FN Online News • Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2024

Pacific Salmon Commission Selects Projects for $9M in 2024 Funding; Wash. Governor Nominates Conservationist for Seat on NPFMC

View this email in your browser The Advocate for the Commercial Fisherman  •  Wednesday,  Mar. 27, 2024 Pacific Salmon Commission Selects Projects for $9M in Funding The Pacific Salmon Commission (PSC) on March 25 announced funding support for a total of 83 projects totaling $9 million, including 40 projects receiving $5.36 million from its Northern Fund and 43 projects receiving $3.66 million from its Southern Fund. >READ MORE Wash. Governor Nominates Conservationist for Seat on NPFMC Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on March 22 nominated Becca Robbins-Gisclair, senior director of Arctic Programs for the Ocean Conservancy, to one of two obligatory Washington state seats on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. >READ MORE Proposal to Extend Marine National Monument Would Impact Western Pacific Fisheries Fishing community advisors attending the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council meeting in Honolulu expressed concern over U.S. plans to extend the Papahanamokuakea Marine National Monument and potentially the Pacific Remote Islands with sanctuary regulations. >READ MORE NOAA Fisheries Requests $1.1B Budget for 2025 NOAA Fisheries is seeking $1.1 billion to cover operations, research and facilities in 2025, down slightly from the $1.3 billion allocated to the agency by Congress for fiscal 2023, and roughly equal to the fiscal 2024 funds that Congress agreed to earlier in March. >READ MORE   Alaska Delegation Secures Funding for 1st Commercial Icebreaker in Decades U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) and Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) have secured federal funding for the purchase of a commercially available icebreaker ship, they announced March 21. >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.