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Groups hope MSA update won’t move fish conservation ‘backwards’

Groups hope MSA update won’t move fish conservation ‘backwards’

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Sep 17, 2014 | ,

A number of regional fishing associations are joining forces to strengthen the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The Sitka-based Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association announced last week (9-9-14) that the new organization wants to ensure that Congress makes protecting fish stocks a priority as it prepares to reauthorize the nation’s most important law governing the harvest of seafood in federal waters. Read More
Russian embargo drives Alaskan caviar to new markets

Russian embargo drives Alaskan caviar to new markets

by Rich McClear, KCAW | Sep 9, 2014 | ,

Russia’s ongoing embargo of American agricultural and seafood products has produced some sharp rhetoric from political leaders -- including Alaska’s senators. But the true impact of embargo on the Alaska seafood industry remains unclear. Because of robust markets elsewhere for some of the products favored by Russians -- like salmon caviar -- the showdown may be more about politics than economics. Read More
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