WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate last night unanimously passed the Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015. In May, Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced legislation to combat the multi-billion dollar threat posed by illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities. The legislation is the House companion […]
Preliminary statistics compiled by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game put the state’s wild salmon harvest in excess of 255 million fish…and they’re still coming. Fresh wild coho salmon are taking center stage this week, with silver fillets priced at $9.99 a pound in Southcentral Alaska. Seattle’s Pike Place Fish Market has whole fresh […]
Researchers in Alaska have found the earliest known evidence that Ice Age humans in North America used salmon as a food source, according to a new paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The findings counter traditionally held beliefs that Ice Age Paleoindians were primarily big-game hunters. They are […]
United Nations officials say that a growing number of countries are ratifying an international agreement to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, which strips an estimated $10 billion to $23 billion from the global economy. To help tackle the problem, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in 2009 brokered the adoption by its member countries […]