Monday, July 31, 2023

Alaska Fish plentiful, but fishermen scarce for Southeast Alaska’s first summer king opening KCAW by Robert Woolsey - July 28, 2023 The numbers are in for the first opening in the summer troll fishery for king salmon in Southeast Alaska. https://www.kcaw.org/2023/07/28/fish-plentiful-but-fishermen-scarce-for-southeast-alaskas-first-summer-king-opening/ National White House seeks input on National Strategy for a Sustainable Ocean Economy Seafood Source by Nathan Strout - July 27, 2023 The Biden administration is looking for input on a new National Strategy for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, which will build on the Ocean Climate Action Plan released in March. https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/environment-sustainability/white-house-seeks-input-on-national-strategy-for-a-sustainable-ocean-economy Environment/Science New 'Blob' on the horizon? Chinook Observer - July 23, 2023 LONG BEACH — There’s growing concern an expanding zone of warm seawater spiked by a strengthening El Niño may result in conditions like those in 2014-15 when North Pacific sea life was devastated, a disaster that rippled through the regional economy. https://www.chinookobserver.com/news/local/new-blob-on-the-horizon/article_d3c094c2-298c-11ee-be0f-1b7199972a8c.html 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.