Monday, September 15, 2025

Alaska

Salmon season winding down, prices staying up

Cordova Times by Margaret Bauman - September 12, 2025

Commercial fishing in Prince William Sound continues to wind down, with two more 24-hour openers in the Copper and Bering River districts concluding Friday.

https://thecordovatimes.com/2025/09/12/salmon-season-winding-down-prices-staying-up/

Harvest estimate increases for commercial Dungeness crab, Southeast Alaska fishery to see full fall season

KFSK by Olivia Rose - September 12, 2025

The commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Southeast Alaska will have a full fall season. The summer fishery closed six days early this year because initial crab harvest projections were subpar. That estimate is based on data gathered dockside during the first full week of fishing in June. It fell just below the required 2.25 million-pound threshold, at 2.21 million pounds of crab; fishery managers closed the summer season early to reduce pressure on the stock.

https://www.kfsk.org/2025/09/12/harvest-estimate-increases-for-commercial-dungeness-crab-southeast-alaska-fishery-to-see-full-fall-season/

Alaska pollock season faces shortfall as fleet dodges herring

The slower fishing is raising concerns that not all quota will be harvested before the Oct. 31 deadline.

Intrafish by Rachel Sapin - September 12, 2025

Alaska’s pollock harvest may fall short this season despite tight inventories and robust demand, as inshore fleets slow operations to avoid regulatory penalties tied to herring bycatch.

https://www.intrafish.com/whitefish/alaska-pollock-season-faces-shortfall-as-fleet-dodges-herring/2-1-1871114

International

Three-quarters of global whitefish fisheries now MSC-certified

Seafood Source by Erin Spampinato - September 12, 2025

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has announced that three-quarters of the whitefish caught in global fisheries is now certified MSC sustainable, representing “a major milestone for the seafood industry.”

https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/environment-sustainability/three-quarters-of-global-whitefish-fisheries-now-msc-certified

Federal Register

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Blackspotted and Rougheye Rockfish in the Central Aleutian and Western Aleutian Districts of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 09/15/2025

NMFS is prohibiting retention of blackspotted and rougheye rockfish in the Central Aleutian Island and Western Aleutian Island districts (CAI/WAI) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary because the 2025 blackspotted and rougheye rockfish total allowable catch (TAC) in the CAI/WAI of the BSAI will soon be or has been reached.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/15/2025-17771/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-blackspotted-and-rougheye-rockfish-in-the

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