BC Officials Agree to Meet with Transboundary Rivers Group Over Mining Issues
British Columbia officials say they’re willing to meet with an Alaska transboundary rivers entity to discuss a pause on permits, permit amendments and approval of new mining projects along salmon-rich...
View ArticleCommercial Salmon Harvest in Alaska Approaches 28 Million Fish
The commercial salmon harvest in Alaska has now reached a preliminary estimate to date of nearly 28 million fish, more than doubling the overall catch from a week ago. As of Tuesday, July 6, deliveries...
View ArticleNew Plan Proposed to Restore Salmon, Steelhead Habitat in Northern California
NOAA Fisheries has introduced a new approach to restoring habitat for salmon and steelhead in Northern California, where these species have been troubled with habitat damage for over 100 years due to...
View ArticleCouncil Votes to Ban Wire Leaders for Hawaii Fishery
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council has recommended banning wire leaders for Hawaii’s deep-set longline fishery to protect the oceanic whitetip shark, which is listed as threatened under the...
View ArticleCulprit Behind Mass Shellfish Mortality Identified
Researchers with the Washington Sea Grant program say they have identified yessotoxins, produced by blooms of certain phytoplankton, as the culprit behind summer mass shellfish mortality events in...
View ArticleUSDA to Purchase Salmon, Pollock Products for Food Nutrition Assistance Programs
U.S. Department of Agriculture officials have announced plans to purchase salmon and Pollock products to distribute to various food nutrition assistance programs, under Section 32 of the Act of August...
View ArticleUBC Study Examines Fitness of Pacific Sockeye Salmon Infected with PRV
A new study from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, finds that the respiratory performance of wild Pacific sockeye salmon is normal even when infected with piscine orthoreovirus...
View ArticleSettlement Reached for Violations of Marine Protected Area-Related Laws
Monterey County, California-based District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni says her office has reached a settlement totaling $42,747 in a civil law enforcement action against Sophia Fisheries Inc, and its...
View ArticleCommercial Salmon Harvest in Alaska Soars to Over 51M Fish
Alaska’s commercial salmon harvest continues to center around Bristol Bay and the Alaska Peninsula, as processors have received over 51 million fish, over 31 million of them from Bristol Bay, over nine...
View ArticleCommercial Harvest of Alaska Salmon Hits 72.7M Fish
Commercial salmon harvests in Alaska soared by over 20 million fish over the past week, boosting the estimated catch to 72.7 million fish, according to the latest Alaska Department of Fish and Game...
View ArticlePew Charitable Trusts, WTO Critical of Failing Efforts to End Harmful Fishing...
Leaders of the World Trade Organization and The Pew Charitable Trusts are criticizing World Trade Organization member states for failing to put aside their national interests to reach a deal to end...
View ArticleCDFW Relocates 1.1M Juvenile Fall Run Chinook Salmon
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has relocated 1.1 million juvenile fall-run Chinook salmon from the Iron Gate Fish Hatchery in Siskiyou County to a nearby satellite facility and to the...
View ArticleSE Alaska Sustainability Strategy Ending Old Growth Logging Draws Kudos, Fire
A new federal Southeast Alaska Sustainability Strategy that will end old growth logging in Tongass National Forest by reinstating the Roadless Rule is elating fishermen and drawing fire from the timber...
View ArticleCounter Service Appointments are Back at Regional National Maritime Centers
The National Maritime Center has resumed counter service appointments at 18 of its regional examination centers, including three in Alaska, two in California, and one each in Hawaii, Oregon and...
View ArticleBristol Bay Processors Donate 25,000 Lbs. of Salmon to Yukon River Villagers
Six major processors of Bristol Bay salmon collaborated in late July to gather and transport to Yukon River villages 25,000 pounds of headed and gutted king salmon, a diet staple for hundreds of folks...
View ArticleOceana Sues NMFS Over Sardine Rebuilding Plan
A lawsuit filed on behalf of the environmental entity Oceana against National Marine Fisheries Service contends that a current Pacific sardine rebuilding plan is not working, nor does it take into...
View Article$35M Allocated for Design/Build of New UC San Diego Coastal Research Vessel
California legislators have allocated $35 million for a new coastal research vessel for the University of California-San Diego, for education and research to boost understanding of the California...
View ArticleNOAA Fisheries Boosts Chinook Salmon Catch Through July 31
Commercial harvesters from Humbug Mountain to the Oregon/California border were given a catch increase of 20 Chinook salmon per week in the commercial troll season fishery for the open periods of July...
View ArticleNew Legislation to Reauthorize Magnuson-Stevens Act Introduced in U.S. House
New legislation to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), is now before the U.S. House of Representatives. The Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act...
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From the Editor: Untangling the Web
By Mark Nero, Managing Editor Did you know that for many years, Fishermen’s News has had two separate websites on which its content is hosted? There’s Fishermen’s News Online...
View ArticleConservation Groups Seek Permanent Ban on BC Mine Waste Facilities
Two fisheries conservation entities focused on protection of wild salmon habitat say they will appeal to the federal governments of the United States and Canada for a temporary halt to permitting,...
View ArticleNational Maritime Center Offers Updates on Training Courses, Programs
Officials with the National Maritime Center say the last automatic course and program extensions, based on the COVID-19 pandemic, expired on June 30 and Marine Training Providers should address the...
View ArticleEndangered Orca Whales Get Expanded Habitat Protections
Help has come through for endangered Southern Resident orca whales along the outer coast of Washington, Oregon and as far south as Point Sur, California, in the form of expanded critical habitat areas....
View ArticleUSDA Seeks Bids for 7.9M Pounds of Frozen Alaska Pollock
U.S. Department of Agriculture officials are looking to distribute some 7.9 million pounds of frozen Alaska Pollock products from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31 through the National School Lunch Program and...
View ArticleStrong Markets Await Millions of Wild Alaska Salmon
Alaska’s salmon harvest has now surpassed the midpoint of the forecasted harvest. As of July 31, about 54% of this year’s projected harvest of 190 million fish had been caught, says Dan Lesh, a...
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