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Longtime lobbyist accused of fishing over the line

by Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Aug 29, 2019 | Local News, Syndicated

Bob Thorstenson, Jr. forfeited more than 41 tons of chum salmon after wildlife troopers say he was caught seining in closed waters. The longtime lobbyist has been a leading figure for the Southeast seine fleet. Read More

With no volunteer test fishers, ADF&G keeps searching for herring

by Katherine Rose | Mar 25, 2019 | Local News, Syndicated

ADF&G conducted aerial surveys and monitored waters from aboard the research vessel Kestrel, but no seiners volunteered to conduct test sets for the department on Monday or over the weekend. Read More

Seiners still waiting for fishery to open

by Katherine Rose | Mar 22, 2019 | Local News, Syndicated

As of Friday afternoon (3-22-19) ADF&G biologists have seen a lot of herring, but the roe content hasn’t hit the 11 percent maturity mark needed to make the fish marketable. Read More

Aerial surveys begin as ADF&G prepares for herring fishery

by Katherine Rose | Mar 12, 2019 | Local News, Syndicated

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game began conducting aerial surveys of Sitka Sound today (Tuesday 3-12-19), in preparation for the 2019 Sitka Sac Roe Herring Fishery. Read More

Following harvest shortfall, Sitka contemplates a herring moratorium

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Apr 30, 2018 | Local News, Syndicated

The Sitka Assembly has formed a committee to draft a resolution which may call for a moratorium on herring fishing in Sitka Sound. The move comes after the failure of this spring’s commercial sac roe fishery, which fell over 8,000 tons short of the expected harvest level. Read More