gulf pollock quota nearly 30 percent The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has set harvest levels for the lucrative Bering Sea pollock fishery at nearly 1.5 million metric tons for the 2005 season, down slightly from a year ago. The federal fisheries officials also boosted pollock quotas in the Gulf of Alaska to 91,710 million metric tons, up nearly 29 percent over 2004 limits…
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/010205/loc_ 14. Plenty of cod, plenty of jobs as BSAI PCod "A" season opens Many fishermen and cannery workers had to cut their New Year’s celebrations short to dust off their gear and get down to business as the Pacific cod “A” season in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) opened Jan. 1… http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=908 15. Tanner crab season set to begin with 3 reopened fisheries Bairdi tanner crab fisheries open Jan. 15 at Kodiak, Unalaska, Chignik, King Cove and Sand Point, with a harvest potential at nearly 2.5 million pounds, thanks to the reopening of three fisheries…
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/010905/loc_ 16. Anticipation of mining activity leads to Iliamna subsidiary Iliamna Natives Ltd., a major landowner near the Pebble mineral exploration prospect underway in the Bristol Bay region, has formed a business development subsidiary to deal with related issues…The move came in response of the downturn of commercial fishing profits, a major component of the Bristol Bay economy.
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/010905/loc_ 17. DNR posts revisions to the Bristol Bay Area Plan and the Nushagak and Mulchatna Rivers Recreation Management Plan The Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources has approved certain changes to the Bristol Bay Area Plan and the Rivers Recreation Management Plan that resulted comment period that extended from August 15 to November 15, 2004… The comment period extends from January 7 to 5:00 p.m. on February 8, 2005…The plans are available online at: http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/mlw/planning/index.htm 18. NOAA receives new fisheries survey vessel Oscar Dyson …The ship is named for the late Alaskan fishing industry leader Oscar Dyson, whose numerous private and public contributions improved the industry for many Alaskans who make their living at sea… http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2363.htm 19. Fish and Game needs an overhaul, not an increase in license fees Fairbanks News-Miner: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is seeking large increases in the cost of hunting and fishing licenses. While adequate financial resources are necessary to manage Alaska's fish and game, there are legitimate concerns warranting investigation of the department's current "management" policies and lack of fiscal accountability. …Many are asking why neither subsistence nor commercial users are being asked to pay additional fees… http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7252~2630873,00.html 20. Sonar offers a way to count salmon accurately New techniques using existing acoustic sonar equipment may help both sides by determining how many salmon are in the water as well as distinguishing one species from the other…
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa004&article 21. Psychology Today on Omega-3s: Fishing for Happiness Fish may be the food to eat for pregnant moms. Eating omega-3s--fatty acids commonly found in fish--lowered the chances of depression for pregnant and postpartum moms, according to a study released this Tuesday. http://cms.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20030523-000004.html 22. "Bush's modest hope" - Seattle PI on Oceans policy President Bush has taken steps to protect the oceans better. For a president with an environmental record like his, even a modest effort merits hope. Shortly before Christmas, Bush created a Cabinet-level group to oversee the nation's policies on oceans… http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/206062_oceaned.html U.S. Ocean Action Plan http://ocean.ceq.gov/actionplan.pdf US Commission on Ocean Policy home page: http://oceancommission.gov/newsnotices/welcome.html 23. Different views of today's approach to ocean and fish management There was general agreement, at the Oct. 29 forum on U.S. Ocean Policy Commission Report, that any new structure for managing America's share of the oceans should be an inclusive, bottom-up approach (as discussed earlier in this series.) But there was little agreement among the panelists at the O.S.U. Hatfield Marine Science Center about current methods of ocean and fish management - and many of those disagreements will help shape any future form of ocean management… Last of a four part series by Joel Galoob of the Newport (OR) News Times:
http://www.newportnewstimes.com/articles/2005/ Previous articles in this four-part series: Part three: Views
differ on using federal regulators as decision-makers
http://www.newportnewstimes.com/articles/2004/ Part Two: Competing goals in future ocean management: efficiency vs. inclusion)
http://www.newportnewstimes.com/articles/2004/ Part One: Forum asks, how
manage new multiple ocean uses?
http://www.newportnewstimes.com/articles/2004/ 24. Canada is fine with Tulsequah (Taku) mine Canadian federal regulators said last week they have found no significant environment impacts from the proposed multi-metal Tulsequah Chief Mine about 12 miles from the Alaska border… Taku River tourism and fishing contributes an estimated $20 million annually to Juneau's economy, according to a recent study commissioned by the United Southeast Alaska Gillnetters Association…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/010905/loc_ 25. Alaska's fisheries shined in 2004 with great press and good prices Look behind the sensationalistic headlines surrounding Alaska's seafood industry - economic disasters, global competition, bycatch and waste, conflicting politics, consolidation and privatization - and what do you see? A vibrant industry that is the envy of every other fish producing country in the world…
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/010905/fis_ 26. Laine Welch's Fish Radio, sponsored by VesselConnection / Wireless Matrix Recent topics: MON 01/10/05 Sales of frozen seafood going great, Hispanics next target market FRI 01/07/05 Kodiak fishermen want to troll for coho salmon: Fish Board decides this weekend THU 01/06/05 Tsunamis in AK: Local TV airs ?Ocean Fury? video of 1964 quake & wave this week WED 01/05/05 Kodiak proposes fish traps, co-op to Fish Board TUE 01/04/05 Visit offshore fish farms in New Hampshire via web video, AK town meeting dates MON 01/03/05 AMSEA gets disaster relief funds directly to ground zero in Indonesia FRI 12/31/04 Seafood eating trends through 2020 http://www.vesselconnection.com/cgi-bin/fish_radio.pl Sponsored by www.vesselconnection.com (with weather and other useful links) Also see Laine's Fish factor at http://www.kinyradio.com/fishfactor.html 27. MMRC studies South American Sea Lions' response to unpredictable food supply In the case of South American sea lions Otaria flavescens, however, an unpredictable food supply driven by an unpredictable marine ecosystem is simply a fact of life. In order to understand how these populations respond to food shortages, a team of researchers recently examined the effects of a scarce food supply on female sea lions and their pups…http://www.marinemammal.org/2005/peru.php 28. Thailand files with US Trade Representative against shrimp antidumping action Thailand alleges that the United States ``through its use of ``zeroing'' failed to make a fair comparison between the export price and the normal value and calculated distorted margins of dumping… comments should be submitted on or before January 15, 2005…Federal Register Notice:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/ 29. ITC rules for Shrimp antidumping tariffs, expresses India & Thai tsunami concerns The International Trade Commission cleared the way for tariffs to be imposed on shrimp imports from six Asian and South American countries, but expressed concern that tariffs on India and Thailand would burden the tsunami-ravaged countries. The commission upheld last February's preliminary finding that imports had injured, or were likely to injure, United States shrimp processors and fishermen… The ruling was the last major step before tariffs on imports from Brazil, China, Ecuador, India, Thailand and Vietnam become final.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/10/business/worldbusiness 30. Shrimp importers seek to settle dumping case - offer $100M Seafood importers are proposing to pay up to $100 million to struggling Southern shrimpers if they drop their drive to get tariffs slapped on imports of farmed shrimp from six Asian and South American nations…
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20041222- 31. MMPA List of Fisheries comment period extended to March 4
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ MMPA Proposed List of Fisheries for 2005 - - From Federal Register Dec 2:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/ Online Comment form:
http://comments.regulations.gov/EXTERNAL/Comments. 32. NPFMC posts draft agenda for Feb 9-15 Seattle Meeting http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/Agendas/205Agenda.pdf
NPFMC posts Gulf Rationalization Community Committee Report from Dec 3…
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/groundfish/ NPFMC Gulf Rationalization Community Committee meeting - Anchorage Jan 28 January 28, 2005, 8 am - 5 pm, Voyager Room, Capt. Cook Hotel
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ 33. USFWS posts proposed rule for AK Subsistence fish & Shellfish for 2006-7 This proposed rule would establish regulations for fishing seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means related to taking of fish and shellfish for subsistence uses during the 2006-07 regulatory year…Comment deadline March 25, 2005 Federal Register Notice:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ Federal Subsistence website news release: http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/news.cfm?gnr=1 34. Developing a Policy Framework for Aquaculture in the 3-200 U.S. Ocean Zone A report by the University of Delaware Center for the Study of Marine Policy
http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docaqua/reports_noaaresearch/ 35. Collaborative Insights: How fishery mgmt. regulations and practices affect quality Newsletter article by Steve Grabacki
http://www.imakenews.com/networkdirect/e_article 36. IPHC Survey Vessels - Bait for Year 2005 Call for Proposals - Deadline Jan 31. 2005
http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/newsrel/2004/ 37. IPHC 2004 Report of Assessment and Research Activities
http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/pubs/rara/2004rara 38. Marine Science in Alaska: 2005 Symposium Jan. 24-26, 2005, Anchorage Agenda:
http://www.evostc.state.ak.us/events/2005_Symposium Participant Registration:
http://www.evostc.state.ak.us/events/2005_Symposium 39. MAFAC final agenda for Jan 11-13, Honululu
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/mafac/meetings/2005_01/ MAFAC home page: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/mafac.htm 40. ADF&G Kodiak, Chignik, and So. Penin. Tanner Crab Tank Inspection and Fishery Jan 14 Tank inspections begin Friday Jan 14. Vessels that register to operate as dry tanked and not required to receive a tank inspection, however, dry tanked vessels are required to register…
http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/region4/news/2005/ 41. ADF&G Vessel Reg. and Fishery Management for 2005 Bering Sea Snow Crab Fishery
http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/region4/news/2005/ 42. BOF Public Hearing in Soldotna on Coon Inlet Issues, Jan 14 & 15
http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/news/ 43. FCC issues regs. on use of Satellite Earth Stations on Board Vessels http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-04-286A1.pdf (80 pg doc.) 44. ADF&G Final Comments on 2005-06 Federal Subsistence Fisheries Proposals http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/special/adfg05comments.pdf 45. Deadline Jan 28 for 2006 Subsistence Fisheries Research Proposals Information: http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/fishproposal.cfm Ongoing USFWS Subsistence items: http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/news.cfm?gnr=1 -Comment deadline Jan 24 on Proposed Rule on Federal Marine Jurisdiction- -Subsistence Board to Meet Jan 11-13 46. DNR Aquatic Farm Application Opening - Application period Jan 1-April 30, 2005 For available leases and application information see: http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/mlw/aquatic/index.htm
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