News
Salmon sprinters
Third-generation Bristol Bay fisherman Tom Aliotti expands his boatbuilding capacity to supply the bay’s best boats If you fish Bristol Bay and favor fast gillnetters able to get on step with a lot of weight …
New national effort to predict, respond to algae blooms
Harmful algae blooms that shut down fisheries and sicken people are the target of new research funding from NOAA across the nation. NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science will spend $10.2 million in fiscal …
East Coast project to boost oyster breeding
A dozen East Coast universities and federal science groups have been awarded a five-year, $4.4 million contract by NOAA to advance selective breeding of oysters for aquaculture. The Eastern Oyster Breeding Consortium is led by …
Red king crabs still in a spiral
Alaska red king crabbers fished on a total allowable catch of 4.3 million pounds in the 2018-19 season, the lowest since 1982, when managers called for an in-season revision and limited the harvest to 4.7 …
Responsible Fisheries Management: Alaska’s certification program will go it alone
The annual meeting for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute comes to a close Thursday, Oct. 10, as the board is asked to consider a range of new topics coming out of the organization’s committee meetings …
Viewpoints
Engine room fire: What would you have done?
Out of 15 marine accidents featured in the National Transportation Safety Board’s recent compendium of accident reports, seven — or nearly half — involved commercial fishing boats. Three accidents occurred in the Bering Sea, two …
All Hands On Deck: The room where it happens
I can’t think of a better place to celebrate National Seafood Month than the great state of Alaska — the source of more than half of our domestic supply of wild fish. One week from …
Views from Alaska: Have your say
It’s been more than 35 years since the North Pacific Fishery Management Council met in Homer, Alaska. In the interim, the council process and fishery management plans have evolved to accommodate the needs of the …
Slow Fish Webinar: Boat to Throat
Exploring the relationship between fishermen and the consumer We’ve talked about accountability in the seafood supply chain, and now it’s time to talk about the people trying to untangle the wild web of seafood truths …
Pilothouse Log: Minding the mine
Call it what you like — climate change, natural cycles of the planet, The Inevitable. Even if you believe there’s nothing we can do about the more frequent weather extremes that are affecting our fisheries …
Recipes
Seaweed matters: Seaweed salad, the entrée
It all started a couple of years ago when I …
Super Bowl Crab and Artichoke Dip
This recipe was inspired by Super Bowl Sunday. But let’s …
Tuna Salad Salad
Need something quick and easy for a busy summer weeknight? …
Sesame Bluefin Tuna Steaks
It’s bluefin tuna season in Maine. The small fleet is …
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