Friday, August 29, 2025

Alaska Coho, keta harvests are soaring in Prince William Sound Cordova Times by Margaret Bauman - August 27, 2025 Coho and keta salmon harvests in Prince William Sound are soaring, having reached 231% and 211% respectively over the same time a year ago.   https://thecordovatimes.com/2025/08/27/coho-keta-harvests-soaring-prince-william-sound/ Pink harvest below forecast; Trident cuts back to one shift Wrangell Sentinel by Larry Persily - August 27, 2025 Trident Seafoods reduced its workforce earlier this month to one shift of about 100 workers. The company said its Wrangell plant will continue cleaning, packing and shipping salmon through the end of August or the first week of September. https://www.wrangellsentinel.com/stories/pink-harvest-below-forecast-trident-cuts-back-to-one-shift,24601

National NOAA Fisheries tests seafood fraud detection tool in field for a second time Seafood Source by Nathan Strout - August 28, 2025 NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement has completed a second deployment of a new rapid genetic analysis tool that can detect seafood fraud. https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/food-safety-health/noaa-fisheries-tests-seafood-fraud-detection-tool-in-field-for-a-second-time Environment/Science Currents and Connections Post #7Where education and science come together. NOAA Fisheries - August 27, 2025 Juvenile Pacific cod attracted to a baited camera system set in kelp habitat. All cod have three dorsal fins, but you can tell these are Pacific cod because of their “leopard” markings and large chin barbel - which I think is so cute! Credit: NOAA Fisheries. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/science-blog/currents-and-connections-post-7 Federal Register Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Exchange of Flatfish in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 08/28/2025 NMFS is exchanging allocations of Amendment 80 cooperative quota (CQ) for Amendment 80 acceptable biological catch (ABC) reserves. This action is necessary to allow the 2025 total allowable catch (TAC) of yellowfin sole in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) to be harvested. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/28/2025-16539/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-exchange-of-flatfish-in-the-bering-sea-and North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting A Notice by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 08/28/2025 The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Partial Coverage Fishery Monitoring Advisory Committee (PCFMAC) and Fishery Monitoring Advisory Committee (FMAC) will meet jointly on September 10, 2025. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/28/2025-16431/north-pacific-fishery-management-council-public-meeting

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