NOAA Fisheries is proposing to authorize formation of a recreational quota entity (RQE), which could purchase and hold commercial halibut quota shares for use by charter anglers in International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) regulatory Areas 2C (Southeast Alaska) and 3A (Southcentral Alaska). The proposed regulatory amendment would allow one non-profit RQE to obtain a […]
Commercial harvests of wild Alaska salmon have reached more than 4.3 million fish, with the preliminary estimate of a catch of 2.6 million sockeyes, 1,347,000 chum, 348,000 pink, 63,000 Chinook and 12,000 silver salmon. The preliminary Alaska commercial salmon harvest blue sheet is updated daily by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. From a […]
Sixteen vessels caught an estimated total of 20,374 tons of fish in Togiak’s 2015 purse seine sac roe herring fishery, a catch valued at just more than $1 million, at $50 a ton, Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials said June 2. The final harvest of 19,874 tons of herring coupled with an estimated […]