Undercurrent News, June 15, 2016 By DJ Summers Editor’s note: this story has been updated with exact numbers provided by Kurt Iverson. KODIAK — A fishing tax rate glitch has new data that will increase state revenue in 2016, but the fix still needs work. “I don’t...
SeafoodSource.com, June 10, 2015 By Christine Blank, contributing editor Flatfish catcher-processors are worried about the impact on their business and jobs in the sector after the North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to reduce halibut bycatch by 25 percent....
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [KUCB], May 27, 2014 By Lauren Rosenthal The new year will likely bring new fisheries to the western Aleutian Islands, now that the National Marine Fisheries Service has issued its final report on the way commercial fishing affects an endangered...
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS [News Analysis], April 7, 2014 By John Sackton The 2014 steller sea lion biological opinion released last week represents a stunning and very welcome turnaround for NOAA. The reason is not that the new opinion will allow the reopening of some fishing...
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS [KUCB/Seafood.com], April 10, 2013 By Stephanie Joyce The National Marine Fisheries Service recently released a court-ordered draft environmental impact statement, intended to be the first step in resolving the decades-long debate over Steller sea...
