FN Online News • Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023

View this email in your browser The Advocate for the Commercial Fisherman  •  Wednesday,  Dec. 6, 2023 NOAA Study Focuses on Marine Heatwave Impacts on Chum Salmon Federal fisheries scientists who have been studying Western Alaska chum salmon for nearly two decades say recent marine heatwaves in the eastern Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska may have had a critical role in the survival of juvenile chum salmon. >READ MORE CDFW Schedules Risk Assessment Update on Marine Life Entanglement  The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) on Monday announced plans for an assessment on or about Friday, Dec. 8 to determine the marine life entanglement risk for the commercial Dungeness crab fishery. >READ MORE Wespac Science Advisors Caution Against Repercussions From Fishing Regulations Science advisors to the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (WPFMC, Wespac) are expressing concern about what they view as potential negative unintended consequences of adding more fishing limits in the U.S. Pacific Remote Islands. >READ MORE NPAFC Workshop to Focus on Climate Change's Impact on Salmon, Trout A two-day workshop planned for June 4-5 in Vancouver, British Columbia by the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC), is to focus on abundance and distribution trends of Pacific salmon and steelhead trout in a changing North Pacific Ocean. >READ MORE AFDF Names Kristy Clement to Fill CEO Post Kristy Clement, raised in the Kodiak Island community of Port Lions, was on Nov. 28 named the chief executive officer of the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (AFDF). >READ MORE From the Editor: PME '23 Wrap Up Managing Editor Mark Nero   The 2023 edition of Pacific Marine Expo is now in the record books, so I'd like to take a moment to thank everyone who dropped by booth 220 during the three-day event to say hello to staffers from Maritime Institute and Maritime Publishing. We enjoyed talking with you, hearing about your experiences, giving and receiving information, and just chatting in general.  >READ MORE All rights reserved. Copyright © 2023 Maritime Publishing, All rights reserved. You were subscribed to the newsletter from Maritime Publishing Our mailing address is: Maritime Publishing 3980 Sherman Street San Diego, CA 92110 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.