FN Online News • Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024

Peter Pan Seafood CEO Bixler Steps Down; NPFMC Amendments Would Expand Electronic Monitoring Program

View this email in your browser The Advocate for the Commercial Fisherman  •  Wednesday,  Jan. 24, 2024 Peter Pan Seafood CEO Bixler Steps Down On Jan. 22 Peter Pan Seafood announced that after less than two months on the job, seafood industry veteran Kevin Bixler is leaving the company, but plans to remain CEO until a replacement is found. >READ MORE NPFMC Amendments Would Expand Electronic Monitoring Program The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has submitted Amendment 126 to the Fishery Management Plans for groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area and Amendment 114 to the Fishery Management Plan for groundfish in the Gulf of Alaska. >READ MORE Ocean Indicators for Pacific Ocean Salmon Unsettled for 2024 Biologists with NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center say ocean indicators off the central Oregon coast are decidedly mixed for the coming year, as El Nino develops at the equator, with positive and negative indicators in local waters for emerging salmon. >READ MORE GAPP Launches Podcast Offering Fishery Market News, Analysis An entity marketing wild Alaska pollock is now offering biweekly podcasts on what it describes as "fish nuggets" of in-depth fishery and market analysis relevant to the Alaska pollock fishery through the "Pollock Pod," launched on Jan. 19 by Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers (GAPP). >READ MORE Disaster Determined in 2020 Puget Sound Fall Chum Salmon Fishery Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has determined that a commercial fishery failure due to a fishery resource disaster occurred in the 2020 Squaxin Island Tribe Puget Sound fall chum salmon, making the fishery eligible for NOAA disaster assistance. >READ MORE From the Editor: H.R. 4618 Managing Editor Mark Nero   Supporters of the commercial fishing industry received some good news in late 2023 when the federal legislation known as H.R. 4618 –commonly called the Supporting Commercial Fishing in Port Infrastructure Projects Act – passed both the House and Senate as part of the Maritime Administration Reauthorization Act. The legislation, introduced in mid-July and sponsored by Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Ore., was approved in mid-December and is expected to be signed into law by President Biden in the coming days.  >READ MORE All rights reserved. Copyright © 2024 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.