The 94th IPHC Annual Meeting will be held January 22-26 at the Hilton Downtown Portland. New this year, the meeting will require attendees to pre-register. Please follow this registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-iphc-annual-meeting-am094-tickets-35265063755
Month: August 2017
Fall Commercial Dungeness Crab Announcement
The Fall Dungeness Crab Announcement is out and the 2017/2018 commercial Dungeness crab fall fishing season in Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) will be reduced in duration. All waters open to commercial Dungeness fishing in Southeastern Alaska will open at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 1, 2017 and will close at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, October 31, 2017. Based on data from port sampling and fish tickets, the department has determined that the proportion of legal-size male soft-shelled Dungeness crabs discarded during the first week of the summer season was above the previous three-year average, but the amount was not a contributing factor in failing to meet the 2.25 million pound harvest projection threshold described in the Southeastern Alaska Dungeness Crab Management Plan. Therefore, Read more…
ADF&G Announces Non-Retention of Chinook Salmon for Commercial and Recreational fisheries
“August 7, 2017, JUNEAU — Due to poor ocean survival conditions for Chinook (king) salmon, which are persisting in Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, extreme management measures are necessary to restrict harvests in coast wide fisheries that are directed at stocks originating in Southeast Alaska, Northern British Columbia, the Fraser River, and the Washington Coast. Inseason information from ADF&G, the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and NOAA surveys off the coast of Oregon, Washington, and the Gulf of Alaska all indicate that poor production conditions are currently occurring and will persist through at least 2018. In particular, Southeast Alaska and British Columbia stocks are experiencing historically low production; many of the affected stocks will not meet escapement Read more…
2018 Southeast and Yakutat Finfish and Shellfish Proposal Book
The Proposal Book for the 2018 Southeast and Yakutat Finfish and Shellfish meeting is now available. The Proposal Book is attached and can also be downloaded from the Board of Fish website here: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fisheriesboard.proposalbook The meeting will be held January 11-23 at the Harrigan Centennial Hall in Sitka. Comments are due by 5pm Thursday, December 28, 2017. Comments can be submitted by mail, email, or fax: Mail: ADF&G Boards Support Section P.O. Box 115526 Juneau, AK 99811-5526 Please note that a postmark is NOT sufficient for timely receipt. Email: [email protected] Documents must be attached in PDF format. Fax: (907) 465-6094 Read more…