Daily Archives: January 2, 2013
The Fishing Widow Prologue – a glimpse of Amy Marshall’s new book and Amy herself, an interesting Alaskan
September 2006 Aboard Fairweather off the coast of Southeast Alaska
“Gall damn son of a bitch! Nathan, you asshole! What’re you doin’?” Matt screamed into the radio as he throttled back on Fairweather’s engines and cut the wheel hard to port. Spray and rain washed across the wheelhouse windows as the seine boat shuddered across crests and troughs. Matt’s brown eyes grew wide, his heart raced as Fairweather’s superstructure groaned under the strain of the sudden change of course. Angry, slate grey water topped with white roared over the bow and Matt braced himself against the con as Fairweather slammed bow-first into a trough. The wind shrieked in the wires. Unsecured objects crashed, sliding recklessly throu,,,,,,,,,,,Below in the fo’c’sle of Matt’s boat, six deckhands,,,,,,,,Read More!
I can’t wait!
Explore Amy’s blog. She is a very interesting Alaskan!
Blue King Crab Delivered to Seward for Research Project
Sixteen egg-bearing blue king crab captured off St. Matthew Island in November have arrived at the Alaska King Crab Research, Rehabilitation and Biology program site in Seward to be studied for ways to increase hatchery production. Biologists with the Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery said the crab were an in-kind contribution from the F/V Bristol Mariner, owned by Kevin Kaldestad and skippered by Tom Suryan. Read More
Will California Department of Fish and Wildlife live up to its name? by Dan Bacher
The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) became the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) on January 1, 2013, but many Californians are wondering whether the controversial agency that presided over precipitous declines of chinook salmon, steelhead, Delta smelt and other species will live up to its title and mission any better than it did under its previous name. Read More
Panhandle Blue Crab Trap Closure Starts January 5th
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Release Read More
Scientists fear Canada will fish bluefin tuna and other species to extinction
Top marine scientists are denouncing Canada’s management of fish stocks as a commercially driven approach threatening to wipe out species at risk. Read more
UFA hires new Executive Director Julianne Curry and transitions board leadership
UFA is the statewide commercial fishing umbrella association, representing 35 member organizationsfrom fisheries throughout Alaska and its offshore waters. Read more
NOAA study shows shrinking fleet – a perpetual struggle that will only be amplified in Fishing Year 2013,”
Keiley said she believes people are “frustrated” with the report because “they want to know two things:” “Are people making money … and how many people are working,” she said, “and those are two questions the report does not, and 
really cannot answer directly.” She said she did not blame the Science Center because “they have presented everything they can.” “This is a situation where data is insufficient to provide the analysis people want,” she said. Keiley also pointed out that “revenue is not evenly distributed. The top 50 percent of vessels earned 90 percent of the total revenue, leaving the bottom 50 percent of vessels earning only 10 percent of the total revenue. Read More
