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Congressman Don Young Fights for Alaskan Fishermen, Introduces Bipartisan Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization

By Zack Brown | Office of Representative Young on Jul 12, 2019   At Sea, Featured, State  

Congressman Don Young Fights for Alaskan Fishermen, Introduces Bipartisan Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization

  Photo: U.S. Senators Warren Magnuson (D-WA) and Ted Stevens (R-AK). Courtesy of Ted Stevens Foundation Washington, D.C. – Thursday, Congressman Don Young (R-AK) and Congressman Jeff Van Drew (D-NJ) introduced H.R. 3697, the Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act. This bipartisan legislation reauthorizes the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery and Conservation Management Act […]

Bristol Bay Sends out an SOS

By Courtenay Carty | Curyung Tribal Council on Jun 29, 2019   Featured, General News  

Bristol Bay Sends out an SOS

  With hours to go before public comment period closes, fishermen plead with Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski to help save Bristol Bay from DC political corruption at its worst.     Clarks Point, AK – On the heels of an announcement from the EPA that the agency will begin a process to withdraw long-sought after Clean […]

Alaskans Ask Sen.Murkowski to Deliver on Her Promises With Delivery of 14,000 Pebbles

By Leah Moss | Alaska Center on Jun 27, 2019   Featured, State  

Alaskans Ask Sen.Murkowski to Deliver on Her Promises With Delivery of 14,000 Pebbles

  Stakeholders Rally Across the State and Make Stop at Senator Murkowski’s Anchorage Office to Keep Her Promise to The Alaskan People. ANCHORAGE-Wednesday, June 26, at Senator Murkowski’s office in Downtown Anchorage over 150 community members gathered to demand action on Pebble Mine. Though Sen. Murkowski’s spokesperson was a no show for the meeting scheduled […]

Bristol Bay Commercial Fishing Season Opens as Flawed Federal Permitting Process for Pebble Plows Forward

By Alexus Kwachka/Mark Niver | Bristol Bay Fishermen on Jun 24, 2019   Featured, State  

Bristol Bay Commercial Fishing Season Opens as Flawed Federal Permitting Process for Pebble Plows Forward

  Bristol Bay fishermen ramp up efforts to save their industry and look to Congress for suspension of rushed Pebble Mine permitting process   Naknek, AK — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced the season’s first commercial fishing openers in Bristol Bay.  As fishermen turn their attention to the fishing grounds, the […]

Commercial Fishermen Dismayed with Legislature’s Confirmation of Pro-Pebble Advocate to Head Key Water Quality Watchdog Agency

By Tyson Fick | Salmon State on Apr 18, 2019   Featured, Politics, State  

Commercial Fishermen Dismayed with Legislature’s Confirmation of Pro-Pebble Advocate to Head Key Water Quality Watchdog Agency

  Jason Brune Approved as Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Juneau – Legislators voted to confirm Jason Brune as Commissioner for the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). By voting him in, those legislators ignored the voices of thousands of Alaskans who weighed in during public testimony.  By voting to confirm a former Pebble Limited Partnership […]

Bristol Bay Fishermen Sue BBRSDA Over Pebble Mine

By Fishermen's News Online on Apr 16, 2019   Featured, Fishermen's News Online  

Bristol Bay Fishermen Sue BBRSDA Over Pebble Mine

  Six Bristol Bay fishermen, funded by developers of the proposed Pebble mine, are suing the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association (BBRSDA) over its contracts with mine opponents SalmonState and United Tribes of Bristol Bay. In their complaint filed in Alaska Superior Court, BBRSDA members Trefim Andrew, Tim Anelon, Gary Nielsen, Henry Olympic, Abe […]

Symposium Aims to Bridge Gaps Between Fishermen and Scientists

By Kayla Schommer | Alaska Sea Grant on Nov 5, 2018   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Symposium Aims to Bridge Gaps Between Fishermen and Scientists

Fishing and seafood-industry professionals will join academics at the 32nd Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium in Anchorage next spring. The symposium’s theme is “Cooperative Research — strategies for integrating industry perspectives and insights in fisheries science.” Attendees will explore effective strategies and approaches to integrate industry perspectives and insights in fisheries science. The symposium is scheduled […]

Project will Help Keep Whales from Depredating Longline Gear

By Fishermen's News Online on Sep 28, 2018   Fishermen's News Online, Southeast Alaska  

Project will Help Keep Whales from Depredating Longline Gear

Longline harvesters in Southeast Alaska are embarked on the development of a new user-friendly tool to detect sperm whales and avoid depredation on longline gear. The Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association (ALFA) was awarded a one-year, $245,000 grant from the NOAA Bycatch Reduction and Engineering Program to adapt towed array hydrophone systems that can spot whales […]

Murkowski Questions Administration on Impacts of Seafood Tariffs

By Karina Petersen | Office of Senator Murkowski on Jul 27, 2018   Featured, Politics, State  

Murkowski Questions Administration on Impacts of Seafood Tariffs

WASHINGTON D.C.— During a Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee hearing recently, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) questioned Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer, U.S. Trade Representative, on the administration’s plans to ensure our trade policy allows seafood producers to thrive, citing China’s recently announced 25 percent tariff on American seafood imports. “It has clearly rattled […]

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