Monday, November 28, 2022

Alaska Another strong Bristol Bay sockeye season forecast for 2023 Seafood Source by Emmanuel Samoglou - November 23, 2022 The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is projecting another strong year for Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishing in 2023. https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/premium/supply-trade/alaska-projects-strong-bristol-bay-sockeye-season-in-2023 *Requires subscription Federal Register Fishing Capacity Reduction Program for the Longline Catcher Processor Subsector of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Non-Pollock Groundfish Fishery A Notice by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 11/28/2022 NMFS issues this notice to inform the public that there will be a decrease of the fee rate required to repay the reduction loan financing the non-pollock groundfish fishing capacity reduction program. Effective January 1, 2023, NMFS is decreasing the Loan A fee rate to $0.020 per pound to ensure timely repayment of the loan. The fee rate for Loan B will remain unchanged at $0.001 per pound. The decreased fee rate is due to the 15 percent increase in non-pollock groundfish Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for 2023 since the fee rate was raised in 2021. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/11/28/2022-25873/fishing-capacity-reduction-program-for-the-longline-catcher-processor-subsector-of-the-bering-sea FYI’s Unalaskans hope new regional airline means better local air service KUCB by Maggie Nelson - November 23, 2022 New regional airline Aleutian Airways touched down at Unalaska’s Tom Madsen Airport on Nov. 16., and with it arrived the hope of more stable and affordable air service to the remote Aleutian Island. https://www.kucb.org/regional/2022-11-23/unalaskans-hope-new-regional-airline-means-better-local-air-service Pacific Seafood Processors Association 1900 W Emerson Place Suite 205, Seattle, WA 98119 Phone: 206.281.1667 E-mail: admin@pspafish.net; Website: www.pspafish.net Our office days/hours are Monday-Friday 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. *Inclusion of a news article, report, or other document in this email does not imply PSPA support or endorsement of the information or opinion expressed in the document.