FN Online News • Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2024

OBI Shutters Alitak, Kodiak Island Plant; Pebble, State of Alaska, Back in Court Regarding Mine Defense

View this email in your browser The Advocate for the Commercial Fisherman  •  Wednesday,  Mar. 20, 2024 OBI Shutters Alitak, Kodiak Island Plant Salmon harvesters at Alitak are reeling after an announcement from OBI Seafoods that its Alitak facilities would not be buying fish from setnetters or even providing normal services for setnetters during the 2024 season. >READ MORE Pebble, State of Alaska, Back in Court Regarding Mine Defense A Canadian mining company intent on building a copper, gold and molybdenum mine abutting the Bristol Bay watershed has renewed litigation, seeking to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency veto of permits for the Pebble Mine. >READ MORE Cooke Aquaculture Drops Appeal of Canceled Net Pen Leases Seafood company Cooke Aquaculture Pacific has dropped its appeal of DNR's cancelation of its net pen leases at Rich Passage and Hope Island, Washington state's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced March 15. >READ MORE Wespac Science Advisors Endorse Hawaii, Guam Bottomfish Stock Assessments Science advisors to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (Wespac) have endorsed two bottomfish stock assessments for the main Hawaiian Islands and Guam as the best scientific information available. >READ MORE   AFSC Study Looks at Range of eDNA in Marine Fisheries Management New research by the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) in Juneau examines the influence of distance and tides on distribution and concentration of environmental DNA from chum salmon in net pens in Southeast Alaska. >READ MORE From the Editor: Fishing Restrictions Bill Managing Editor Mark Nero   The future of commercial gillnet fishing and the catching of giant sea bass in California are now in doubt, following legislation proposed by a state Assembly member in February that would restrict certain types of fishing in state waters. Assembly Bill 2220 would do three things: completely ban commercial fishing for sea bass, eliminating current exceptions; ban the use of gill nets, also eliminating current exceptions, and mandate that commercial fishing vessels operating with a state permit carry an independent third-party observer onboard while operating within state fisheries.  >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.