Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Alaska

Alaska trawler group leader says pollock fishing isn’t to blame for salmon decline

NewsNation by Blake Burman - October 13, 2026 

Alaska’s pollock trawlers are under fire for accidentally catching salmon while salmon returns in the fall, and the head of the group that represents the boats says banning them would not solve the problem.

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/west/alaska-trawler-pollock-salmon-fish-senate-race/

Environment/Science

NOAA Fisheries introduces new West Coast gear rules to reduce entanglements

SeafoodSource by Nathan Strout - October 13, 2026

NOAA Fisheries has rolled out new requirements and voluntary measures to reduce whale entanglements in commercial fishing gear on the U.S. West Coast.

https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/noaa-fisheries-introduces-new-west-coast-gear-rules-to-reduce-entanglements

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Trading Prairie Winds for Ocean Swells: How Two Kansas Teachers Brought NOAA Fisheries Research Home to the Midwest

This summer, two educators from Kansas traveled hundreds of miles in different directions to sail as Teachers at Sea aboard NOAA research vessels.

NOAA Fisheries by staff - October 13, 2026

What happens when two educators from landlocked Kansas trade wheat fields and prairie winds for views of the open ocean aboard NOAA research vessels? 

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/trading-prairie-winds-ocean-swells-how-two-kansas-teachers-brought-noaa-fisheries

FYI’s

IB 26-45: NMFS Prohibits Retention of Shortraker Rockfish in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska

NOAA Fisheries - October 13, 2026 

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting retention of shortraker rockfish in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, October 14, 2026, according to Jonathan M. Kurland, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.        

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/bulletin/ib-26-45-nmfs-prohibits-retention-shortraker-rockfish-central-regulatory-area-gulf

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