Monday, January 9, 2023

Alaska Two processing vessels operated by PPLP achieve FISH certification Seafood Source by Emma Desrochers - January 6, 2023 Two processing vessels, owned by Phoenix Processors Limited Partnership (PPLP), the M/V Excellence and the M/V Phoenix, have achieved the FISH Standard for Crew Certification. https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/environment-sustainability/fish-standard-for-crew-certification-achieved-by-alaska-pollock-and-pacific-whiting-mothership-vessels-of-pplp NFWF grants will fund monitoring, reporting program Beneficiaries of the grants include five Alaska-related grantees Cordova Times by Margaret Bauman - January 6, 2023 Grants totaling $3.7 million from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will help support data modernization and electronic data collection in Alaska and several other states. https://www.thecordovatimes.com/2023/01/06/nfwf-grants-will-fund-monitoring-reporting-program/ Fishermen facing climate change: crab crashes and wind power threats National Fisherman by Kirk Moore - January 6, 2023 Five thousand miles apart on their own oceans, New England trawlers and Alaska crabbers say they are up against twin threats from climate change: warming waters changing the marine environment, and hasty, risk-filled decisions in response from U.S. policy makers. https://www.nationalfisherman.com/national-international/fishermen-facing-climate-change-crab-crashes-and-wind-power-threats International Podcast: What's in store for seafood in 2023? A species-by-species breakdown New year, new opportunities, new challenges. Intrafish by Drew Cherry and John Fiorillo - January 6, 2023 Salmon has the Norway tax issue. Shrimp has a supply and demand imbalance. Whitefish still faces fallout from Ukraine. And crab? Well, good luck finding any. https://www.intrafish.com/analysis/podcast-whats-in-store-for-seafood-in-2023-a-species-by-species-breakdown/2-1-1384574 FYI’s Coastal Villages Region Fund Buys Lake Union Property from U.S. Seafoods SeafoodNews.com by Peggy Parker - January 6, 2023 Yesterday Seattle-based United States Seafoods and Anchorage-based Coastal Villages Region Fund announced the sale of a premiere Lake Union property that features a marina and 16,000 square feet office building, to the CVRF. It will serve as a base of operations in the Lower 48 for CVRF. https://www.seafoodnews.com/Story/1243188/Coastal-Villages-Region-Fund-Buys-Lake-Union-Property-from-US-Seafoods Pacific Seafood Processors Association 1900 W Emerson Place Suite 205, Seattle, WA 98119 Phone: 206.281.1667 E-mail: admin@pspafish.net; Website: www.pspafish.net Our office days/hours are Monday-Friday 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. *Inclusion of a news article, report, or other document in this email does not imply PSPA support or endorsement of the information or opinion expressed in the document.