FN Online News • Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024

Massive Fire Hits Ilwaco, Wash. Seafood Processing Facility; Commerce Department Allocates Millions of Dollars for Fishery Disasters

View this email in your browser The Advocate for the Commercial Fisherman  •  Wednesday,  Jan. 31, 2024 Massive Fire Hits Ilwaco, Wash. Seafood Processing Facility A massive fire that began on Jan 22. at the Ilwaco Landing seafood processing facility, a hub for Dungeness crab harvests, is under investigation, meanwhile leaving Safe Coast Seafoods as the lone fish-receiving facility in Ilwaco, a small Washington town near the Oregon border. >READ MORE Commerce Department Allocates Millions of Dollars for Fishery Disasters Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo has announced the allocation of over $42 million to address fishery disasters in among other places, Alaska, California, Oregon and the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and Yurok Tribes fisheries from 2017 to 2023. >READ MORE IPHC Approves Coastwide Decrease in Halibut Catch, Down 4.57% From 2023 The International Pacific Halibut Commission wrapped up its 100th annual meeting in Anchorage on Jan. 26, after lowering by 4.57% from 2023 the overall allowable rate of harvest for commercial fishermen and charter operators. >READ MORE Chefs Urge Greater Transparency, Traceability in Seafood Industry Pressure from the marine environmental community for greater transparency and traceability in the seafood industry is increasing, with a letter to President Joe Biden urging the federal government to expand the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP). >READ MORE Salmon Preseason Planning Meeting Set for Feb. 28 in Oregon State fisheries officials in Oregon have scheduled the 2024 ocean salmon preseason planning meeting – both in person and virtual – for Feb 28, on the Hatfield Marine Science Center's campus in Newport, Ore. >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.