The Togiak herring fishery, which opened on April 28, closed to purse seiners on May 7, while the gillnet fishery area increased westward to the longitude of Anchor Point, according to area biologist Tim Sands with Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G). Through May 6, the purse seine harvest showed 1,830 tons after subtracting […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Alaskans looking for summer employment have the opportunity to work in the seafood industry. More than 20 work locations throughout the state are seeking qualified applicants. The largest demand is for seafood processors, with approximately 1,400 positions to be filled, and salmon roe technicians, with an estimated 700 positions to be filled. The […]
Alaska Wildlife Troopers in Ketchikan seized five dozen dungeness crab potsfrom the Carrol Inlet area for various fisheries violations, the trooper dispatch revealed on Tuesday. Following the February 28th closure of the Southeast Alaska Dungeness season, Alaska Wildlife Troopers, while patrolling the inlet, on March 1st and 10th, pulled 60 Dungeness pots “that were found […]
NOAA Fisheries provided notice of the immediate effect of regulations of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC). The commercial IFQ halibut season opens Saturday, March 11, 2017. At its annual meeting in January, the IPHC recommended to the governments of Canada and the United States catch limits for 2017 totaling 31.4 million pounds, a 5 percent […]