Sign a petition to State Senator Bert Stedman, State Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins and State Senator Michael Dunleavy to reject Senate Bill No. 198, which would establish a 12.5 percent Alaska fisheries royalty on seafood caught commercially in the state (text of the bill here http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/29?Hsid=SB0198A).
ALFA's comments in opposition to SB 198 can be found here.
This year's Sablefish summit took place on February 19. Couldn't make it?
Click here for an overview of the Alaska Federal Sablefish stock, whale depredation, and other topics.
Click here for presentation slides on the status of Northern Southeast Inside (NSEI) sablefish.
Click here for presentation slides from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game on Stock assessment methods for the Chatham Strait sablefish population.
ALFA's remarks in opposition to the bill can be found here.
Click here to read a comprehensive fact sheet on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Although ALFA does not agree with Food and Water Watch on many issues, they did a good job on this one.
You may also want to check out Tradewinds and Global Development and Environmental Institute at Tufts University review of the TPP.
Taking into account charter catch and wastage and commercial wastage, the final commercial catch limits for Area 3A is 7.336.
The final commercial catch limit for Area 2C is 3.924
A more detailed look at 2016 Catch Limits can be found on the IPHC website.
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A more detailed look at 2016 Quotas can be found on the NOAA Fisheries website
Click here for the Third edition of the Black Cod Almanac, which includes new and ongoing research updates, as well as another longline survey calendar.
Please contact Dana Hanselman at dana.hanselman@noaa.gov or Katy Echave at Katy.Echave@noaa.gov with any feedback on what you find useful or interesting, and what other kinds of information you might like to see included next year.
Attached here are meeting minutes from the ALFA meeting on January 18.
2016 Southeast Alaska Chatham Strait Sablefish Industry Meeting, download news release here.
ALFA is selling Jana Suchy's two amazing 2016 Calendars $25.00
Calendar with color photos
Calendar with Black & White photos
NPFMC Adopts Sablefish Allowable Biological Catch (ABC) Limits
Listed in TonnesRegion 2015 ABC 2015 Catch 2016 ABC
Western GOA 1473 1012 1272
Central GOA 4658 4570 4023
West Yakutat 1708 1802 1475
South East Outside 2682 2822 2317
Total GOA 10521 10206 9087
