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 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 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...
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...
Yellowfin Sole Harvest in Bering Sea Sprinting After Slow Start undercurrentnews.com, May 11, 2018 -By Jason Huffman -Harvesters of yellowfin sole in Alaska’s Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) have overcome a slow start to the season and now are operating at such...
Eastern Shipbuilding Group Launches North Star PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – The North Star is a freezer stern trawling vessel built for Iquique U.S. The ship is 261 feet and six inches long and was launched from the Nelson Shipyard after being christened. The...
