Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Alaska Nushagak District breaks record for single-day harvest KDLG by Brian Venua, Isabelle Ross - July 1, 2022 The Nushagak District broke its record for the largest single-day harvest. Fisherfolk caught 2.46 million salmon on Thursday. That’s about 600,000 fish over last year’s record daily harvest, which was set last year. https://www.kdlg.org/news/2022-07-01/nushagak-district-breaks-record-for-single-day-harvest Kuskokwim sockeye counts are up compared to recent years KYUK by Olivia Ebertz - July 2, 2022 Alaska Department of Fish and Game The Chinook salmon run is nearing completion in the lower Kuskokwim River, but both the Chinook and chum runs remain well under their historical average size. Meanwhile, reds are running in greater numbers than usual. https://www.kyuk.org/science-and-environment/2022-07-02/kuskokwim-sockeye-counts-are-up-compared-to-recent-years Southeast’s Dungeness crab fishery to close early after slow start KTOO by Angela Denning - July 5, 2022 The commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Southeast Alaska will close two weeks early this summer because the start of the season has been so slow. https://www.ktoo.org/2022/07/05/southeast-alaska-dungeness-crab-fishery-closing-early/ FYI’s Crew training class prepares deckhands for Bristol Bay fishing season KDLG by Corinne Smith - July 4, 2022 Bristol Bay commercial fishing is known to be fast-paced and profitable. But that comes with challenging conditions and unexpected danger. Ahead of the season, a deckhand training course drew new and returning crew-members to cover essential skills like knot tying, operations, safety training and more. https://www.kdlg.org/2022-07-04/crew-training-class-prepares-deckhands-for-bristol-bay-fishing-season 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.