Wednesday, March 25, 2026
- Mar 25
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Alaska
Alaska's Bristol Bay faces stricter management as sockeye season nears
Bristol Bay is home to the largest wild sockeye salmon fishery in the world.
Intrafish by Rachel Sapin - March 23, 2026
Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) announced Monday the commercial season for Bristol Bay salmon fishing opens June 1 as well as new rules aimed at protecting struggling king salmon and tightening enforcement across the state’s most valuable commercial fishery.
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Kodiak kelp farmers form a co-op, plan to sell a million pounds
KMXT by Davis Hovey - March 24, 2026
Five kelp farmers from around Kodiak Island have started the Kodiak Ocean Growers Co-op. It’s a member owned and operated organization that hopes to benefit all of the archipelago’s kelp farmers in the growing, local industry.
Alaska mariculture industry, though dwarfed by those in other states, continues to grow
Permit applications have increased and research and investment is ongoing, with goals of diversifying the industry and benefitting coastal communities
Alaska Beacon by Yereth Rosen - March 24, 2026
Margo Reveil of Jakolof Bay Oyster Company holds a shucked oyster at a March 10, 2026 reception at the Mariculture Conference of Alaska in Anchorage.
Weak yields drag US pollock PBO fillets, surimi output lower despite steady catches
'Lower output of surimi and PBO is being attributed to earlier-than-usual roe maturation this season, which has reduced processing yields' -- a sales executive at a major Alaska pollock producer at the Seafood Expo North America
Undercurrent News by Masahiko Takeuchi - March 25, 2026
Alaska's Bering Sea pollock fishery has entered the final stretch of the 2026 A season, with production of pin-bone out (PBO) fillets tracking well below last year as weaker processing yields weigh on output, multiple sources told Undercurrent...
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West Coast
PFMC to host public meeting on salmon management alternatives
National Fisherman by Margaret Bauman - March 24, 2026
Public comment is being sought by the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) on March 24 on three proposed total allowable catch (TAC) alternatives for Chinook and coho salmon during the upcoming Oregon salmon seasons.
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Gluesenkamp Perez, Clark Co. Urge WDFW To Reopen Skamania Hatchery With Recent Fed Funding Boost
Northwest Sportsman Magazine by Andy Walgamott - March 23, 2026
A Congresswoman and a county are urging WDFW to use a recent federal funding boost to reopen a Southwest Washington hatchery that produced winter steelhead and trout for local fisheries.
National
Senate Unanimously Passes Sullivan-Whitehouse Bill to Combat Illegal Foreign Seafood Harvest
Dan Sullivan US Senator for Alaska - March 23, 2026
Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) celebrated the Senate’s recent unanimous passage of their Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvest (FISH) Act.
Federal Register
Pacific Halibut Fisheries of the West Coast; 2026 Catch Sharing Plan and Recreational Fishery Management Measures
A Proposed Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 03/25/2026
NMFS proposes to approve changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan (CSP) for the International Pacific Halibut Commission's (IPHC) regulatory Area 2A off Washington, Oregon, and California.
Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Catch Sharing Plan; 2026 Annual Management Measures
A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 03/25/2026
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, on behalf of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC), publishes as regulations the 2026 annual management measures governing the Pacific halibut fishery that have been recommended by the IPHC and accepted by the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Commerce.
FYI’s
IB 26-15: NMFS Announces the 2026 Season Opening and Closure of the Sablefish Fixed Gear Fisheries
NOAA Fisheries - March 23, 2026
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the 2026 season opening and closure for the sablefish fixed gear fisheries managed under the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program and the Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program.
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