Seattle Times, June 2, 2016 By Hal Bernton [cincopa AMEA5itkFTf9] Seafreeze America’s $30 million conversion is the latest investment in the local fleet of catcher processors that work off Alaska. Seattle’s fishing industry on Thursday feted the latest addition to the...
FishermensNews.com, June 1, 2016 By Peter Marsh [cincopa AYDAHgNInWgG] The F/V Ocean Peace, a 219-foot factory trawler owned by Ocean Peace Inc., was lifted out at Lake Union Dry Dock in Seattle in December for the installation of a Deflector high-lift rudder,...
Seafoodnews.com, December 11, 2015 By Peggy Parker The North Pacific Fishery Management Council set 2016 pollock TACs at 1.341 million metric tons Thursday, up 30,643 metric tons from last year. Pollock TAC in the Aleutian Islands and Bogoslof area increased from...
Seafoodnews.com, December 3, 2015 By John Sackton Halibut deck sorting has helped flatfish catcher-processors reduce halibut bycatch this season. The fleet also used halibut excluders and changed locations to avoid halibut hotspots. The net result is that the flatfish...
National Fisherman, November 2015 By Larry Chowning The 194-foot Araho was launched July 31 at the Eastern Shipbuilding Group in Panama City, Fla., for the O’Hara Corp., of Rockland, Maine. Delivery, however, won’t be until the spring of 2016, when she will go through...
