Wednesday, October 8, 2025
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Alaska
Dungeness season open for fall fishery
Daily Sitka Sentinel - October 7, 2025
Dungeness crab fishing is back on for a full fall season that began Wednesday and extends through Nov. 30, although Alaska Department of Fish and Game harvest projections show that Southeast Alaska fishermen might not achieve the harvest threshold for a full season.
Gradual improvements in Bering Sea crab stocks allow for Alaska harvest increases
Catch limits are up for snow crab and Bristol Bay king crab, which crashed in recent years, but an abundance of snow-tanner crab hybrids adds a new twist
Alaska Beacon by Yereth Rosen - October 7, 2025
Snow crab stocks in Alaska’s Bering Sea, which crashed a few years ago, have recovered enough to allow a modest harvest starting in mid-October.
West Coast
Federal cuts threaten Northwest fish hatcheries in the Columbia River Basin
OPB by Allison Frost - October 6, 2025
Hatcheries, also known as fish farms, have long been used to supplement fish supplies affected by human activity. But with the 18 dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers, they became more important to maintaining fish populations to fulfill tribal agreements and to meet commercial and sports fishing demands. There are now hundreds of hatcheries in the Northwest, run by federal, state, local and tribal governments. But many of them are aging, in need of repair or replacement.
Can Trump’s push for seafood competitiveness succeed without NOAA?
The federal agency, tasked with supporting American seafood, faces staffing cuts and a government shutdown.
Intrafish by Rachel Sapin - October 7, 2025
The Alaska seafood industry is looking closely at how to implement Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at restoring “American Seafood Competitiveness,” but federal staffing cuts and a potentially prolonged government shutdown are clouding that effort.
Salmon Evolution posts all time high biomass production
The land-based salmon farming company reports minimal mortalities and its highest biomass production to date.
Intrafish by Ann Eileen Ditlevsen Nygård Millicent Machell - October 6, 2025
Land-based salmon producer Salmon Evolution posted its highest-ever biomass production during the third quarter of 2025, fuelled by stable operations, improved harvest weights and strong biological performance.
https://www.intrafish.com/salmon/salmon-evolution-posts-all-time-high-biomass-production/2-1-1881531
Federal Register
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Using Pot Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska
A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 10/07/2025
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using pot gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2025 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod by vessels using pot gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
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