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UFA Update July 15, 2005 Late Breaking News - It was announced at the Board of Forestry meeting that Klukwan Inc. has withdrawn their DEC permit to spray herbicides on Long Island and plans to resubmit a new application. There will be a public comment period on the new application. More information will become available in the next few weeks. The UFA Office is reachable from the fishing grounds on Alaskanet satellite dispatch #6449, thanks to equipment and service provided by Vessel Connection and Satellite Alaska. To view service their options see http://www.satellitealaska.com . To get connected, call Harold Whittlesy at 206-321-6896. Contents 1. (MSA Reauthorization) Meeting highlights fisheries, despite lack of fishermen 2. Fishermen heard at state meeting 3. Rationalization needs more explanation (KMXT Talk of the Rock 7/22) 4. Senator Murkowski announces public comment period for TAA for AK Salmon 5. New gear, observer program gives future glimpse of trawl industry 6. Fishermen, councils want lid on data 7. Congress Moves to Halt Corporatization of Fisheries 8. Kodiak salmon prices among lowest in state 9. SE: Early cohos inundate trollers 10. Egegik: Fishermen risk fines in competitive sockeye fishery 11. New terminal could lift Cold Bay from slump 12. Weak salmon industry gains some vigor 13. Petersburg moves closer to getting public cold storage unit 14. Processors in the pink; waste not wanton 15. Pacific Ocean Perch season ends; processors busy (July 14) 16. Kodiak men get grant for fish jerky 17. Salmon fishermen take more maketing control over catches 18. Humane Society sues NMFS over Steller research techniques 19. Yukon (Canada) Fish estimate is upgraded 20. NOAA Fisheries turns camera’s eye to new Juneau research center 21. Public Invited to Ketchikan Commissioning Ceremony for Patrol Vessel Enforcer 22. State Will Intervene In Yakutat blowndown timber harvest 23. Cooperative Extension Service Calling for Alaska recipes 24. Crab study headed in right direction 25. Bering Sea ships at risk, study says 26. U.S. government reveals new regs governing corals 27. Water watch grows - Prince William Keeper set to launch 28. Bid to protect Right whales from ships hits snag - USCG rebuffs NOAA plan 29. Homer News Seawatch: Organisms colonize docks, boats 30. Artist, scientists help protect oceans - Wally Hickel writes on Ocean Stewardship 31. Feds Plan to Subsidize Fish Farms - by Anne Mosness 32. Alaska could benefit from fish farming- by Jan Strohmeyer 33. Fish farm sues critic for defamation 34. Arctic pollution linked to bird poop 35. Scientists fear ominous signs of poor ocean health 36. 'Fingerprints' point to human cause of ocean warming 37. Warmer oceans may be killing West Coast marine life 38. Canada DFO Releases Pacific Region State of the Ocean Report 39. Lake Washington's ecosystem in trouble 40. NOAA Chief praises Shared Strategy’s Puget Ssound salmon plan 41. UK: Unilever sustainable Hoki marketing failure offers lessons 42. Laine Welch's Fish Radio 43. NOAA posts final rule on Amendment 10 LLP Scallop gear 44. NMFS renews SeaShare permits for distribution of salmon & halibut bycatch 45. NOAA Research Vessels Begin Gulf of Alaska Biennial Bottom Trawl Survey 46. Items posted from Managing Our Nation's Fisheries II Conference, March 24-26 47. BSAI Crab - Deadline Aug 1 for IFQ and IPQ Annual Permit Applications 48. Central Bering Sea Pollock Workshop on Allowable Harvest Level and Stock ID 49. Foreign Agricultural Service Seafood Reports Online 50. IPHC Halibut Landing Report # 4 51. Deadline Aug. 10 for Public Comment on Draft Mariculture Regulations (HB 198) 52. Marine Conservation Alliance Currents- newsletter July 2005 53. AK Sea Grant Fishlines - July Newsletter 54. MPA Connections July newsletter 55. Catch or See an Atlantic Salmon? - Please Call 1-877-INVASIV (1-877-468-2748) 56. ADF&G 2005 Inseason Alaska Salmon Summaries online 57. Salmon Price Report for week of July 11 1. (MSA Reauthorization) Meeting highlights fisheries, despite lack of fishermen In a meeting attended mainly by government and fishing industry officials and those invited to testify on Friday, Congressman Wayne Gilchrest, R-Maryland, headed a Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans meeting to discuss the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA). Congressman Don Young, a member of the subcommittee, was unable to attend due to dense fog… http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=1690 & Homer Seawatch: Reauthorization process continues with Kodiak meeting
http://www.homernews.com/stories/070705/seawatch_ & Fish meeting demands local business input - Guest opinion by Walter Sargent http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=1681 MCA Testimony - by Dave
Benton:
http://www.marineconservationalliance.org/news/MCAMSA & MCA Press release: Strengthen Role of Science in Fishery Management MCA Cites Alaska as Model
in Hearings on Magnuson Stevens Act
http://www.marineconservationalliance.org/press/ Look for testimony from presenters at the Kodiak and Ketchikan hearings to be posted soon - select "Fisheries and Oceans" in the Subcommittees pulldown menu at:
http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/archives/109/ 2. Fishermen heard at state meeting …Some of the main words of dissent toward the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) came at the state hearing held before the subcommittee meeting. Although the state meeting did not have the presence of a U.S. congressman like the proceedings before the Subcommittee of Fisheries and Oceans, local fishermen were allowed to be heard by state fisheries officials. http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=1695 3. Rationalization needs more explanation (KMXT Talk of the Rock 7/22) … Kodiak’s people needed to know more about this issue, which is vital to the future of fisheries in Kodiak. An upcoming event will shed some light on the complex issue, however. Radio station KMXT will air a debate of the favorable and unfavorable aspects of rationalization on “Talk of the Rock” on July 22, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. People will have a chance to call in and ask questions. http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=1699 4. Senator Murkowski announces public comment period for Trade Adjustment Assistance for Alaska salmon fishermen Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced today that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is inviting public comment on the renewal of petitions for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) that were originally approved for benefits in fiscal years 2004 and 2005. This comment period affects those salmon fishermen in Alaska who have applied for TAA. http://murkowski.senate.gov/pressapp/record.cfm?id=240713 5. Trawling for change - New gear, observer program gives future glimpse of trawl industry From net gear that filters out halibut bycatch to observation by video, steps are being taken to ensure the well being of the future of the groundfish fishery… http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=1713 6. Fishermen, councils want lid on data Exemption from Freedom of Information Act sought for bycatch info, observers' recordings… For example, the nation's eight regional fishery management council chairmen recently asked Congress to exempt from the Freedom of Information Act certain types of federal observer data that could allow people to learn about a certain boat's fishing activities. This data could include bycatch or video recordings collected by trained observers on fishing boats.
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/071305/sta_ 7. Congress Moves to Halt Corporatization of Fisheries New Bill Makes Fishery Quota Systems Safer for Fish, Small Fishermen… U.S. Representatives Tom Allen (D-Maine), William Delahunt (D-Mass.), and Robert Simmons (R-Conn.) today introduced the bipartisan "Fishing Quota Standards Act of 2005," H.R. 3278, to ensure that quota systems, often touted as the management solution to our declining fisheries, would give fair and equitable opportunities to small fishermen and fishing communities and would responsibly protect marine environments… http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050714/phth043.html?.v=14 To see this bill online go to http://thomas.loc.gov/ , select the radio button for "Enter Bill Number" and enter HR 3278. 8. Kodiak salmon prices among lowest in state Kodiak’s salmon prices are near the bottom of the brailer, according to fishermen and industry insiders. They said canneries are paying 65 cents for reds, and 8 cents for pinks…http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=1676 9. SE: Early cohos inundate trollers Kings are elusive, but season's outlook remains positive
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/071405/sta_2005 10. Egegik: Fishermen risk fines in competitive sockeye fishery Alaska State Troopers issue 52 citations to over-eager anglers In what has been an annual rite of summer, Alaska State Troopers issued 52 citations July 1-7 to fishermen whose boats crossed a line into illegal fishing grounds. The fishermen's goal: getting to sockeye salmon first as they swim past Egegik…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/071405/sta_ 11. New terminal could lift Cold Bay from slump Cold Bay's airport, a critical hub for air transportation on the Alaska Peninsula and an international hub for private aircraft, is banking on a new terminal for an economic infusion, according to a top borough official…
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/071005/hom_ 12. Weak salmon industry gains some vigor Three years ago, Alaska's commercial salmon industry seemed to have the life expectancy of a spawned-out humpy… Much water has passed under Alaska's bridge since then. And today, amid a new summer bounty of kings and sockeyes and pinks, many observers believe an industry that hit rock bottom is beginning to claw back… http://www.adn.com/front/story/6704161p-6591236c.html 13. Petersburg moves closer to getting public cold storage unit An effort to build a public cold storage facility in Petersburg took a step forward earlier this week. The Petersburg city council gave preliminary approval for a plan to lease city waterfront land for the project, despite a number of concerns from seafood industry members. For APRN Audio link see:
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/apti/news.newsmain 14. Processors in the pink; waste not wanton For the second time in three years, state officials will allow Prince William Sound commercial fish processors to strip valuable eggs from millions of pink salmon and throw away the unwanted carcasses…
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/6710225p- 15. Pacific Ocean Perch season ends; processors busy (July 14) …The 19 catcher vessels and five catcher/processor vessels in the Central Gulf region were able to successfully catch the 18.5 million-pound POP quota. This number can be compared to last year’s slightly lesser quota of 18.46 pounds with 32 catcher vessels and four catcher/processor vessels participating. http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=1708 16. Kodiak men get grant for fish jerky In an effort to find new ways to market Kodiak’s wild salmon, Kodiak residents Mark Witteveen and Rob Baer of Alaska Spirit LLC are producing wild pink salmon jerky… Witteveen and Baer were recently awarded two grants by the Alaska Fisheries Economic Development program, totaling $36,500, for equipment to produce the jerky at larger volumes. The Alaska Fisheries Marketing Board also granted the partners $50,000 for the purpose of improving marketing for the snacks… http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=1702 17. Salmon fishermen take more maketing control over catches More Alaska salmon fishermen are organizing in order to take more marketing control over their catches… Bristol Bay has just become the second of twelve potential Alaska regions to form a state sanctioned marketing entity to promote its own seafood. "The Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association has been officially certified by the state," said acting director Bob Waldrop. http://www.sitnews.us/LaineWelch/070805_fish_factor.html 18. Humane Society sues NMFS over Steller research techniques The Humane Society of the United States says the National Marine Fisheries Service has approved permits for research activities that include hot branding and tissue sampling of thousands of Steller's sea lions each year…
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/ 19. Yukon (Canada) Fish estimate is upgraded There were 393 Yukon River chinook salmon harvested in this week’s 48-hour commercial opening in the Dawson City area… http://www.whitehorsestar.com/auth.php?r=38823 20. NOAA Fisheries turns camera’s eye to new Juneau research center NOAA Fisheries Service is inviting people to watch construction of the new Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute at Lena Point in Juneau, Alaska through a web cam. “If you pull up www.fakr.noaa.gov/lena/ on the internet, you will be able to view the on-going construction. The camera takes a low-resolution snapshot every second or so,” said Ron Berg, Acting Administrator for the Alaska Region of NOAA Fisheries… http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/newsreleases/noaawebcam.htm 21. Public Invited to Ketchikan Commissioning Ceremony for Patrol Vessel Enforcer The ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday July 20, 2005 and will be held at the Ketchikan docks beginning at 1:00 pm. The public is invited to attend... The P/V Enforcer was designed and built by Kennedy Ship and Repair in Galveston, Texas. Her main focus will be patrolling commercial fisheries and hunting activities… http://www.sitnews.us/0705news/071505/071505_enforcer.html 22. State Will Intervene In Yakutat blowndown timber harvest Governor Frank H. Murkowski today expressed his strong support for allowing work to continue under the 690-acre Forest Service blowdown timber sale in Yakutat. “This Administration stands for the conservation and full utilization of natural resources. The timber, which has blown down in Yakutat, will be wasted and left to rot if not utilized. With a crew available in Yakutat to harvest this timber, it is a shame that the Federal District Court for the District of Alaska refused to let the work go forward”, the Governor said… http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id=1826 Background: Judge halts timber sale near Yakutat … U.S. District Judge James Singleton told the U.S. Forest Service this week that it cannot proceed with the 8 million-board-foot timber sale unless it prepares a more extensive environmental analysis…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/071505/sta_200507 23. Cooperative Extension Service Calling for Alaska recipes Service is collecting salmon, sourdough and berry recipes… The Cooperative Extension Service turned 75 on July 1 and is celebrating its anniversary with a gala blowout at the House of Wickersham from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Sept. 24. As part of the celebration, the service is soliciting any recipes - traditional, family or otherwise - that include salmon, sourdough or berries, three Southeast Alaska staples. The recipes are due Aug. 31 and may be included in an upcoming CES publication. Some will also be featured in the Juneau Empire.
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/071405/thi_2005 24. Crab study headed in right direction It’s no wonder the recent crab study, “Did Trawling On The Brood Stock Contribute To The Collapse Of Alaska’s King Crab?” is considered “controversial” among fishery managers… http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=1706 & Crab research deserves more respect With regard to the Mirror article on June 29, “Magazine publishes controversial crab article,” even a cursory reading of Dr. Braxton Dew’s (and Dr. Robert McConnaughey’s) king crab paper reveals that the facts are more in line with the Dew-McConnaughey theory than with the highly popularized regime-shift theory… http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=1712 25. Bering Sea ships at risk, study says Federal and state agencies are ill-equipped and unprepared to respond to oil spills and vessels in distress in a part of the Bering Sea heavily trafficked by huge international freighters, container ships and at least a few oil tankers, according to a report commissioned by an environmental organization and released Wednesday… Officials with the state Department of Environmental Protection, however, said the report's account of spill response efforts is incomplete, inaccurate and misinformed… http://www.adn.com/front/story/6707463p-6594524c.html 26. U.S. government reveals new regs governing corals A national strategy is in the works to protect deep-sea coral and sponges from fishing gear that drags along the ocean floor, federal regulators announced Monday…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/071205/sta_2005 NOAA Press release:
http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2005/jul05/ Federal Register Notice:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ 27. Water watch grows - Prince William Keeper set to launch Robert F. Kennedy Jr., president of the national Waterkeeper Alliance, will join Alaskans later this week in celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Cook Inlet Keeper program, and to mark the launch last year of a new keeper organization in Prince William Sound…
http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/071205/news_ & Soundkeeper forms to protect Prince William waters
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/6710202p- & Conservationists hope to sea you at oceans fest
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/6707480p- 28. Bid to protect Right whales from ships hits snag - USCG rebuffs NOAA plan The U.S. Coast Guard recently rebuffed a request from federal fisheries managers to warn ship captains to slow down whenever they approach an area where whales have been sighted…
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/ Background - NOAA press release from June 22 NOAA Takes Steps To Reduce Ship Collisions With Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2462.htm 29. Homer News Seawatch: Organisms colonize docks, boats Artificial submarine environments created by dock pilings and a submerged boat in Jakolof and Kasitsna bays have been colonized Ñ or "fouled" Ñ by an interesting assortment of encrusting organisms. By studying these fouling communities, we can learn how encrusting organisms might be attracted to particular surfaces and the nature of encrusting species invasions…
http://www.homernews.com/stories/071405/seawatch_ 30. Artist, scientists help protect oceans - Wally Hickel writes on Ocean Stewardship "…The oceans provide much of the protein the world consumes; yet no one owns the oceans. And no one owns the distant ocean floor and the resources it contains. Historically, when no one owns something, no one cares. Fortunately, Alaska is the exception…." http://www.adn.com/opinion/guest_columns/story/6694516p-6581417c.html\ 31. Feds Plan to Subsidize Fish Farms - by Anne Mosness http://www.whatcomwatch.org/php/WW_open.php?id=569 32. Alaska could benefit from fish farming- by Jan Strohmeyer
http://www.adn.com/opinion/guest_columns/story/ 33. Fish farm sues critic for defamation A British Columbia fish farm has slapped a defamation lawsuit on a longtime Canadian fish farm critic who complained about alleged corporate lies and contamination. The activist, Don
Staniford, wrote a flurry of stinging press releases about the Tofino,
British Columbia-based Creative Salmon, Ltd. in late June. Creative Salmon
struck back with the lawsuit last week, specifying multiple court damages,
special costs and interest…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/071505/sta_ & Fish fight heads to court http://www.canada.com/vancouver/story.html?id=dd0d11b2-5ebe-47a8-9861-0aa25fae1873 & Creative Salmon commences defamation action
http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/2806/ 34. Arctic pollution linked to bird poop A major source of chemical contamination in the Arctic turns out to be bird droppings. Wind currents and human activities long have been blamed for fouling the pristine Arctic. But a study by a group of Canadian researchers found that the chemical pollution in areas frequented by seabirds can be many times higher than in nearby regions…
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/ 35. Scientists fear ominous signs of poor ocean health With a record number of dead seabirds washing up on West Coast beaches from Central California to British Columbia, marine biologists are raising the alarm about rising ocean temperatures and dwindling plankton populations. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-07-14-dirtyocean_x.htm 36. 'Fingerprints' point to human cause of ocean warming Researchers claim to have found the first strong evidence that human activities are responsible for warming the world's oceans over the past 50 years. In a paper published today (8 July) in Science, the researchers, led by Tim Barnett of the US-based Scripps Institution of Oceanography, rule out natural variations in the climate and the effects of volcanic or solar activity as causes for the oceans getting warmer. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/fingerprints-point-to-human-cause-of.html The study article is available by pay per view or subscription at Science magazine website:
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/309/5732 37. Warmer oceans may be killing West Coast marine life Scientists suspect that rising ocean temperatures and dwindling plankton populations are behind a growing number of seabird deaths, reports of fewer salmon and other anomalies along the West Coast…
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/ & NASA Satellite Data Capture A Big Climate Effect On Tiny Ocean Life El Niño and La Niña play with the populations of microscopic ocean plants called phytoplankton. That's what scientists have found using NASA satellite data and a computer model…
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/07/ 38. Canada DFO Releases Pacific Region State of the Ocean Report Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) released the 2004 Pacific Region State of the Ocean report today, confirming warm ocean surface waters spread throughout British Columbia in the spring and summer. Scientists attribute this summer warming to abnormal weather in British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska, as well as to general warming of the global lands and oceans. Press release: http://www-comm.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/pages/release/p-releas/2005/nr049_e.htm DFO Report: http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/sci/psarc/OSRs/StateofOceans2004fnl.pdf & Canadian scientists report warmest ocean temperatures in 50 years
http://ap.peninsulaclarion.com/pstories/state/ak/ 39. Lake Washington's ecosystem in trouble Rise in water temperature having profound effects… http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/232047_lakewash11.html && Why are so few sockeye returning to the Ballard Locks? http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/231797_sockeye08.html 40. NOAA Chief praises Shared Strategy’s Puget Sound salmon plan The head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today said a draft recovery plan for Puget Sound Chinook submitted to the agency by Shared Strategy for Puget Sound is a “historic accomplishment.”
http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2005/jul05/ 41. UK: Unilever sustainable Hoki marketing failure offers lessons Three years ago, Unilever's Birds Eye frozen food brand launched hoki, a white fish from New Zealand waters, in the UK as an "ocean-friendly" alternative to cod… The bold experiment failed. Far from flying out of the frozen food cabinets, the hoki attracted complaints from customers about the taste and retailers delisted the products… But other factors were also at play, as the report relates. Price is far more important to most consumers than sustainability…
http://www.sustain-online.org/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?MenuId=1& 42. Laine Welch's Fish Radio This weeks topics: Tuesday 7/12//05 - AK quarter design contest: fish should be one state emblem Monday 7/11/05 - Patron saint of salmon! Note advisory below - Friday 7/8/05 - BBAY Forms Regional Marketing Group Thursday 7/7/05 - Humane stunners, water jets: Advances in processing technology Wednesday 7/6/05 - Early look at salmon prices around the state - they're up! http://www.marineconservationalliance.org/fishradio.htm ….& see Laine Welch's Fish Factor at http://www.kinyradio.com/fishfactor.html 43. NOAA posts final rule on Amendment 10 LLP Scallop gear NMFS issues a final rule to implement Amendment 10 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska (FMP), which modifies the gear endorsements under the License Limitation Program (LLP) for the scallop fishery…
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ 44. NMFS renews SeaShare permits for distribution of salmon & halibut bycatch NMFS announces the renewal of permits to SeaShare (formerly Northwest Food Strategies) authorizing this organization to distribute Pacific salmon (salmon) and Pacific halibut (halibut) to economically disadvantaged individuals under the prohibited species donation (PSD) program. Salmon and halibut are caught incidentally during directed fishing for groundfish with trawl gear off Alaska…
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ 45. NOAA Research Vessels Begin Gulf of Alaska Biennial Bottom Trawl Survey Three vessels chartered by the Alaska Fisheries Science Center have begun more than two months of scientific bottom trawl surveys in the Gulf of Alaska, continuing data-gathering that has gone on every two or three years since 1984. These data are used to help determine future management decisions regarding fishing activities in the Gulf of Alaska…
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/newsreleases/research 46. Items posted from Managing Our Nation's Fisheries II Conference, March 24-26 Summary of findings:
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/summary_reports/ Proceedings(5.7MB):
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/misc_pub/Managing Cover letter:
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/misc_pub/Managing 47. BSAI Crab - Deadline Aug 1 for IFQ and IPQ Annual Permit Applications IFQ / IPQ Permit
Application form:
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/sustainablefisheries/crab/rat/ Crab Harvesting Cooperative IFQ Permit Application form:
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/sustainablefisheries/crab/rat/ 48. Central Bering Sea Pollock Workshop on Allowable Harvest Level and Stock ID - Documents posted from June 6-9, Seattle workshop http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/refm/cbs/Seattle_workshop_05.htm 49. Foreign Agricultural Service Seafood Reports Online: U.S. Seafood Imports Continue To Soar (.pdf) http://www.fas.usda.gov/ffpd/Fish-Circular/Market_News/IATR_Seafood_Imports.pdf U.S. Seafood Exports to the Republic of Korea http://www.fas.usda.gov/ffpd/Fish-Circular/Market_News/market.html (See July & Click on title to view) Record U.S. Seafood Exports to the Peoples Republic of China http://www.fas.usda.gov/ffpd/Fish-Circular/Market_News/market.html (See July & Click on title to view) 50. IPHC Halibut Landing Report # 4 Non-treaty Commercial Fishing Period Limits in Area 2A for the July 13 opening
http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/newsrel/2005/ 51. Deadline Aug. 10 for Public Comment on Draft Mariculture Regulations (HB 198) The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is seeking public comment on proposed regulatory changes that implement House Bill 198, thereby bringing the state’s Aquatic Farm Regulations into compliance with a recent Alaska Supreme Court decision…Deadline 5 p.m. on August 10, 2005 ADF&G Press release: http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/news/2005/07-11-05_nr.php Public Notice:
http://notes4.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/cc52605f7 52. Marine Conservation Alliance Currents- newsletter July 2005 MSA & Science…Habitat…PR Communications…Debris Cleanup…Right Whales
http://www.marineconservationalliance.org/news/ 53. AK Sea Grant Fishlines - July Newsletter Oil Tax Legislation… September Sea Grant Events… AK Oysters…Stiener Honored http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/Fishlines/2005/july05.html 54. MPA Connections July newsletter
http://www.mpa.gov/information_tools/connections/ 55. Catch or See an Atlantic Salmon? - Please Call 1-877-INVASIV (1-877-468-2748) call ADF&G hotline, keep fish whole and refrigerate if possible. 56. ADF&G 2005 Inseason Alaska Salmon Summaries online This weekly summary reports management, harvest, and escapement information of the Alaska commercial salmon fishing season. Note that inseason harvest data published in this summary is preliminary and is subject to revision… For links to district reports see:
http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/geninfo/finfish/salmon/ 57. Salmon Price Report for week of July 11 The second edition of the 2005 biweekly salmon price-tracking report is posted on the ASMI website as a PDF file. Week of July 11: http://www.alaskaseafood.org/fishingprocessing/071105smb.pdf ASMI SMIS Homepage: http://www.alaskaseafood.org/fishingprocessing/bulletin.htm |