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...
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...
Alaska Journal of Commerce, December 2, 2015 By DJ Summer Dave Jacobs, left, and Steve Curl watch as Anthony Ballam lowers a halibut into the hold of the Independence in Cook Inlet. Cook Inlet, which is in Area 3A for charter halibut removals, has a recommended cut in...
Pacific Fishing, Dutch Harbor Report, December 2015 By Jim Paulin Economic development: Despite factory trawler opposition, Adak has won guaranteed minimum amount of Pacific cod each year. Located some 350 miles west of Dutch Harbor, Adak is a former Cold War military...
Fishermen’s News, October 1, 2015 O’Hara Corporation’s new freezer trawler, launched on Aug. 31 by Eastern Shipbuilding Group in Panama City, Florida, will join the Amendment 80 fleet in the Bering Sea in 2016. Company officials say it will be used...
