On Monday, May 15th from 4pm-5pm Markos Scheer will be holding a Question and Answers session on Mariculture for Fishermen and Processors at the Assembly Chambers. The meeting will cover opportunities in seaweed mariculture and ways to market the product.
Commissioner Cotten and Director Kelley visit to Petersburg
ADF&G Commissioner Cotten and Commercial Fisheries Director Kelley will be in Petersburg and holding a meeting with us on Friday, April 28th at 8am in the PVOA office. This meeting will be open to all interested community members. Please join us for coffee, cookies, and fish talk!
Dockside Exams in Petersburg
Dockside examiners will be in Petersburg from April 22-23 to conduct Commercial Fishing Vessel Dockside Exams. Please stop by the Harbormaster Office to sign-up.
Whale Predation at Hatchery Release Sites presentation
The Petersburg Science Series will have a presentation by University of Alaska student Ellen Chenoweth on Humpback Whale Predation at Hatchery Release Sites this Thursday at 7pm in the High School Library.
Southeast AK Gillnet Emergency Petition
BOF passed an Emergency Petition regarding Southeast AK gillnet submitted by ADF&G. In districts 6, 8, 11, and 15, through the fourth Saturday in July, by emergency order, fishing periods can be established with maximum gillnet mesh size of 6 inches. This mesh size requirement didn’t previously include district 6 and ended the fourth Saturday in June. This emergency regulation will last 120 days beginning May 1, and we will likely see this proposal again at the Southeast Finfish and Shellfish meeting in 2018. This regulation is meant to allow the escapement of more king salmon, that are currently in a cycle of low abundance. For 2017, the Taku and Chilkat rivers will likely not meet escapement and the Stikine River is forecast to be at the midpoint of escapement goal range. http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/regulations/regprocess/fisheriesboard/pdfs/2016-2017/statewide/rcs/rc019_ADFG_Petition_District_6_Mesh_Size.pdf Read more…
Representative Young visit to Petersburg
Representative Don Young and his wife, Anne, will be in Petersburg on Monday, April 10th, and hold a community meeting in the Assembley Chambers from 2-3pm. The public is welcome to attend. There will also be a Business Round Table discussion at the Elks Lodge for local business owners from 5:30-6:30pm with dinner to follow. Reservations may be made by calling the Elks at 772-4601 to reserve a seat. The event is sponsored by John and Pam Jensen.
Longline Gear Open House at the PVOA office Monday, March 27th
Please join us on Monday, March 27th from 2-3pm for an Open House of new longline gear. John and Bjorn Foss of Rena International and Jakob and Alexander of Norwegian Longline Supplier Fiskevegn will be in Petersburg to show samples of various types of new longline gear and their new auto baiter for 25’-45’ vessels.