Alaska
Pollock trawl closure sends economic ripples across Kodiak community as fishermen adapt
KMXT by Davis Hovey - October 31, 2024
On an October day the Pacific Storm, a trawler boat, sits idle at the dock on Near Island after the Central Gulf of Alaska pollock trawl fishery was shut down early.
https://www.kmxt.org/news/2024-10-31/pollock-trawl-closure-sends-economic-ripples-across-kodiak-community-as-fishermen-adapt
Valdez looks back on dismal coho run
The Cordova Times by Allison Sayer - October 31, 2024
For the Copper River Record On Sept. 11, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game closed the Valdez terminal harvest area to sport fishing for coho salmon effective Sept. 13 due to low abundance of returning fish. This unprecedented closure came after two previous reductions in sport fishing limits for coho.
https://thecordovatimes.com/2024/10/31/valdez-dismal-coho-run/
Environment/Science
What’s in the Water Might Be A New Way to Measure the Amount of Fish Present
Novel approach to study fish DNA collected from water samples enables researchers to estimate biomass of multiple Alaska fish species simultaneously.
NOAA Fisheries - October 31, 2024
Around the world, standard ways to measure fish abundance and biomass to manage commercial, recreational and subsistence fisheries rely heavily on deriving estimates from fish caught in research surveys and commercial fishing nets and other collected biological data. In a new study, NOAA Fisheries scientists, in partnership with the University of Alaska Fairbanks, show that it is possible to estimate fish biomass for more than one species at the same time, using environmental DNA (eDNA). They found they can estimate the abundance of ecologically and commercially-important Alaska fish species—Arctic cod, walleye pollock, and Pacific cod—which have been difficult to distinguish between in eDNA samples.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/whats-water-might-be-new-way-measure-amount-fish-present
Labeling and Marketing
US restaurants ramp up autumn seafood promotions
Seafood Source by Christine Blank - November 1, 2024
U.S. restaurant menus are highlighting several new seafood dishes and specials this fall, with lobster, pollock, shrimp, and oysters among the species that eateries have heavily focused on this season.
https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/foodservice-retail/us-restaurants-ramp-up-autumn-seafood-promotions
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