Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Alaska/Pacific Coast 40.2 million: ADF&G forecasts a ‘return to normal’ for Bristol Bay sockeye in 2019 After a couple of record breaking years in Bristol Bay, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is forecasting the 2019 sockeye salmon season will be slightly below the 10-year-average and slightly above the long-term average. KDLG by Avery Lill - November 13, 2018 When Bristol Bay rivers run red this summer, it will be with 40.2 million sockeye salmon, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s forecast. http://www.kdlg.org/post/402-million-adfg-forecasts-return-normal-bristol-bay-sockeye-2019 Nushagak and Naknek-Kvichak Advisory Committees will oppose permit stacking The Alaska Board of Fisheries will take up 47 proposals at the Bristol Bay Finfish meeting in Dillingham this November. As the Nushagak and Naknek-Kvichak Fish and Game Advisory Committees decided which proposals they will support, permit stacking and subsistence regulations weighed heavily in the discussions. KDLG by Isabelle Ross - November 13, 2018 The Alaska Board of Fisheries Bristol Bay Finfish meeting is two weeks away, and public comment is due by Wednesday. The state board that regulates commercial, subsistence and sport fishing the region will convene in Dillingham at the end of November. It will take up the 47 proposed regulation changes. In October, the Naknek-Kvichak and Nushagak advisory committees met to decide which proposals they will support. http://www.kdlg.org/post/nushagak-and-naknek-kvichak-advisory-committees-will-oppose-permit-stacking Environment/Science Warm water was big driver in historically low harvest Statewide commercial salmon catch for 2018 ranked 34th for 1975-2018 Cordova Times by Margaret Bauman - November 9, 2018 In a year woefully down on commercial salmon harvests, the Copper River catch proved the second lowest in 100 years, while the statewide catch of 605.1 million pounds ranked 34th in the 1975-2018 time series. https://www.thecordovatimes.com/2018/11/09/warm-water-was-big-driver-in-historically-low-harvest/ Federal Register Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 11/14/2018 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) from vessels using jig gear, trawl catcher vessels, and American Fisheries Act (AFA) catcher/processors to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 m) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. This action is necessary to allow the 2018 TAC of Pacific cod to be harvested. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/14/2018-24824/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-reallocation-of-pacific-cod-in-the-bering-sea FYI’s Tonkovich leaving Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute Cordova Times - November 9, 2018 Alexa Tonkovich has tendered her resignation as executive director of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, to pursue graduate studies in international business, ASMI announced on Nov. 9. https://www.thecordovatimes.com/2018/11/09/tonkovich-leaving-alaska-seafood-marketing-institute/

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