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Salmon season opens, with all eyes on sockeye potential

June 27, 2022

Charlie Ess

Alaska
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Chloe Ivanoff holds up a slab of a sockeye caught near Kodiak. Ivanoff family photo.

Kyle Grant, center, lands a bluefin at the 2018 Bluefin Blowout in Gloucester, Mass. Grant’s fish dressed out at 630-pounds and earned him second place. He is glad to see it back after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. F/V Battlewagon photo.

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Bluefin Blowout is back

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Three North Atlantic right whales feeding at the water surface in Cape Cod Bay. Brigid McKenna/Center for Coastal Studies photo, under NOAA research permit #19315-01.

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New York wind developers, environmental groups sign agreement on right whales

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National Fisherman — Summer 2022

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Boats & Gear

At Boothbay, Kimberly Ann (on the right), hitting 40.8 mph, barely beats Miss Madelyn in the Diesel Class M(B) race. Jon Johansen photo.

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A cold start to Maine lobster boat race season

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The Chesapeake buyboats Linda Carol and 55th Virginia are being repaired in Poquoson, Va., for the upcoming annual buyboat rendezvous. Larry Chowning photo.

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Chesapeake craftsmen prepare classic buyboats for summer rendezvous

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On Deck in the Pacific Northwest & Alaska: Boats & Gear

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Reuben and Clifton Ivanoff and their family have fished on the New Dawn since 2000. Charlie Ess photo.

New splashes in Alaska

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The Chuck Norris, a new Bristol Bay gillnetter, was designed to fish in extremely shallow water and stay there longer than other gillnetters. Shiloh Seymour photo.

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New Bristol Bay gillnetter with shallow draft – and a side house

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Alaska

Chloe Ivanoff holds up a slab of a sockeye caught near Kodiak. Ivanoff family photo.

Salmon season opens, with all eyes on sockeye potential

Charlie Ess

Higher costs and supply chain issues forced Peter Pan to set a lower base this season. Justin Del Boulter photo.

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Alaska salmon processor sets Bristol Bay sockeye price at $1 per pound

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Keynote speaker Bob Desautel addresses the crowd at the 2016 Pacific Marine Expo.

Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers appoints new Chairman of the Board: Bob Desautel

Alaska pollock NOAA — Alaska pollock. NOAA photo.

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USDA plans more Alaska, West Coast groundfish buys for nutrition programs

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Commercial Fishing Photo Stories: Five Days at the Sitka Herring Fishery

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Made in the North Atlantic

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Making safety on the water about survival rather than compliance with the right Immersion Suit

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Gulf & South Atlantic

Fishing: North Atlantic, a PlayStation, Xbox and PC simulation series

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“This case is the latest in a series of cases challenging defendants’ unlawful favoritism of the recreational fishing sector in the Gulf of Mexico.” —A.P. Bell Fish Co., Southern Offshore Fishing Association, Gulf Reef Fish Shareholders’ Alliance.

Red grouper could be precedent for new Gulf catch reallocations

Maine's fisheries and agricultural delegation meets with buyers in Cuba

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The map illustrates how runoff from farms and cities drain into the Mississippi, delivering nutrients into the Gulf of Mexico and fueling the annual hypoxic zone. Image credit: NOAA

NOAA expects average-sized Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" this summer

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Gulf of Mexico Council to meet in June

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