Author: PSPA

Alaska/Pacific Coast “A Pivotal Year”: Yukon River Salmon Season a Record-Breaker SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Peggy Parker – August 31, 2016 With record-breaking chum and coho harvests on the Yukon River, Jack Schultheis is ready to call 2016 “a pivotal year.” Schultheis

Alaska/Pacific Coast Record Year for Oregon Dungeness as Value Tops $51 million SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton – August 31, 2016 Oregon crab fishermen had an excellent year, says the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission.  The value the fishery at the dock

Environment/Science A cheaper, at-home test for shellfish toxins is in the works Alaska Dispatch News by Suzanna Caldwell – August 29, 2016 A project that could bring a low-cost home-testing kit for the toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning began

Alaska/Pacific Coast NOAA updates Unalaska Bay charts The Bristol Bay Times by Jim Paulin – August 26, 2016 The seafloor of Unalaska Bay is being mapped for the first time since 1935, and the technology’s more thorough now, using electronic

Alaska/Pacific Coast 2016 Kenai Classic Roundtable Addresses Alternative Fishery Management Solutions Discussion Draws Most Influential Voices in Recreational Fishing Community Business Wire – August 25, 2016 SOLDOTNA, Alaska–The fourth Annual Kenai Classic Roundtable on National Recreational Fishing brought together leaders