FN Online News • Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024

BBRSDA Selects New Executive Director; Seafood Nutrition Partnership Introduces New Program to Drive Sales, Consumption

View this email in your browser The Advocate for the Commercial Fisherman  •  Wednesday,  Feb. 28, 2024 BBRSDA Selects New Executive Director Seafood industry veteran Lilani Dunn has been promoted to executive director of the Bristol Bay Seafood Development Association (BBSDA), which represents drift gillnetters harvesting the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery. >READ MORE Seafood Nutrition Partnership Introduces New Program to Drive Sales, Consumption The Seafood Nutrition Partnership is partnering with Pacific Seafood, Sitka Seafood Market, FultonFishMarket.com and farmed salmon seafood provider Bakkafrost on a new program to encourage consumers to shop directly with participating companies' online stores. >READ MORE British Columbia Commercial Vessel Master Fined for Illegal Fishing Sentencing has been handed down to the master of the commercial prawn fishing vessel Darkstar following a long-running court case over illegal fishing in British Columbia's Strait of Georgia, Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans revealed Feb. 23. >READ MORE Marine Debris Foundation Establishing Headquarters in Juneau The Marine Debris Foundation (MDF), established by Congress as a public-private partnership with NOAA's Marine Debris Program, will have its headquarters in Juneau, Alaska on the campus of the University of Alaska College and Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, it was announced Feb. 21.  >READ MORE Coast Guard Intercept Yields Cocaine Stash Valued at Over $143 Million A U.S. Coast Guard cutter in pursuit of a suspected vessel during a counter-narcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean recovered 4,950 kilos of cocaine valued at over $143 million, Coast Guard officials said Monday, Feb. 26. >READ MORE From the Editor: Fishing and Climate Change Managing Editor Mark Nero   If ocean temperatures keep steadily rising as they have been for some time due to climate change, then the U.S. fishing industry will have a big problem on its hands. This is according to experts who recently testified before a U.S. Senate committee on the issue of how climate change affects businesses that depend on the ocean and the creatures in it to sustain their livelihoods. >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.