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How Old Is That King Crab?

  How old is that crab NOAA Research   This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini. How do you determine a crabs real age? Learn more after this . . .  Northrim Bank has money to loan and experts to help. Contact Zac Hays and visit www.northrim.com.   Northrim Bank, Member FDIC, Equal Opportunity Lender Alaska [...]

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Alaska salmon value chains show nice gains

Fish Radio May 21, 2010             Salmon value chains This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch — Following the salmon value chain from boat to throat. More after this … APA/NWTAAC  Fish Radio is brought to you by the At-sea Processors Association. APA  fishing companies donate one million nutritious Alaska [...]

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Fish farts and other noises give clues to where they are, what they’re doing

Fish Radio May 17, 2013 Fish noises tell managers where the fish are and what they are doing This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch — Fish farts gives clues to where they are and what they’re doing. More after this – Fish Radio is brought to you by the At-sea Processors Association. APA  fishing [...]

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Chitin from crab, shrimp shells used for bio-plastics, smooths car scratches and more!

Fish Radio May 16, 2013 This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Shells from crabs and shrimp can replace most plastics.  More on bio-materials after this – Fish Radio is brought to you by the At-sea Processors Association. APA  fishing companies donate one million nutritious Alaska pollock meals each year to food banks–in Alaska and nationally–to [...]

Bristol Bay salmon values go far beyond Alaska

Fish Radio May 15, 2013 This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch — The values and jobs from Bristol Bay’s salmon fishery go far beyond Alaska. More after this – Northrim Bank has money to loan and experts to help. Contact Zac Hays and visit www.northrim.com.   Northrim Bank, Member FDIC, Equal Opportunity Lender   Check out ASMI’s new [...]

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Copper River Salmon
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Dock prices for first Copper River salmon- meh.

Report from the grounds after the first opener at Copper River, May 16:    Thursday’s 12 hour opener produced a catch of roughly 82,000 sockeye salmon and 700 Chinook. ADF&G had predicted a harvest of 36,000 sockeye and 1,800 Chinook. Most all the processors were competitive at $4.00/lb  for sockeye and $6.50 for Kings. At the end [...]

Cook Inlet
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Lower Cook Inlet opens for salmon Monday, May 20 ; Hatchery cost recovery prices posted

From ADF&G in Homer: The Eastern District excluding waters outside of the Bear Lake Special Harvest Area (SHA) will open for the 2013 season on Monday, May 20 with a fishing period from 6:00 AM that morning until 10:00 PM the following Sunday occurring for Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association (CIAA) hatchery cost recovery. Commercial common [...]

Water Related Impacts at the Pebble Mine

Home > Pebble Mine Information > Water Impact Water-Related Impacts at the Pebble Mine Prepared by Dr. Robert Moran, Michael-Moran Assoc., LLC Metal mines throughout the world have degraded water quality and require enormous volumes of water. Mining affects water quantity and quality and ways in which the Bristol Bay watershed may be vulnerable should the Pebble Mine [...]

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Oregonians pass resolution opposing Pebble Mine

From the Daily Astorian — The Clatsop County Democrats recently passed a resolution to support the Environmental Protection Agency’s Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment, which documents destructive impacts and further risks from the contentious plans to build North America’s largest open-pit mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Clatsop County is home to more than one-third of Oregon’s [...]

New ASMI Chairman announced

  Juneau, Alaska – May 14, 2013 – Alaska fisherman and commercial fisheries activist, Kevin Adams, was elected Chairman at the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) Board of Directors Meeting on May 9th in Anchorage.    The Governor appointed board consists of seven members: five seafood processors and two industry representatives actively engaged in commercial fishing.  [...]

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Alaska Fish Trivia

  • Alaska's fishing industry is the state's number one employer.
  • The average age of Alaska fishing permit holders is 47.
  • Kodiak Island is the second largest island in the U.S.
  • Alaska has 3,200 women crew members and 1,100 permit holders (3.7%).
  • 80% of Alaska's fish landings come from federal waters (3-200 miles).
  • 80% of Alaska's fishing vessels are less than 60 feet in length.
  • Alaska's largest catch is pollock.
  • The Salmon-30-Salmon jet: A crew of eight worked around the clock for 27 days at Associated Painters Inc. in Oklahoma City to paint the plane.

 

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