The Dept is allowing GKC fishermen an opportunity to review for the next couple of days the draft GHL for the 2015 season.  They are accepting feedback over the next couple of days and will finalize the GHL as soon as the Board of Fish meeting is done in Wrangell.  Please call the SEAFA office […]

The NMFS 2nd edition of the Black Cod Almanac is now available 2015 Black Cod Almanac 1.19.15

Sitka. . . The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced today the following information concerning the 2015 Southeast Alaska gillnet sac roe herring fisheries: Seymour Canal (Section 11-D): There will be no commercial fishery. The spawning biomass is forecasted to be 1,666 tons which is below the threshold of 3,000 tons necessary to conduct […]

The Southeast Alaska Pot Shrimp Fishery Task Force will meet on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the Wrangell Fire Hall. Individuals who wish to participate in this meeting via teleconference should contact Dan Gray (747-6688) or Scott Kelley (465-4258) for instructions. Handout materials will be distributed at the meeting […]

The various Coast Guard re-authorization acts have additional regulations that are being phased in.  At the end of this post is a link to the USCG Marine Safety Information Bulletin that we summarized this information from.  Some new regulations to pay attention to are: Mandatory Dockside Safety Examinations:  By October 15, 2015 if you fish […]

Below you will see portions of the handout/presentations provided at the gillnet and seine task force meetings the first week of December by the hatchery associations and the Regional Planning Team (RPT) draft minutes from their meeting, a handout regarding the allocation plan and by the forest service during the RPT meeting. HATCHERY PRESENTATION 2014 […]

This year both task force meetings, as well as the RPT, will be held in Petersburg at the Borough Assembly Chambers located on the 2nd floor of the Municipal Building at 12 South Nordic. The Drift Gillnet Task Force meeting is scheduled for December 2, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. The Purse Seine […]

ADF&G did their calculation according to the Dungeness crab management plan and based on the calculations there will be a normal length season.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today (June 10, 2014)  issued draft updated advice on fish consumption. The two agencies have concluded pregnant and breastfeeding women, those who might become pregnant, and young children should eat more fish that is lower in mercury in order to gain important developmental […]

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