Fisheries

To Release, or not to Release. That is the Question. Click to Listen. https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings/

January 29, 2021 by Hope McKenney, KUCB – Unalaska Akutan Volcano overshadows the village of Akutan and the Trident seafood plant, which has nearly 1,000 workers (Courtesy Helena Buurman/Alaska Volcano Observatory) COVID-19 has hit another processing plant operated by fishing giant Trident Seafoods — this time aboard one of the corporation’s massive factory trawlers, the Island Enterprise. Trident announced Thursday that five …

The US Coast Guard has scheduled a formal hearing on the sinking of the F/V Scandies Rose. The hearing will begin Monday, February 22 in the Seattle area, and will proceed through March 5. While the hearing will take place in person, abiding by Washington State COVID-19 protocols, it will also be livestreamed each day beginning at 7am Alaska time. …

Click to Listen Board ‘O Fish Postpones, Trident’s Bubble Bursts, and Salmon vs Salmon

January 27, 2021 by Hope McKenney, KUCB – Unalaska Trident Seafoods has only tested about half of its 700 workers, and officials say they think the outbreak is still on what they call an upward trajectory. (Laura Kraegel/KUCB) A COVID-19 outbreak at one of Alaska’s largest fish processing plants has infected nearly 20% of workers with testing only partially finished, officials said …

By Joe Viechnicki–KSKA  | Jan 26, 2021 Darius Kasperzak delivers testimony at the January, 2020 Board of Fish meeting in Kodiak. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) Alaska’s Board of Fisheries Monday voted to postpone in-person meetings planned for Ketchikan, Cordova and Anchorage this spring because of COVID-19 precautions. But the board decided not to push back their schedule for next year. …

On today’s midday news report with host Terry Haines: Upper Cook Inlet sockeye fishermen get a disappointing forecast. Background on the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area. Alaska artists find inspiration in Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem. All that and more on today’s midday news report.

January 25, 2021 by Sabine Poux, KDLL – Kenai Upper Cook Inlet fishermen should expect another below-average sockeye run this year. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game forecasts a return of 4,370,000 sockeye to Upper Cook Inlet in 2021, according to a report released Friday. Brian Marston, Fish and Game’s area manager for Upper Cook Inlet commercial fisheries, says the projections aren’t …

How High Will The New Peter Pan Fly? Click to Listen http://Map of Bristol Bay – asl_ms80_Map_52.pdf

January 20, 2021 by Hope McKenney, KUCB – Unalaska The four cases mark the first confirmed COVID-19 outbreak at any of Trident’s Alaska facilities. (Laura Kraegel/KUCB) A second seafood processing plant in the Aleutian Islands has been hit with COVID-19 infections as the busy winter pollock fishing season is set to kick off. The U.S. Coast Guard evacuated a Trident Seafoods worker …