A study of the economic impact of Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp. on Alaska’s seafood industry, sport, subsistence and personal use fisheries shows that PWSAC got a pretty big bang for its buck – a 271-to-1 return on its investment.
Female red king crab from the Juneau area will be the subject of a study to optimize the diet of larval king crab by the Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Oregon State University.
Opponents of large-scale metallic sulfide mining within the Bristol Bay Fisheries Refuge have filed an application to put an initiative on a statewide Alaska ballot to require legislative approval for development of such mines.
Federal fisheries regulators meeting in early October in Anchorage approved new halibut catch sharing and vessel observer plans, and cleared the way for replacement or rebuilding freezer longline vessels to greater lengths.