The Alaska Legislative Fish Caucus will meet on Thursday, Feb 12, at 12pm in State Capitol Room 106. This is a brown bag luncheon. Light refreshments will also be provided. Participation by members of the public is welcome. The subject will be “Value Challenges in the Bristol Bay Salmon Fishery: Partnerships & New Ideas.” A […]

Seafood.com reported today (2/10/09) about the study results presented at the biennial Puget Sound/Georgia Basin Ecosystem Conference in Seattle.  The Canadian researcher said that the Chinook and coho in the waters of British Columbia and Georgia Strait have showed a “dramatic and alarming” decline while the survival of pink salmon is increasing.  The new research […]

Petersburg . . . As announced in a December 11, 2008 news release, the season for the 2008/09 commercial golden king crab fishery in Southeast Alaska will open concurrently with the Tanner crab fishery at 12:00 noon on Sunday, February 15, 2009. Guideline Harvest Levels The overall guideline harvest level (GHL) for this season in […]

SEAFA has submitted comments on two pieces of legislation.  We are supporting HB 41 – Board of Fish conflict of Interest legisalation and HB 20 allowing Division of Investments A borrowers to qualify for engine loan retrofits.   HB 20 Engine Retrofit loans HB 41 BOF Conflict of Interest

President Obama nominates New Hampshire Senator Gregg to be Secretary of Commerce.  It is expected that he will be a strong advocate for NOAA but he will also be an advocate for offshore aquaculture. 

The Board of Fish is accepting comments on finfish proposals through the end of the business day Feb 3, 2009.  Comments can be faxed to 465-6094.  Staff comments on individual proposals can be viewed at:  http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/meetinfo/2008-2009/RIR-1J-2008-24.pdf Official BOF Summary of the Shellfish meeting are at:  http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/meetsum/2008-2009/pppppresumm-09pburgetersburg.pdf