Alaska Groundfish Group Gains New Science Director

Alaska Groundfish Group Gains New Science Director Intrafish, March 28, 2024 – By Rachel Sapin Webster will replace John Gauvin, who spent close to 30 years in the role. The Alaska Seafood Cooperative (AKSC), a cooperative fishing group working to manage Bering...

Collaborative Rockfish Survey Yields Promising Results

Collaborative Rockfish Survey Yields Promising Results NOAA NEWS, September 20, 2023 – A government-industry survey is helping fill in the gaps on rockfish distribution and abundance in areas where standard government research gear can’t sample. Fishing vessel,...

“Eco-Trawler” America’s Finest Makes Long-awaited Debut

"Eco-Trawler" America's Finest Makes Long-awaited Debut Fishermen’s News, March 1, 2019 -By Peter Marsh -Long before it made the headlines (see Jones Act Waiver below) in 2017, the 260-foot trawler/processor F/V America’s Finest for Fishermen’s...

Videos

Videos Bycatch Reduction Through Collaborative Science & Cooperative Fishing Marine Conservation Alliance and The Nature Conservancy present a video producing sustainable seafood by reducing bycatch through collaborative science and cooperative fishing. Alaska...

Developing Machine Vision to Collect More Timely Fisheries Data

Developing Machine Vision to Collect More Timely Fisheries Data NOAA Fisheries, May 31, 2018 -Government scientists, academia, and fishermen are working together to develop innovative monitoring tools to identify and measure fish from digital images. This technology...