On a statewide call last month, Department of Health and Social Services officials said they believe the authorization will come by the end of this month at the latest.
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Stakeholders worry after federal fisheries council, citing profanity, tightens comment policies
Council members say five of the nearly 600 comments submitted to the council last month contained vulgar language or personal attacks.
Alaska House passes bill to allow bolstering wild shellfish populations with hatchery stock
The bill also allows the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute to promote hatchery-born, wild-caught shellfish in the same way they market hatchery-bred salmon.
Pointing to low salmon forecasts, Trident Seafoods to keep Wrangell plant closed
One of Wrangell’s two fish processors will remain closed for the second year in a row. Seattle-based Trident Seafoods cites a dismal salmon forecast for its decision. Chum and pink salmon returns to Southeast Alaska over the last few years have crumpled, and the predictions for the coming season aren’t especially heartening. “It’s been a…
Commercial and subsistence harvesters speak out against trawler bycatch of chinook salmon
Federal fisheries data shows trawlers in the North Pacific took about a tenth of the king salmon caught by Alaska’s commercial salmon fleet last year.
Proposed bill would allow boosting wild shellfish populations with hatchery stock
Throughout Alaska’s waters, shellfish populations have been in decline for decades — decimated by overfishing in the 1980s and by changing ocean environments in the years since.