Monday, October 2, 2023

International Murkowski, Sullivan double down on Russian seafood ban at US pollock event Lawmakers from the US state of Alaska opened the annual meeting of the Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers with renewed calls to ban seafood imports from Russia Undercurrents by Kirsten Dobroth - September 29, 2023 SEATTLE, Washington, US -- Russia is causing low prices and uncertainty across the seafood industry, according to senators from the US state of Alaska – both of whom acknowledged the pollock market's freefall during pre-taped remarks at the annual me. https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2023/09/29/murkowski-sullivan-double-down-on-russian-seafood-ban-at-us-pollock-event/ *Requires Subscription Labeling and Marketing Arby’s, Nissui, others added to GAPP Partnership Program Seafood Source by Christine Blank - September 29, 2023 Arby’s and grocery chain H-E-B were added to the Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers (GAPP) 2024 Partnership Program at the Wild Alaska Pollock Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., on 28 September. https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/foodservice-retail/arby-s-nissui-others-added-to-gapp-partnership-program Federal Register Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 10/02/2023 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from trawl catcher vessels to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 m) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line or pot gear and to Amendment 80 trawl catcher/processors in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to allow the 2023 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod to be harvested. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/02/2023-21556/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-reallocation-of-pacific-cod-in-the-bering-sea Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2023-2024 Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 10/02/2023 This final rule announces routine inseason adjustments to management measures in commercial and recreational groundfish fisheries for the remainder of the 2023 fishing year. This action is intended to allow commercial and recreational fishing vessels to access more abundant groundfish stocks while protecting overfished and depleted stocks. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/02/2023-21710/magnuson-stevens-act-provisions-fisheries-off-west-coast-states-pacific-coast-groundfish-fishery FYI’s Everette Anderson named BBNC Vice President, Director of Fisheries Policy Bristol Bay Native Corporation - September 29, 2023 Everette Anderson named BBNC Vice President, Director of Fisheries Policy Anchorage, AK – Bristol Bay Native Corporation (BBNC) is pleased to announce that Everette Anderson, a BBNC shareholder and Curyung Tribal Member originally from Dillingham, AK, has been named BBNC Vice President, Director of Fisheries Policy, effective Monday, October 2, 2023. https://www.bbnc.net/everette-anderson-named-bbnc-vice-president-director-of-fisheries-policy/?fbclid=IwAR39YTzeeFFI2QUb8guMg5Jnlec6yPP0RN3WRukbVmv5Gs4XYXynBWleHp4 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.