Friday, April 11, 2025

Alaska Chinook harvest limits to be almost 40% lower than ‘24Allocation is “the lowest chinook harvest limit on record” for Southeast, ADF&G official says. Daily Sitka Sentinel by Anna Laffrey - April 10, 2025 Southeast Alaska fishermen discovered last week that harvest limits for chinook salmon in 2025 will be almost 40% less than last year’s. https://www.juneauempire.com/news/chinook-harvest-limits-to-be-almost-40-lower-than-24/ National Trump signs order to 'revitalize' US shipbuilding; will Alaska pollock fleet benefit? The US fleet harvesting Alaska pollock has been losing ground to its rivals in Russia, following Russia's implementation of a program to rebuild its fishing fleet and processing sector. IntraFish by John Fiorillo - April 11, 2025 Whether a new White House executive order designed to boost the US shipbuilding industry will benefit American companies looking to build new fishing vessels is unclear but there is hope it could help. https://www.intrafish.com/fisheries/trump-signs-order-to-revitalize-us-shipbuilding-will-alaska-pollock-fleet-benefit-/2-1-1806192 International Trump increases duties on China to 104 percent as tariffs take effect Seafood Source by Chris Chase - April 9, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump will impose levies totaling 104 percent across all Chinese imports starting 9 April, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed. https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/trump-increases-duties-on-china-to-104-percent-as-tariffs-take-effect Lawmakers, officials debate pros and cons of tariffs on the seafood sector Seafood Source by Nathan Strout - April 10, 2025 Lawmakers in Congress are debating the impact of the Trump administration’s ever-fluctuating tariffs on the seafood sector, with a handful of Republicans crossing the aisle in favor of curtailing the president’s authority to implement tariffs without review. https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/lawmakers-officials-debate-pros-and-cons-of-tariffs-on-the-seafood-sector Chinese Shipping Company Wants to Lease the Former U.S. Base at Adak And the U.S. Navy may want to lease it first, says Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) The Maritime Executive - April 10, 2025 The head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command supports reactivating the naval airbase at Adak, a remote Cold War station in the Aleutian Islands - but the U.S. military isn't the only interested party, according to Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK). An unnamed Chinese shipping company has also reached out to the current landowner to express interest in negotiating a lease, Sullivan said at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday. https://maritime-executive.com/article/chinese-shipping-company-wants-to-lease-the-former-u-s-base-at-adak Federal Register Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska; Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program Cost Recovery Fee Notice A Notice by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 04/11/2025 NMFS publishes the standard ex-vessel prices and fee percentage for cost recovery under the Central Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Rockfish Program (Rockfish Program). This action is intended to provide participants in a rockfish cooperative with the standard prices and fee percentage for the 2024 fishing year, which was authorized from May 1 through November 15. The fee percentage is 3.00 percent. The fee payments were due from each rockfish cooperative on or before February 15, 2025. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/11/2025-06187/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-groundfish-of-the-gulf-of-alaska-central-gulf-of Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 04/11/2025 NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by American Fisheries Act (AFA) trawl catcher/processors (CPs) in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully use the 2025 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod allocated to AFA trawl CPs in the BSAI. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/11/2025-06244/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-pacific-cod-in-the-bering-sea-and-aleutian Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; Amendment 33; 2025-26 Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Correcting Amendment A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 04/11/2025 NMFS is correcting the 2025-2026 harvest specifications and management measures for groundfish caught in the U.S. exclusive economic zone seaward of Washington, Oregon, and California published on December 16, 2024. These corrections are necessary to accurately implement the 2025-2026 specifications. This correcting amendment revises regulations to fully implement the recombination of shortspine thornyheads north and south of 34°27′ N lat., by clarifying the coastwide quota share (QS) and quota pound (QP) accumulation limits are the same as the area-specific limits but are now managed coastwide. This correction also revises the limited entry trip limits for shortspine thornyheads and sablefish, which were mis-specified in table 2b (South). Finally, this correction also fixes an amendatory instruction intended to correct instances of “Nontrawl” to “Non-trawl”. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/11/2025-06191/magnuson-stevens-act-provisions-fisheries-off-west-coast-states-pacific-coast-groundfish-fishery

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