History: Alaska, 50 years ago:
June 30 marks historical day in Alaska statehood when the U.S.
Senate voted 64 to 20 in favor of Alaska statehood on June 30, 1958, Delegate to
Congress E.L. "Bob" Bartlett called it the greatest day in Alaska
history. http://juneauempire.com/stories/063008/sta_297709021.shtml
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Alaska/Pacific Coast
Weak runs of king salmon alarm,
puzzle biologists
AZ Starnet, June 29,
2008
CAUSES: Fishery
managers struggle to explain smaller runs on Yukon, elsewhere. Even
before this fishing season began, Alaska fishery biologists expected they could
be in for a funky year.
Cold waters in the
Alaska Current sweeping the Gulf of Alaska warned them salmon were likely to
return later than normal.
Norton Sound red king crab fishery begins, biomass
up over
2007
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS [BANR JAPAN REPORTS] Tokyo June 30,
2008
Summer king crab season opens in
Norton Sound; CDQ fishery to start after the commercial harvests closes. The Nome branch of the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) announced at 9:30 a.m. June 23 local
time that it will open at noon the same day the king crab Olympic season
(ordinary commercial harvests) in Norton Sound for this summer. The operation
under the community development quota (CDQ) is expected to open at the notice of
the department after commercial catches close. Local fishing sources say that
the stock is in a good condition this season. Total commercial biomass is 4.12
million pounds, with the overall quota set at at 10% of this level, which was an
increase of 28% over the previous year. Of it, the commercial quota amounts to
381,000 lbs, with 30,700 tons left for CDQ quota. Summer crab fishery at Norton
Sound is attracting the attention of the U.S. market as it is conducted during
the period when crab supply is scarce. The
average weight per crab in last season was 1.3 kg, with average price standing
at $2.50 per pound. Norton Sound Seafood Products, belonging to the Norton Sound
Economic Development Corporation (NSEDC), made up by local indigenous residents,
has a processing plant in Nome, which lands most of the harvested crab. Last year, a company from Anchorage
participated in the purchase of the crab.
At its meeting in March this year, the Alaska Board of Fisheries (BOF)
revised its regulations on summer crab fishery to start at any time between June
15 and September 3, in a change from July 1 and afterwards in previous years,
and set the opening day on June 23 this year. The BOF issued warning to
fishermen to pay sufficient attention to the sea ice conditions this season as
it is not possible to obtain sea ice data via satellites due to occurrence of
fog throughout the fishing ground. Landings and processing have been smoothed
out since Norton Sound Seafood Products constructed its processing plant in Nome
in 2002. Before that year, processing had been carried out on at-sea processing
vessels. NSEDC is a major shareholder of Glacier Fish Co., based in Seattle. Now
Glacier is the main marketer of Norton Sound summer crab.
Anger and frustration expressed over
Supreme Court's Exxon decision
Sitnews.org, June 28, 2008
Kodiak fishermen woke Wednesday to a raining, howling storm outside. Ends up it was the perfect background for the howling storm of anger and frustration that would be expressed over the U.S. Supreme Court's Exxon decision.
Sitnews.org, June 28, 2008
Kodiak fishermen woke Wednesday to a raining, howling storm outside. Ends up it was the perfect background for the howling storm of anger and frustration that would be expressed over the U.S. Supreme Court's Exxon decision.
Startling sockeye run hits Columbia
River
Idaho Statesman, June
28, 2008
Good snowpack and cold weather aid migration. But officials are
still baffled. Ten times as many sockeye salmon
are returning to the Columbia River as last year, which could mean the highest
return for Idaho's most endangered fish in more than 30 years.
News
Release:
Commerce Announces 2008 Ocean
Fishery Council Appointments
NOAA Fisheries News
Release, June 27, 2008
The Commerce Department today
announced the appointment of 21 members to the eight regional fishery management
councils.
National
Miscellaneous/Reminder:
Effective July 1,
2008: Alaska
Airlines
Passengers may check their first bag free of charge. A second bag may be checked for $25. Each bag can be a maximum of 62 linear inches (length + width + height) and may weigh up to 50 pounds. Additional fees apply if there are 3 or more bags being checked, or if the bags are overweight or oversized.
Passengers may check their first bag free of charge. A second bag may be checked for $25. Each bag can be a maximum of 62 linear inches (length + width + height) and may weigh up to 50 pounds. Additional fees apply if there are 3 or more bags being checked, or if the bags are overweight or oversized.
Related story: Airlines continue baggage
scrutiny with bulky carry-ons: http://www.adn.com/money/industries/aviation/story/450734.html
International
International experts warn of
'no-holds-barred' Arctic resource race
K-litefm.com,
June 2008
A high-powered group of international experts is warning
a "no-holds-barred" race for Arctic resources could shape up unless countries
around the world move faster to reach agreements on development, safety and
environmental standards.
Health,
Science and Technology
Increase in consumption
of oil rich fish in young people
Fish Update,
30 June, 2008
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Environment
Global Warming to Melt North Pole Ice Cover For
First Time in Recorded History
Environmental New Network, June 30,
2008
After last year's thin ice
cover, the North Pole is poised to vanish due to global warming in a short time.
DailyTech has previously covered the frantic
pace of melt in Greenland, which is accelerating, dumping vast amounts of
water into the sea.
http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/37524
http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/37524
With Best Regards,