ADFG sent out a news release today stating that the harvest from the first two weeks of the season has the fishery estimated to be over the 2.5 million pound threshold so there will be no changes to season length. http://documents.cf1.adfg.state.ak.us/AdfgDocument.po?DOCUMENT=21152

ADFG has announced that District 11A will be closed to commercial and personal use red & blue king crab fishing in 2009.  The personal use season generally opens on July 1st.  The closure announcement is the result of their annual stock assessment survey for the Juneau area which was completed on June 10th.  When they ran […]

Judge Rosemary Collyer issued her opinion on the preliminary injunction yesterday, granted intevenor status to (1) commercial fishermen Linda Behnken, Annah Taft Perry, Ryan Nichols, Josh Moore, David Gibson, Sherri and Kurt Wohlhueter, and Christopher Knight; (2) halibut processors Seafood Producers Cooperative, Halibut Association of North America, and North Pacific Seafoods, Inc.; (3) subsistence fisherman Carolyn […]

The Chatham Black cod quota was announced for the 2009 season at 1,071,000 pounds.  this is a 29{011364765f66369e3b18bfb4bff139a9c8654494d05ca41b290c33562211a86b} drop from the 2008 allowable harvest.  There are currently 88 permits so each equal share will be 12,170 round lbs.  The full news release can  be accessed at the following link. News Release:  nr-062209-nsei-sablefish-fishery-2.pdf

ADFG released a press release last week reducing the demersal shelf rockfish bycatch levels back to 10%.  For more information contact ADFG or read the full press release http://documents.cf1.adfg.state.ak.us/AdfgDocument.po?DOCUMENT=21105

US Supreme Court Ruled today (June 22) to uphold the Kensington Mine permit for mine tailings using Slate Creek. Coeur issued the following press release announcing the good news. supreme-court-decision-release-final-6-22-09.pdf

The ninth circuit Court of Appeals ruled today (June 15, 2009) that Exxon must pay 5.9% interest back to the 1996 decision and not as Exxon was asking for from 2008 when the Supreme Court decided the amount of punitive damages.

On June 11th  The Village of Kasaan filed a lawsuit against the Board of Fish for the regulation change that brought the District 1 & 2 dungeness crab season to match with the rest of Southeast.  They also asked for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) and a Preliminary Injunction (PI) against implementing the District 2 crab opening.  […]

Lawyers involved in the lawsuit must provide to the courts suggested scheduling information for the various stages of filings by June 19th.  It is expected that by late July the court will have heard the merits of the case and a ruling will be issued.

The Rainforest Wild regional seafood Development association (RSDA) ballots to assess the gillnet fleet 1% must be postmarked by June 16th.  If you haven’t sent in your ballot yet! please do so today.