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Laine Welch
 
Fish Factor: Final push to stop genetically modified fish
Fishing groups, consumers and health organizations are launching a final push to prevent genetically modified fish from getting the nod for American dinner plates. During the holidays, the Food and Drug Administration issued its environmental assessment concluding that the fish, tweaked to grow ...
Jan 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fish Factor: Sales of catch shares are in a stall
There’s lots of movement in Alaska’s salmon permit markets, but sales of catch shares are in a stall. Permit values are up and down depending on region, and interest reflects how the salmon runs have been coming in. for example At Bristol Bay, where sockeye runs for two years have been down and ...
Jan 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fish Factor: Prince William Sound top region for salmon
Prince William Sound topped all other Alaska regions for salmon catches last year – but not by much. Fishermen in the Sound squeaked by their colleagues in the Panhandle by just 44 fish to get the No. 1 ranking for the 2012 season. The tally: 34,390,000 salmon crossed the docks at PWS compared t...
Jan 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fish Factor: Fishing year in review
Alaska’s seafood industry worked hard this year to ramp up its message to policy makers, especially those from Railbelt regions who tend to overlook the industry’s economic significance. How important is the seafood industry to Alaska and the nation? At a glance: nearly 60 percent of all U.S. se...
Dec 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fish Factor: Symphony of Seafood to celebrate 20th anniversary
Alaska’s Symphony of Seafood will celebrate its 20th anniversary next year and the call is out for new entries to be introduced in the annual competition. The Symphony, hosted by the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation, showcases new Alaska seafood products in three categories: retail, food ...
Dec 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fish Factor: Modifying a boat can eliminate body aches
Making some easy changes to a boat’s deck lay out, or simply modifying knives and scrapers can reduce the strains, sprains and pains of fishing. Doing so is applying the science of ergonomics. “Ergonomics is the science of adapting your workplace, your tools, equipment and work methods to be mo...
Dec 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fish Factor: Anchorage ranks No. 1 for fishing participation
Ask an Alaskan what community is home to the most commercial fishermen and they will respond Kodiak or Dutch Harbor, or maybe Petersburg or Bristol Bay. Wrong! Anchorage ranks No. 1 for total fishing participation, with 994 permit holders and another 1,216 crew license holders who fish year roun...
Dec 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fish Factor: Halibut catches could be cut next year
Halibut catches could be cut by 33 percent next year if proposed numbers get the nod by the International Pacific Halibut Commission next month. That would mean a coast wide harvest of just 22.7 million pounds for fisheries in California, Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska. Alaska’s ...
Dec 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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