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March 3, 2005 Contents 1. Aquaculture ban extension considered 2. Threat to pull out of coastal management plan 3. Intrafish feature on Gov. Murkowski to the rescue… 4. Fishermen fear offshore farms - Alaskans wary of federal aquaculture legislation 5. Senator Stevens surprises some with support for fish farms 6. Implications of Aquaculture for Wild Fisheries: The Case of Alaska Wild Salmon 7. Former cod fisherman now leads offshore aquaculture effort 8. NOAA Magazine: The future of coastal and ocean economics 9. Fresh halibut deliveries to begin Wednesday 10. Geoduck standing stock fishery spawns lawsuit 11. Legislators, BOF say nay to fish trap reversal 12. Sitka halibut fisherman fined $20,000 13. AIFMA & BBEDC compete for BB regional marketing 14. Kenai Wild salmon has cool new resource 15. Graduate fishes for career options with Kenai Wild 16. Nonresidents take home $1 billion from Alaska work 17. State health officials contradict federal call to limit consumption 18. Attn. Bristol Bay Fishermen - list of Unknown class members in the Class Action 19. Alaska Symphony of Seafood Announces Winners of New Products Contest 20. Public Comment Underway for AK Salmon MSC recertification 21. AK & DCED Commissioner Edgar Blatchford Go Wild in Boston 22. Governor names Heather Brandon to be Ocean Policy Coordinator 23. Officials weigh in on SB 113 on State Groundfish fishery 24. Fixed gear takes hit in recent closures 25. Kodiak Tanner Crab season finally underway 26. 'Ghostnets' tracked from space 27. Worst oil spill in AK Waters since Exxon Valdez prompts Shipping Safety Partnership 28. Exxon Valdez: 16 years later pressure mounts to settle spill suit 29. Congressman Young announces USDA funds for salmon habitat in Alaska 30. Scientists study drop in blue king crab populations 31. Stikine River Chinook fishery to offer bounty of the sea 32. Taku River to open for chinook 33. Law would let tourists fish on commercial boats 37. Southeast Alaska Fishermen's Alliance (SEAFA) debuts new website 38. PETA asks state to feel for the kings 39. FL: Panamanian ship assessed half million dollars for coral damage 40. NOAA's new fisheries survey vessel to embark on maiden voyage 41. Fishermen poets celebrate, lament their lives at annual Astoria gathering 42. Laine Welch's Fish Radio, sponsored by VesselConnection / Wireless Matrix 43. NOAA Final Rule on BSAI Crab Rationalization Program 44. NOAA posts Final 2005 - 2006 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications 45. NMFS final rule on Amendment 82 to FMP for AI subarea pollock 46. Sablefish fixed gear season noon Feb 27 through noon Nov 15 2005 47. NMFS 2005 annual management measures for pacific halibut 48. NMFS announces the Feb 27 opening of sablefish fixed gear IFQ fisheries 49. NPFMC Newsletter for Feb 2005: 50. Managing Our Nations Fisheries: Washington DC March 24-26 51. NPFMC posts Motions and items from the February Council meeting: 52. Safety Alert response: Furuno GP90 and GP80 “Position Offset” 53. US Coast Guard Safety Alert -Loosening of critical fasteners 54. ASMI Foodservice Flash for January 55. Alaska Salmon Price Report for Jan 1- Dec 31, 2004 56. UAF MAP - USDA TAA Technical Training workshop schedule:
57. ComFish Alaska's 26th Annual Trade Show &
Policy Summit 1. Aquaculture ban extension considered Alaska officials most likely could block the development of fish farms in federally managed waters far off the state's shores, a U.S. Commerce Department representative said Tuesday. But the federal official said it was premature to say that Alaska definitely will have the power to prevent the farms… Chaves said federal officials wouldn't permit fish farms in waters off Alaska if the state opposed them under the Coastal Zone Management Act, which coordinates federal and state objectives on coastal and ocean development. Alaska's participation in the coastal zone management program, however, is in doubt… http://adn.com/money/story/6226456p-6101457c.html 2. Threat to pull out of coastal management plan Local governments and some state legislators are worried that if Gov. Frank Murkowski pulls the state from a coastal management program, Alaska would lose its influence over federal projects…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/022805/sta_ ADN: http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/6210008p-6084071c.html Governor's Press release: http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id=1575 3. Intrafish feature on Gov. Murkowski to the rescue… When Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski took office just over two years ago, the state’s salmon industry was in a tailspin. Since then, he has pumped tens of millions into revitalizing the salmon sector. And it seems to be working.
http://www.intrafish.com/pdf/download/91bd9ebb88aeae87 Full story courtesy of Intrafish - see ppg 16-19:
http://www.intrafish.com/pdf/download/91bd9ebb88aeae87 4. Fishermen fear offshore farms - Alaskans wary of federal aquaculture legislation
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/022405/sta_ && NOAA seeks to foster fish farming in federal waters
http://www.homernews.com/stories/022405/seawatch_ 5. Senator Stevens surprises some with support for fish farms Sen. Ted Stevens surprised some Alaska fishermen Thursday when he said he believes the state should allow fish farms. "I'm convinced there are places where we could have aquaculture" for fish and shellfish, he told reporters in Juneau while visiting the State Capitol on Thursday. "It's a matter of working out where it could take place."…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/022505/sta_ 6. Implications of Aquaculture for Wild Fisheries: The Case of Alaska Wild Salmon 158 ppg from Gunnar Knapp of ISER - (8 megabytes pdf file)
http://www.iser.uaa.alaska.edu/iser/people/knapp/Knapp_UW_ 7. Former cod fisherman now leads offshore aquaculture effort Twenty-five years ago, Richard Langan fished for cod off the Gulf of Maine. But the cod fishery collapsed. Langan is now on the vanguard of an effort to establish offshore aquaculture in U.S. waters…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/022405/sta_200502 NOAA Magazine on UNH OOA Demonstration project: http://www.magazine.noaa.gov/stories/mag161.htm 8. NOAA Magazine: The future of coastal and ocean economics For the last few years, coastal managers and economists have been working to determine the “value” of ocean and coastal resources. A new national initiative, called the National Ocean Economics Program, or NOEP, is trying to answer these questions and others so that coastal managers have a better understanding of the value of an area’s resources and how important they are to local and national economies. http://www.magazine.noaa.gov/stories/mag162.htm 9. Fresh halibut deliveries to begin Wednesday Usually, the heroics are reserved for first of the season Copper River king salmon, but MJ Meats & Seafood is jockeying to be the first to bring back fresh halibut from Alaska. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/food/214044_tf102.html &&& Laine Welch: Longliners prepare for halibut yield http://www.adn.com/money/story/6213438p-6087571c.html 10. Geoduck standing stock fishery spawns lawsuit A geoduck clam farm leaseholder on Wednesday sought a court order to block the Department of Fish and Game from conducting a commercial fishery on its farm sites and others in southern Southeast Alaska. Etolin Enterprises received leases for two farm sites near Wrangell on Feb. 7. Its lawsuit was a response to the department's announcement Feb. 11 that 27 geoduck sites in the region would be open for harvests of wild clams by qualified commercial divers as soon as Tuesday. No fishery has begun… http://www.adn.com/money/story/6229722p-6104561c.html 11. Legislators, BOF say nay to fish trap reversal Olga Bay salmon fisherman Bill Barker took his plea for fish traps to Juneau last week and got turned down by both the Board of Fisheries Salmon Industry Restructuring Panel and legislators who gathered to hear Barker’s presentation at a specially scheduled fish caucus. http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=1143 12. Sitka halibut fisherman fined $20,000 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has charged Christine Swanson, a resident of Sitka, Alaska, with a $20,000 civil penalty for multiple fishing violations regarding her Individual Fishing Quota permit. NOAA is an agency of the Department of Commerce…
http://www.ktuu.com/CMS/templates/master.asp?articleid= 13. AIFMA & BBEDC compete for BB regional marketing AIFMA written notice:
http://www.dced.state.ak.us/oed/seafood/pub/RSDA_Initial_ BBEDC written notice: http://www.dced.state.ak.us/oed/seafood/pub/RSDA_PreApp.pdf DCED RSDA home page: http://www.dced.state.ak.us/oed/seafood/rsda_home.htm 14. Kenai Wild salmon has cool new resource Cook Inlet Salmon Brand Inc., owner of the Kenai Wild brand, signed a contract earlier this month with Canadian based Sunwell Technologies Inc. for two ice-making plants as part of an ongoing effort to increase the quality of Cook Inlet salmon…
http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/022705/news_0227new 15. Graduate fishes for career options with Kenai Wild Last commercial fishing season, Brian Chase made a special trip to the fish buying station to deliver a single Kenai Wild fish… Brian, an 18-year-old about to graduate from Soldotna High School, has chosen commercial fishing as a career, hoping to take a profession that has become a money pit for many and turn it into an attractive career option by participating in the Kenai Wild program.
http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/022305/news_ 16. Nonresidents take home $1 billion from Alaska work The seafood processing sector reported the greatest ratio of nonresident workers to resident workers in 2003, with seven out of every 10 workers considered a nonresident. Some 13,800 nonresidents earned $156.6 million of the $246.2 million paid to seafood processing workers in 2003, the report said…
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/022705/hom_ 17. State health officials contradict federal call to limit consumption State health officials are telling Alaskans they can eat more locally caught fish than federal health agencies advise. They're taking a stand on the issue in a prominent national forum this week with an article in the March issue of The American Journal of Public Health… http://adn-proxy.nandomedia.com/life/story/6222668p-6097326c.html 18. Attn. Bristol Bay Fishermen - list of Unknown class members in the Class Action Settlement for the Alakayak et all vs. All Alaska Seafoods Bristol Bay Sockeye salmon lawsuit. (Reprint) (This notice appeared in print but was not posted on the web so we obtained permission to post it on the UFA site. It is in Adobe Acrobat format that allows you to search by last name using the FIND command (CTRL key + F). http://www.ufa-fish.org/update/05/MediaNotice.pdf 19. Alaska Symphony of Seafood Announces Winners of New Products Contest Orca Bay Seafoods’ Alaskan Sockeye Fillets Named Grand Prize Winner…
http://www.foodprocessing.com/me2/dirmod.asp?sid=880A &&& http://www.symphonyofseafood.com/winners/winners_2005.html 20. Public Comment Underway for AK Salmon MSC recertification The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is moving forward with the Marine Stewardship Council's (MSC) five-year re-assessment and certification program of the Alaska commercial salmon fisheries... This includes inquiries into the status of stocks, the effects of fishing on the ecosystem, and the management system's effectiveness.
http://www.sitnews.us/0305news/030305/030305_salmon_ 21. AK & DCED Commissioner Edgar Blatchford Go Wild in Boston …Hosting a Special Alaska Celebration in Boston by invitation only during the International Boston Seafood Show… http://www.dced.state.ak.us/boston/home.cfm Boston Seafood Show March 13-15 Home page: http://www.bostonseafood.com/ 22. Governor names Heather Brandon to be Ocean Policy Coordinator Governor Frank H. Murkowski has named Heather Brandon to be the state Ocean Policy Coordinator. Brandon will aid in coordinating the state’s outreach efforts and response to federal fisheries and ocean-related legislation. Her hire will become effective March 7. http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id=1574 23. Officials weigh in on SB 113 Bill would give agencies authority to form rationalization plan… Comfish will host a hearing on the issue… http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=1186 For SB 113 text and tracking see:
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill.asp?session= Comfish Kodiak March 17-19: Groundfish rationalization Friday 3/18, 11:00 pm… home page: www.icomfish.com Schedule:
http://www.icomfish.com/pages/news.asp?article 24. Fixed gear takes hit in recent closures Kodiak fishermen at the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Seattle Feb. 10 welcomed the council’s move to protect coral and seamounts in the Aleutian Islands and the Gulf of Alaska, but longliners and pot fishermen objected to losing fish grounds while traditional trawl areas stay open… http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=1137 25. Kodiak Tanner Crab season finally underway Fishermen accepted three separate offers Friday evening with a 72-hour, fair-start delay, so they can get to the grounds, negotiating team member Bill Fiorentino said… http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=1170 26. 'Ghostnets' tracked from space Scientists work to remove debris fatal to marine life from ocean depths
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/ 27. Worst oil spill in AK Waters since Exxon Valdez prompts Shipping Safety Partnership Responding to the worst
oil spill in Alaska waters since the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster -- the
December grounding of the Selendang Ayu in Alaska's Aleutian Islands -- a
coalition of business and conservation interests today announced the
formation of a Shipping Safety Partnership (SSP) proposing nine measures to
prevent similar tragedies in the future Yahoo story:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usnw/20050224/pl_ 28. Exxon Valdez: 16 years later pressure mounts to settle spill suit State and federal officials in charge of spending Exxon Valdez oil spill settlement funds are pushing new efforts to reach "closure" on controversies about environmental damage posed by crude oil, some of which still lies buried in the sands of Prince William Sound…
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/6216898p- 29. Congressman Young announces USDA funds for salmon habitat in Alaska Alaska Congressman Don Young announced that the State of Alaska will receive $634,144 in 2005 to help restore and conserve salmon habitat in Alaska. These funds are part of the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program’s (WHIP) Salmon Habitat Restoration Initiative, first announced last March… http://donyoung.house.gov/PressRelease.aspx?NewsID=1556 30. Scientists study drop in blue king crab populations A groundbreaking experiment to learn more about blue king crab larvae has produced surprising results for research fishery biologist Brad Stevens and his team… http://www.adn.com/money/story/6213440p-6087602c.html 31. Stikine River Chinook fishery to offer bounty of the sea Healthy king salmon returns over recent years to the Stikine River have resulted in the Pacific Salmon Commission, at a recent meeting in Oregon, allowing fisheries to begin again near this popular Southeast Alaska river. On February 18 the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced that directed fisheries for Chinook (king) salmon will be held on the Stikine for the first time since the mid-1970s…
http://www.petersburgpilot.com/stories/2005/ 32. Taku River to open for chinook State forecasts show 20,000 Taku kings available for sport, commercial fisheries…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/022005/sta_ 33. Law would let tourists fish on commercial boats Holders of seven-day fishing licenses could not be paid for work under amendment to 7-day crew license bill HB 26. Rep. Paul Seaton, R-Homer, said Monday that the revision was needed to keep commercial fishing operations from using the bill to hire cheap labor.
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/030105/sta_ For bill text and tracking see:
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill.asp?session=24& 37. Southeast Alaska Fishermen's Alliance (SEAFA) debuts new website 38. PETA asks state to feel for the kings The world's largest animal-rights group asked Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski on Friday to declare king salmon, the state fish, off-limits to fishing.
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/022005/sta_ &&& PETA has asked the "Governor or Alabama" to "declare King Salmon, the state fish, off limits to fishing". Except King Salmon is the state fish of Alaska and it was governor Murkowski of Alaska to whom they'd faxed the letter. Doh! The governor's secretary said that right state or wrong state, PETA had no chance of persuading Murkowski to do as they ask: http://www.qando.net/details.aspx?Entry=1185 39. FL: Panamanian ship assessed half million dollars for coral damage NOAA announced a settlement of more than half a million dollars in a case of a Panamanian freighter cited for coral damage in a Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary no-anchor zone… http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2005/feb05/noaa05-r409.html 40. NOAA's new fisheries survey vessel to embark on maiden voyage NOAA's newest ship, Oscar Dyson, is on its maiden voyage and is scheduled to transit the Panama Canal on Feb. 19. Oscar Dyson is NOAA's first newly constructed fisheries survey vessel in more than 25 years. http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2392.htm 41. Fishermen poets celebrate, lament their lives at annual Astoria gathering "The money may look nice but you better think twice before you fish on the Bering Sea." (from John Van Amerongen's contribution)…
http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2005/02/27/news 42. Laine Welch's Fish Radio, sponsored by VesselConnection / Wireless Matrix Recent topics: THU 03/03/05 Fish gonads could be a gold mine for fish feeds WED 03/02/05 Florida shoppers would like to see Alaska seafood in supermarkets, restaurants TUE 03/01/05 Symphony of Seafood winners include large and small companies MON 02/28/05 Halibut season begins; Update on farmed halibut FRI 02/25/05 Zebrafish could hold the key to a cure for deadly skin cancer THU 02/24/05 It was down to four - now 11 hopefuls are vying for ADF&G commissioner job 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 43. NOAA Final Rule on BSAI Crab Rationalization Program Summary and program: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/sustainablefisheries/crab/crfaq.htm NMFS AK News release: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/newsreleases/crabrat030205.htm Federal Register
Notice Final Rule:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ 44. NOAA posts Final 2005 - 2006 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications Summary tables:
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/sustainablefisheries/2005 Federal Register Notice -
BSAI Groundfish:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ Federal Register Notice - GOA Groundfish:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ Federal Register Notice - PCod:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ 45. NMFS final rule on Amendment 82 to FMP for AI subarea pollock NMFS issues a final rule that implements Amendment 82 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP). Amendment 82 establishes a framework for the management of the Aleutian Islands subarea (AI) directed pollock fishery…
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ 46. Sablefish fixed gear season noon Feb 27 through noon Nov 15 2005 NMFS is opening directed fishing for sablefish with fixed gear managed under the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) program. The season will open 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 27, 2005, and will close 1200 hrs, A.l.t., November 15, 2005.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ 47. NMFS 2005 annual management measures for pacific halibut The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the 2005 Annual Management Measures for Pacific Halibut on behalf of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC), effective February 27, 2005, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. Info. Bulletin: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/infobulletins/halibutmgt2005.htm Federal Register Notice:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ IPHC web post:
http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/pubs/regs/ 48. NMFS announces the Feb 27 opening of sablefish fixed gear IFQ fisheries http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/infobulletins/ifqsea05.htm 49. NPFMC Newsletter for Feb 2005: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/newsletters/NEWS205.pdf 50. Managing Our Nations Fisheries: Washington DC March 24-26 Nation's Federal Marine Fisheries Managers to Host Fisheries Conference… Omni-Shoreham Hotel and Conference Center, Washington D.C. 51. NPFMC posts Motions and items from the February Council meeting: -HAPC/EFH motion and maps -IFQ actions -GOA community provisions -IRIU Amendment 80 motion -Pacific cod allocations -Ecosystem Committee 2/05 minutes -BSAI Salmon bycatch motion -BSAI Salmon bycatch discussion paper All are available on the right side menu at NPFMC Home page: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/ 52. Safety Alert response: Furuno GP90 and GP80 “Position Offset” Furuno is aware of the recent USCG Safety Bulletin regarding the "Position Offset" feature of the GP80 and GP90 IMO GPS Receivers. While this announcement may cause initial alarm, it is important to realize that there is a possible safety issue only if this one specific "Position Offset" feature is manually and intentionally programmed into a GP80 or GP90 product by the operator… http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/moa/docs/furunosafety.pdf Original Coast Guard Safety alert on manually-entered offsets: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/moa/docs/1-05.pdf 53. US Coast Guard Safety Alert -Loosening of critical fasteners Recently a large deep draft vessel was hoisting aboard its rigid hull inflatable (RHI) rescue boat when it’s lifting frame, an inverted u–shaped component, separated from the brackets that attached it to the deck. As a result, the boat fell back into the water and its attending crewmember was ejected. The uninjured crewmember was promptly recovered and damage to the rescue boat was negligible… http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/moa/docs/2-05.pdf 54. ASMI Foodservice Flash for January -SUBWAY (R) Restaurants Go Wild for Alaska Salmon -Alaska's Halibut Fishery Opens Sunday at Noon -Alaska Black Cod Increasing in Popularity… and more at: http://www.alaskaseafood.org/foodservice/enews.htm 55. Alaska Salmon Price Report for Jan 1- Dec 31, 2004
http://www.tax.state.ak.us/programs/fisheries/reports/2004 56. UAF MAP - USDA TAA Technical Training workshop schedule: MAP TAA home page: http://www.uaf.edu/map/taa/ 57. ComFish Alaska's 26th Annual Trade Show & Policy Summit
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