Wednesday, June 22, 2022

National USDA plans more Alaska, West Coast groundfish buys for nutrition programs Seafood Source by Christine Blank - June 21, 2022 Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, have announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s approval of up to $52 million in Pacific and Alaskan groundfish purchases. https://www.nationalfisherman.com/seafoodsource/usda-plans-more-alaska-west-coast-groundfish-buys-for-nutrition-programs International WTO deal on fishing subsidies received with mixture of praise and criticism Seafood Source by Mark Godfrey - June 21, 2022 Representatives of ocean-focused non-governmental organizations have issued a mix of praise and criticism of an agreement struck at the World Trade Organization to prohibit subsidy support for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and limiting fishing of overfished stocks. https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/environment-sustainability/wto-deal-on-fishing-subsidies-received-with-mixture-of-praise-and-criticism FYI’s Seattle crew wins 2022 Race to Alaska, reaching Ketchikan ‘days in front of anyone else’ KRBD by Eric Stone - June 21, 2022 Team Pure and Wild has won the 2022 Race to Alaska. The three-man crew from Seattle aboard a 44-foot Riptide monohull sailed into Ketchikan’s Thomas Basin harbor Monday afternoon. https://www.alaskapublic.org/2022/06/21/crew-from-seattle-wins-2022-race-to-alaska-days-in-front-of-anyone-else/ 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.