From: Nancy Diaz
[nancy@pspafish.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 9:54
AM
To: nancy@pspafish.net
Subject: PSPA Online Update,
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Interior subsistence, commercial fishermen debate Yukon
king salmon decline during Fish Board
meeting
FAIRBANKS NewsMiner, January
27, 2010
A standing-room-only crowd greeted the Alaska Board of
Fisheries on Tuesday, the first day of a six-day meeting being
held in Fairbanks to address the decline of king salmon
in the Yukon River.
Alaska preps for endangered species listings
fight
Fairbanks
Newsminer, January 27,
2010
JUNEAU — The state government’s top lawyer Tuesday outlined plans to
accelerate Alaska’s fight against “unwarranted”
expansions in the application and potential application of endangered
species laws here.
Young: Gas tax suspension may undercut federal
aid
ADN, January 27,
2010
Parnell spokeswoman says
there was no federal effect in 2008. A proposal by Gov. Sean Parnell to
suspend Alaska's
motor fuels tax may undermine federal
transportation funding, U.S. Rep. Don Young said Tuesday.
Nome road could cost as much
as $2.7 billion
ADN,
January 26th, 2010
STICKER SHOCK: Legislators cringe at $5.4 million price
per mile but see benefits of an Interior highway.
A new state-
funded study says a 500-mile road to Nome championed by
Gov. Sean Parnell could cost nearly $3 billion to build.
NOAA Fisheries/News:
Greater than or
Equal to 60 Feet Length Overall in the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands.
Politics
Green light for tax increases? Gregoire praises
Oregon vote
The Seattle Times, January 27,
2010
OLYMPIA -- In a closely
watched test of Northwest voter sentiment on taxes, Oregon decided yesterday to
raise taxes
on the wealthy to stave off
more cuts to government services.
Valdez Rep. Harris backs out of gubernatorial
race
KTUU, Tuesday, January 26,
2010
JUNEAU, Alaska -- Valdez Rep. John Harris says he will
probably run for re-election to the
House.
International
Slipped Through the Net: Europe Misses by More Than
30 Years the International Goal of Rebuilding Its Fish
Stocks
ScienceDaily, (Jan. 21,
2010)
At the
Development Summit in Johannesburg in 2002, the European countries agreed to
rebuild their fish stocks to levels that can
produce the maximum sustainable
yield, no later than 2015. According to scientists of the Excellence Cluster
"Future Ocean," that
goal is already out of reach: Of 54
analysed stocks, only saithe, western horse mackerel and Baltic sprat have a
sufficiently large
stock size and are fished at a
sustainable rate. The state of 12 stocks, including North Sea cod, plaice and
halibut, is so bad that
they can not recover sufficiently
until 2015, even if all fishing was halted. Other stocks could reach the target
if fishing pressure was
reduced substantially, but that has
not happened so far.
Nancy
Diaz
Pacific Seafood
Processors Association
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Place, Suite 205
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