Alaska/Pacific Coast
Sockeye surge is
on
ADN, July
18,
2008
68,000-fish count
for single day signals
bonanza
Unimak Pass rescue vessels far in
future
ADN, July
18,
2008
SPILLS: First comes
a study of ways to cut
risks.
Estimated
production of herring and roe in North America for 2008
(Table)
Seafood.com, July 18,
2008
| Estimated production of herring and roe in North America for 2008 | ||||||||||||
| (st: short tons, mt: metric tons) | ||||||||||||
| fishing ground | fishing method | 2007 | 2008 | |||||||||
| quota (st) | catch (st) | roe rate | herring roe (mt) | quota (st) | catch (st) | roe rate | herring roe (mt) | |||||
| San Francisco | gillnet | 4,502 | 291 | 15.0% | 43 | 1,057 | 689 | 15.0% | 102 | |||
| BC Canada (including experimental fishing) | gillnet | 6,700 | 7,330 | 14.5% | 1,052 | 5,625 | 4,300 | 13.5% | 580 | |||
| purse-seine | 8,300 | 4,256 | 12.0% | 505 | 6,875 | 7,230 | 11.0% | 790 | ||||
| subtotal | 15,000 | 11,586 | 13.5% | 1,557 | 12,500 | 11,530 | 13.0% | 1,370 | ||||
| Earnet Island | gillnet | 2,000 | 800 | 12.0% | 95 | |||||||
| SE | Kasheks | gillnet | fishing ban | 0 | 0 | fishing ban | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sitka Sound | purse-seine | 11,904 | 11,770 | 11.0% | 1,282 | 14,723 | 14,700 | 12.5% | 1,820 | |||
| Seamore Canal | gillnet | 1,292 | 1,170 | 14.5% | 168 | 1,205 | 1,228 | 14.0% | 170 | |||
| Westburn Canal | gillnet | fishing ban | 0 | 0 | fishing ban | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Hobart Horton | gillnet | fishing ban | 0 | 0 | 462 | 315 | 12.0% | 34 | ||||
| P.W.S | gillnet | fishing ban | 0 | 0 | fishing ban | 0 | 0 | |||||
| U Cooke Inlet | gillnet | 150 | 150 | |||||||||
| Port Moller | fishing ban | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kodiak | purse-seine | 2,915 | 2,910 | |||||||||
| gillnet | 1,085 | 980 | ||||||||||
| subtotal | 4,000 | 2,100 | 11.0% | 229 | 3,890 | 3,000 | 11.0% | 326 | ||||
| Bristol Bay (Togiak) | purse-seine | 16,544 | 11,974 | 10.5% | 1,245 | 16,017 | 15,575 | 10.1% | 1,557 | |||
| gillnet | 7,090 | 4,157 | 11.0% | 453 | 6,864 | 4,688 | 11.1% | 515 | ||||
| subtotal | 23,634 | 16,131 | 10.6% | 1,698 | 22,881 | 20,263 | 10.3% | 2,072 | ||||
| Kuskokwim | Security Cove | gillnet | 1,416 | no fishing | 0 | 1,288 | no fishing | 0 | ||||
| Good News Bay | gillnet | 737 | no fishing | 0 | 652 | no fishing | 0 | |||||
| Cape Abinof | gillnet | 132 | no fishing | 0 | 121 | no fishing | 0 | |||||
| Nelson Island | gillnet | 523 | no fishing | 0 | 485 | no fishing | 0 | |||||
| Nunivak Island | gillnet | 811 | no fishing | 0 | 738 | no fishing | 0 | |||||
| Cape Romanzof | gillnet | 898 | no fishing | 0 | 774 | no fishing | 0 | |||||
| Norton Sound | gillnet | 6,627 | no fishing | 0 | 6,444 | no fishing | 0 | |||||
| BN | 736 | no fishing | 0 | 716 | no fishing | 0 | ||||||
| Port Clarence | 165 | no fishing | 0 | 165 | no fishing | 0 | ||||||
| Grand total | 74,527 | 43,848 | 5,072 | 68,251 | 51,725 | 5,894 | ||||||
| note: values for salted products are tentatively calculated taking into account the processing yields (up 10%) | ||||||||||||
Congress Overrides Veto and Passes Permanent
Medicare Fix for Alaska Into Law
Sitnews.org, July 16,
2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. Congress voted Tuesday to override President Bush's veto of the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act, which contains a permanent Medicare reimbursement fix for Alaska authored by Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska).
WASHINGTON, D.C. Congress voted Tuesday to override President Bush's veto of the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act, which contains a permanent Medicare reimbursement fix for Alaska authored by Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska).
Todd Shipyards Corporation
Announces Contract to Rebuild Fish Processor F/V Pacific
Glacier
The Fox Business, July 17,
2008
SEATTLE, Jul 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) ----Todd Shipyards Corporation
(NYSE:TOD) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Todd Pacific Shipyards
Corporation ("Todd" or the "Company"), was awarded a contract from Glacier Fish
Company of Seattle, Washington for the rebuild of the fish processor, F/V
Pacific Glacier which suffered significant damage in an onboard fire in February
2008.
Miscellaneous:
Research team draws 150-meter
ice core from ANWR Glacier
Sitnews.org, July 16,
2008
Fairbanks, Alaska - A 150-meter ice core pulled from the McCall Glacier in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this summer may offer researchers their first quantitative look at up to two centuries of climate change in the region.
Fairbanks, Alaska - A 150-meter ice core pulled from the McCall Glacier in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this summer may offer researchers their first quantitative look at up to two centuries of climate change in the region.
Prices rising, but not too
fast: Economists find Alaska prices increasing slower than national
average
The Peninsula Clarion, July 17,
2008
If rising
prices for everything from food to fuel are putting your finances in a funk,
perhaps there is some solace to be salvaged just knowing that the cost of living
rose slower in 2007 than the national average, according to the latest data from
state labor analysts.
National
US Losing the Taste for
Seafood
The Fish Site, July 18,
2008
US - According to recent figures, seafood consumption in the United
States fell in 2007, a trend that seems likely to continue into 2008. The
average American ate 16.3 pounds of fish and shellfish in 2007, a one percent
decline from the 2006 consumption figures of 16.5 pounds, according to a NOAA’s
Fisheries Service study.
International
EU proposes $1.6 billion fund to help ease global food
crisis
News Day News, July 18,
2008
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP)
_ The European Union on Friday proposed a $1.6 billion two-year emergency fund
to help poor countries cope with the global food crisis.
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-eu-food-crisis-fund,0,3531373.story
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-eu-food-crisis-fund,0,3531373.story
Cod sales diving in United
Kingdom
Intrafish.com, July 18. 2008
Even as consumers in the
United Kingdom warm to new species of whitefish such as tilapia, sales of the
standard bearer, cod, have fallen 12.3 percent in volume terms since last year.
British consumers have bought 55,000 metric
tons of cod in the year to June 14, down sharply from last year. Nevertheless,
cod is the top consumed seafood in the United Kingdom in volume terms, ahead of
salmon by more than 20,000 metric tons, according to data published by AC
Nielsen/Seafish. Though cod stocks are
recovering in some northern waters, overall production is down significantly as
quotas have been slashed. The good news for the cod business is prices have
surged as the markets get used to lower volumes, with the average price kilo up
8 percent compared to last year. Nevertheless, fattening prices were not enough to stop
the overall value of U.K. cod sales from falling 5 percent to £360 million (€455
million/$719 million). The segment of cod
slammed hardest is ready-meals, with sales off 29 percent since last year.
Tumbling cod sales come at the same time as
many species of whitefish are rising in Britain. During the same time period,
sales of tilapia rose 55 percent, hoki 56 percent and pollock 144 percent.
To an extent, their rapid rise has happened
because retailers have started labeling products with the real species names for
the first time. The highly diversified
points of purchase for cod reflect the ultra-competitive nature of the U.K.
retail industry. Retailer Tesco holds the
thickest market share at 25 pecent. Tesco is followed by Sainsbury’s at 17.6
percent, Asda at 16.1 percent, Morrisons at 10.2 percent, Iceland at 7 percent,
Marks & Spencer at 5.7 percent, Somerfield at 3.7 percent, Lidl at 3.2
percent, and Waitrose at 3 percent.
Health, Science and Technology
FDA lifts warning on
tomatoes
CNN.com/Health news, July 17,
2008
(CNN) -- Tomatoes are again safe to eat, the Food and
Drug Administration said Thursday, weeks after the food was blamed as a source
of a salmonella outbreak in the United States and
Canada.
Environment
OCEANS: Runaway
icebergs crush Antarctic sea bottom habitat
Environment
News Network, July 18,
2008
Icebergs are scouring the Antarctic seabed at a
significantly higher rate as sea ice shrinks, according to a study released
yesterday. These scours crush animals and
plants that live up to 500 meters (about 1,640 feet) below surface waters, which
could have devastating impacts for the 80 percent of Antarctic marine life that
dwells on the seabed. While iceberg scours
promote biodiversity by creating space for marine animals, researchers said too
many of them could affect species distribution and alter the number of creatures
living in the Antarctic waters.
In the short term, the number of
scours is expected to increase as global warming reduces the size and duration
of winter sea ice, according to the study published in the journal
Science. But over centuries, researchers predict that ice disturbances
will be significantly reduced as glaciers retreat (Agence France-Presse, July
17).
FYI - Seafood
Recipe
PAN-SEARED ALASKA SALMON WITH ORANGE VINAIGRETTE
Sauce
Cook
orange juice in a small saucepan over medium-high heat until it is reduced to
the consistency of syrup (makes about 1/4 cup); let cool slightly. Place onion,
lime juice, mustard and chili powder in a blender; add cooled syrup. Blend 30
seconds. Then, with blender running, slowly drizzle in the salad dressing so
that the mixture emulsifies.
Pan-Seared
Salmon
Preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly season the Alaska salmon
fillets or steaks with salt and pepper. Heat and oven-proof saute pan 2 minutes,
then add 1 tbsp. of olive oil. Sear the salmon fillets/steaks on one side for
2-3 minutes. Turn salmon fillets/steaks over and place the entire pan into the
oven. Bake 4-8 minutes, or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. To
serve, make a 1 oz. pool of the orange vinaigrette sauce in the center of 4
plates. Top with a salmon fillet/steak and garnish with 1 tsp. of chopped
cilantro. Makes 4
servings.
Have a good
weekend!