Alaska SE Alaska Commercial Red, Blue King Crab Fishery Closed for 2024-25 Fishermen's News - September 11, 2024 Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists have decided to close the Southeast Alaska commercial red king crab and blue king crab fishery for the 2024-2025 season. The fishery has been closed due to low stock numbers since 2017. https://fishermensnews.com/se-alaska-commercial-red-blue-king-crab-fishery-closed-for-2024-25/ Eat on the Wild Side using grant money, chef partnerships to create demand for sablefish in US "I’ve never talked about a fish that has so much universal appeal when it’s prepared well." Seafood Source by Chris Chase - September 10, 2024 Nonprofit organization Eat on the Wild Side is working to build demand for sablefish as demand for the resource continues to fall short of its abundance. https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/eat-on-the-wild-side-using-grant-money-chef-partnerships-to-create-demand-for-sablefish-in-us Labeling and Marketing Cruise Ship Operators Shore Up Communities Alaska Business Magazine - September 9, 2024 Cruise ship operators that sail Alaska waters in summer are investing in the year-round economy. As the season winds down, they are pledging to boost local internet service in Southeast and focus on Alaska seafood for company-affiliated restaurants while training employees through online Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) courses. https://www.akbizmag.com/industry/tourism/cruise-ship-operators-shore-up-communities/ Federal Register Pacific Halibut Fisheries of the West Coast; Inseason Action for the 2024 Area 2A Pacific Halibut Directed Commercial Fishery A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 09/11/2024 NMFS announces inseason action for the 2024 Pacific halibut non-Tribal directed commercial fishery in the International Pacific Halibut Commission's (IPHC) regulatory Area 2A. This action adds a fishing period, September 24 through September 26, 2024, with a fishing period catch limit of 1,800 pounds (0.82 metric tons (mt)) per vessel, dressed weight. This action is intended to provide opportunity to achieve the 2024 non-Tribal directed commercial fishery allocation. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/11/2024-20608/pacific-halibut-fisheries-of-the-west-coast-inseason-action-for-the-2024-area-2a-pacific-halibut North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting A Notice by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 09/11/2024 The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Committee (IFQ Committee) will meet September 26, 2024. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/11/2024-20565/north-pacific-fishery-management-council-public-meeting North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting A Notice by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 09/11/2024 The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Fishery Monitoring Advisory Committee (FMAC) will meet September 25, 2024. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/11/2024-20566/north-pacific-fishery-management-council-public-meeting FYI’s Coast Guard on alert for potential foreign naval activities Cordova Times by Margaret Bauman - September 10, 2024 Coast Guard officials have issued a warning to Alaska’s fishing industry leaders to be on alert for potential Russian naval activities in or near the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. https://thecordovatimes.com/2024/09/10/coast-guard-foreign-naval/ NPFMC Opens Comment Period for October Meeting in Anchorage Fishermen's News - September 11, 2024 The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has opened the public comment period for items on its agenda for the council’s next meeting, scheduled for Sept. 30 through Oct. 8 at the Egan Center in Anchorage. https://fishermensnews.com/npfmc-opens-comment-period-for-october-meeting-in-anchorage/ Former Microsoft Executive Named COO of Trident Seafoods Fishermen's News - September 11, 2024 Former Microsoft executive Mike Quinn, a member of Trident Seafoods’ board of directors, has been appointed as the company’s new chief operating officer, effective Oct. 1, the company announced Sept. 5. https://fishermensnews.com/former-microsoft-executive-named-coo-of-trident-seafoods/ Opinion Commentary: Celebrate wild sockeye salmon — the harvest that powers Bristol Bay’s economy and feeds the world Alaska Beacon by Jason Metrokin - September 9, 2024 It’s the time of year again when children have returned to school and seemingly endless daylight gives way to shorter days and cooler nights. In the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, it is viewed less as the end of another summer, and more as the end of another salmon season. https://alaskabeacon.com/2024/09/09/celebrate-wild-sockeye-salmon-the-harvest-that-powers-bristol-bays-economy-and-feeds-the-world/ Pacific Seafood Processors Association
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