Alaska Marquee Alaska sockeye run was bigger than expected, but the individual fish were small Bristol Bay’s sockeye salmon have been shrinking over past decades, and this year’s average fish size was the smallest on record Alaska Beacon by Yereth Rosen - September 19, 2024 The world’s largest sockeye salmon run was larger than average this year, but the percentage of those fish that were harvested commercially was lower than normal, and individual fish weighed in at the smallest size on record, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game reported. https://alaskabeacon.com/2024/09/19/marquee-alaska-sockeye-run-was-bigger-than-expected-but-the-individual-fish-were-small/ Snow crab comeback? Signs of recovery in the Bering Sea National Fisherman by Carli Stewart - September 19, 2024 After the marine heat wave that hit the Bering Sea for years, billions of snow crabs disappeared in 2021. The following year, the state decided to close the fishery, which regularly has an annual harvest worth more than $200 million. According to a recent study, the long-term outlook for the fishery remains gleam, but with the water cooling, the younger crab population is growing once more. Snow crabs are known to do better in non-subarctic climates. Their ideal water temperature varies… https://www.nationalfisherman.com/snow-crab-comeback-signs-of-recovery-in-the-bering-seahttps://www.nationalfisherman.com/snow-crab-comeback-signs-of-recovery-in-the-bering-sea *Requires Subscription US summer trawl shows healthy pollock stocks in Bering Sea'We saw large concentrations of pollock on the outer domain, all the way from the Pribilof Islands up to the Russian border' -- NOAA Fisheries research biologist Duane Stevenson Undercurrents News by Jacob Resneck - September 20, 2024 US federal scientists are reporting healthy pollock stocks in the Bering Sea that could lead to another season of more than 1.3 million metric tons (more than 2.8 billion pounds) of fish harvested in 2024-2025. https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2024/09/20/us-summer-trawl-shows-healthy-pollock-stocks-in-bering-sea/ *Requires Subscription National US senators blame new financial management software for delayed fishery disaster funding Seafood Source by Nathan Strout - September 19, 2024 Agroup of U.S. senators claim that a newly implemented financial management software has caused delays in the allocation of fishery disaster funds, and they want answers. https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/business-finance/us-senators-blame-new-financial-management-software-for-delayed-fishery-disaster-funding Environment/Science Land Management Bureau Invests $3.25M in Alaska Salmon Habitat Restoration Fishermen's News - September 18, 2024 A federal grant of $3.25 million announced on Sept. 16 is expected to be used improve the ecosystem health and Pacific salmon resiliency in the Yukon, Kuskokwim and Norton Sound regions of Alaska, according to the Bureau of Land Management. https://fishermensnews.com/land-management-bureau-invests-3-25m-in-alaska-salmon-habitat-restoration/ Federal Register Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 09/19/2024 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2024 total allowable catch of Pacific ocean perch in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/19/2024-21452/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-pacific-ocean-perch-in-the-western-regulatory Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; “Other Rockfish” in the Aleutian Islands Subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 09/19/2024 NMFS is prohibiting retention of “other rockfish” in the Aleutian Islands subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary because the 2024 “other rockfish” total allowable catch (TAC) in the Aleutian Islands subarea of the BSAI has been reached. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/19/2024-21451/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-other-rockfish-in-the-aleutian-islands-subarea Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Amendment 80 Sector Annual BSAI Pacific Halibut PSC Limits; Correction A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 09/20/2024 On November 24, 2023, NMFS published a final rule to implement amendment 123 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Management Area (BSAI FMP). The final rule included a formatting error in table 58 that caused the column headings to be incorrectly aligned with the column contents in the table. This correction fixes the error. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/20/2024-21516/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-amendment-80-sector-annual-bsai-pacific-halibut Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Atka Mackerel in the Central Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 09/19/2024 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the Central Aleutian district (CAI) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) by vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access sector fishery. This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2024 total allowable catch (TAC) of Atka mackerel in the CAI allocated to vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access sector fishery. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/19/2024-21448/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-atka-mackerel-in-the-central-aleutian-district
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