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LEE HORTON'S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Halibut derby this weekendPeninsula DailyThe popular derby will award $20,000 worth of cash prizes to the top 30 halibut caught by ticket holders within the U.S. waters from Low Point to the base of Dungeness Spit. The angler who catches the biggest fish will receive $5,000, second place gets ...and more »

Halibut derby opens with 97-pound leaderValdez StarSo, the miles and piles of snow lingering in town might not realize the calendar says it's spring, but anglers in the Valdez Halibut Derby do. Justin Hoppe of Valdez is one such man; he hit Prince William Sound on board the charter boat Dan Orion and ...

LEE HORTON'S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Sekiu open to halibutPeninsula DailyEspecially during this month, due to what Brian Menkal of Brian's Sporting Goods and More (360-683-1950) in Sequim calls the “short and fierce” halibut season. “There are such little windows, and so wise anglers take advantage of them,” Menkal said.Holiday weekend perfect for fishing […]

Valdez Halibut Derby already reeling in big fishFairbanks Daily News-MinerFAIRBANKS — The summer-long Valdez Halibut Derby started Saturday, and there's already a respectable-sized fish on the leader board. Justin Hoppe, of Valdez, reeled in a 97-pound halibut on Sunday to take the early lead in the summer-long derby.Fishing, like the weather, is defini […]

97-pound halibut leads Valdez derbyAnchorage Daily NewsValdez angler Justin Hoppe took the early lead in his hometown's annual halibut derby, hooking a 97-pound fish Saturday in Prince William Sound. Hoppe caught his fish aboard Dan Orion charters. So did Shawn Shipman of Whitehorse, who ranks second in ...

Port Angeles area halibut fishery reopened with good results but faded by ...The Seattle Times (blog)“We had a couple decent days of halibut fishing, and then it dropped off as the weather kind of got crummy and foggy,” said Larry Bennett, the head state Fish and Wildlife checker in the Strait. On Thursday (May 16), 111 boats with 246 anglers at the ...

Daily MailPilots in Fatal Alaska Crash on Different SignalsABC NewsThe pilots involved in a deadly 2011 midair collision in Alaska apparently were communicating on different radio frequencies before the crash, according to a report by the National Transportation Safety Board, a finding that local aviators say ...Pilots in fatal Alaska crash on different radi […]

Washington TimesSarah Palin Alaska Senate Whispers Met With Doubt By Lisa MurkowskiHuffington PostWhile Palin comments frequently on the political topics of the day, her interest in returning to a career in elected politics -- especially in Alaska -- has long been questioned. Since losing the 2008 election and months later resigning her ...TV tonight: Sarah […]

Keisel Teams Up With Children's Hospital For VIP Fishing TripCBS LocalAlthough the fishing wasn't the most successful, Keisel says he had a great time. This year, in addition to four lucky contest winners, four patients from Children's Hospital will enjoy the day. Don's Appliances and Hillmon Appliance have joined on as ...

Alaska DispatchCompass: Alaska's oil comeback is under wayAnchorage Daily NewsConocoPhillips' vice president for exploration and production said this about Alaska: "I would like to see us adjust the capital program so that we can completely arrest the decline in production in Alaska or even turn it around." Rather than simply ...Industry- […]

Alaska Rep. Don Young, gone hunting in Africa, misses subcommittee oil hearingMcClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON — When a key House of Representatives panel took up a bill this week that would require annual lease sales and streamline permitting in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, home state Rep. Don Young missed the session. He was on a ...and more […]

Why fishing this summer will be a great catch for the Muskegon areaMuskegon Chronicle - MLive.com... cash through the fishing season by taking parties out where the fish are. Buck, of Great Lakes Guide Service, had a great run last weekend with anglers aboard his boat pulling in 17 salmon, several of them king salmon weighing more than 15 pounds each.

FISH FACTOR: Shipping 'iceless' salmon; Bristol Bay dollars go nationalAlaskajournal.comNational Maritime Day May 22 marked another maritime benchmark. That's a holiday created by Congress in 1933 to honor America's sea-going industry. It marks the day when the steamship Savannah set sail from Georgia on the first ever transoceanic ...Rea […]

Alaska DispatchAlaska subsistence salmon case draws to a weird close in Bethel courtroomAlaska DispatchWhen Alaska State Troopers caught him, he wasn't just using illegal king salmon gear; he had two, 50-fathom gillnets shackled together to create a mammoth net almost 600-feet-long, or about the length of two football fields. He hadn't quite stretc […]

Alaska DispatchJudge: Salmon run's survival trumps religious rights of Alaska Native fishermenAlaska DispatchThe case has divided villagers, who rely on salmon runs to feed their families, and state officials, who have a duty to manage fish runs for sustainability. Fisherman Yago Evan bailed completely. He told the defense attorney trying to make a reli […]

Penning some revisionist history about Kenai king salmonAlaska DispatchLet us all hope that the scholarship of Emilie Springer, in her doctoral studies of the culture and policy of state fisheries, is better than her research into the history of Kenai River salmon, because the woman posing behind the imprimatur of the ...

KREM.com (registration)Alaska Salmon Arrives in SeattleKTVA CBS 11 News AlaskaAlaska Air Cargo delivered kings and sockeye that were caught in the Copper River near Cordova. Last year the airline flew more than 19 million pounds of seafood to the Lower 48 and about a million pounds of Copper River salmon. Seattle seafood ...Alaskan salmon imported for annual […]

The Alaska Salmon BindField and Stream (blog)Three years ago, outdoor writer, photographer, and consummate sportsman Peter Mathiesen left his hometown of St. Louis to start a new life in Alaska. Here's why he made the move, what everyday life is like, and how it feels to have Denali right outside ...

Alaska Fish Factor: Crustaceans Shells Being Turned into Food PackagingTheFishSite.comAlaska Fish Factor: Laine Welch Laine Welch has been covering news of Alaska's seafood industry for print and broadcast since 1988. She also has worked 'behind the counter' in wholesale and retail seafood businesses in Alaska and Cape Cod, MA.

Alaska's fishing season forges through winter spring weather in MayCapital city weekly"The fishing industry, apart from our processors, is lots of individual, small businesses. If you compare it to mining, which is something Juneau is well known for; we have more employment in the seafood industry than we do in the mining sector. So it ...and more  […]

A history of CDFU-CAMACordova Times1946 stared the era of increased involvement with mention of a United Western Alaska effort against fish traps and the Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc. In 1947, we see a Dungeness crab price of 9 cents per crab, still fighting traps, and union support of ...The Cordova Times - Picnics and politicsThe cordova Timesall 2 news art […]

Kevin Adams Named Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute ChairmanPerishableNews (press release)With 38 years of fishing experience in Bristol Bay, Adams has long been an active member in the Alaska fishing industry. He has worked for both the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation and the Bering Sea Fisherman's Association, and represents ...

Waterfall Group Announces New Exclusive Alaska Fishing ResortPR Web (press release)... a level of personalized service rarely found in the sport fishing industry. “Steamboat Bay utilizes the same decades-long admired service model as Waterfall Resort Alaska, stepped up several notches,” said Cara Buswell, Steamboat Bay Resident Manager.and more »

Movers & Shakers 05/26/13Alaskajournal.comHer research includes working with the fishing industry to minimize interactions between sperm and killer whales and Alaska longline fisheries. Straley has been with the UAS Sitka Campus since 1994, and also serves as associated faculty with UAF.

HaaretzGoogle Said to Consider Buying Waze Presaging Bidding WarBusinessweekGoogle Inc. (GOOG), maker of the Android operating system, is considering buying map-software provider Waze Inc., setting up a possible bidding war with Facebook Inc., people familiar with the matter said. Waze is fielding expressions of interest from ...Waze Mapped As The Billion-Do […]

Indian ExpressSamsung Galaxy S4 edges out iPhone 5 in camera testCNETThe new leader of the Android pack nosed ahead of Apple's flagship smartphone in DxO Labs' photo and video tests. Stephen Shankland. by Stephen Shankland. May 24, 2013 2:41 AM PDT Follow @stshank. The Samsung Galaxy S4 has a 13-megapixel ...Samsung launches Galaxy Star at Rs 5240I […]

New York TimesUsed Computer, $116000 or Best OfferNew York TimesMore than a decade ago, at a vintage computer fair in Silicon Valley, Dag Spicer had an opportunity to buy an original Apple-1 for $2,000. He passed. Any regrets? Not really, he said. Bits · More Tech Coverage. News from the technology industry, including ...37 Year Old Apple Computer For Sale f […]

Moneycontrol.comOpen wide, Google: Here comes an advertising antitrust probeRegisterAd giant Google is facing an antitrust probe intended to establish whether it exploits its dominance in the advertising trade to steer customers away from rivals' products. According to a Bloomberg report, the US Federal Trade Commission is in the preliminary ...Google S […]

The Space ReporterRing Nebula's true shape is like a 'jelly doughnut,' astronomers sayThe Space ReporterOver the next 10,000 years the iconic nebula will continue to expand, becoming fainter and fainter until it becomes lost in the interstellar medium. By Max Sonnenberg, The Space Reporter Friday, May 24, 2013. Ring Nebula's true shape is […]

Science World ReportCanadian High Arctic Bacterium Offers Clues to Life on MarsScience World ReportA Canadian-led team of researchers have discovered bacteria that can grow in Canadian High Arctic much below the freezing point. (Photo : McGill University). A Canadian-led team of researchers has discovered a bacterium that grows in the Canadian high ...Cold-L […]

NDTVGoogle tests enhanced notifications in Chrome browserPCWorldGoogle has released a beta version of Chrome that introduces what the company describes as “richer” notifications from the browser's apps and extensions. The Chrome browser has been able to display this type of notification for more than two years, but ...Google Chrome Browser Keeps Winning […]

Headlines & Global NewsSee Jupiter, Venus and Mercury Dance in Sunset SkySpace.comTake a look at the western sky just after sunset this week, and you'll see an amazing sight: three bright planets in close formation. The giant planet Jupiter is moving behind the sun, so is dropping rapidly in the western sky. Mercury and Venus, much closer to ...Danc […]

3G.co.ukHTC First UK launch may be delayed indefinitely due to US customer feedbackZDNetSummary: HTC released their Facebook-focused First about two months ago and then the priced dropped to just 99 cents earlier this month. Reportedly, Facebook may be delaying the UK launch as it looks at changing the Facebook Home experience.Faltering Facebook phone's […]

ABC NewsGlow-in-the-dark cockroach among top 10 new speciesFox NewsA glowing cockroach, a monkey with a blue behind and a meat-eating sponge snagged spots on a list of top 10 new species named in 2012, scientists announced Thursday. In its sixth year, the Top 10 New Species list is compiled by the International Institute ...Glow-in-the-dark cockroach among t […]