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Duke's Premium Halibut is Better Than FreshThe Herald | HeraldOnline.comSEATTLE, June 18, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Moscrip, the owner of Duke's Chowder House in Seattle, is pleased to introduce "Duke's Premium Halibut." Harvested from the cold waters near Kodiak, Alaska, Duke's Premium Halibut is "better than fresh" […]

Halibut Migration Issues; $1500 Profiler Payouts; & More...SitNewsSitNews - It's back to the drawing board for halibut iTags that will soon tell us more about where the fish travels than ever before. The internal tags, which were deployed in 30 halibut two years ago, were the first to test Smart Phone geomagnetic ...

New York Daily NewsKiller Whale Eats A Halibut Right Off A Fisherman's HookSan Francisco ChronicleThis video was shot in Alaska and at first looks like just another fisherman reeling in a decent-sized halibut. But then the group get a surprise visitor, a killer whale intent on a free meal. The video is from the Facebook page of "The Alaska Life […]

Halibut hunt: Is that a chicken -- or a turkey?Anchorage Daily NewsRegular Redoubt Reporter contributor Christine Cunningham, while waiting for a tug on her line, wonders about the origin of the term "chicken" as applied to smaller halibut. It's not an "Alaska thing," she learned, nor is it even modern. In order to ...and more »

Orca chomps large halibut as it's reeled to boat (video)Pete Thomas OutdoorSea lions are notorious fish stealers, but have you ever seen a killer whale swim casually up to a fishing boat and chomp on an angler's hooked halibut? It happened somewhere off Alaska, and the proof is in the accompanying video clip, which posted to ...

Mammoth 225-pound halibut caught near SequimThe Seattle TimesThe eastern Strait, La Push, Neah Bay, San Juan Islands, eastside of Whidbey Island, northern Puget Sound and central Puget Sound are now closed for halibut. The only ocean area still open for halibut is the southern coast off Ilwaco, where fishing is ...'Topped off season just right,' fi […]

New York TimesSpoils of the Sea Elude Many in an Alaska Antipoverty PlanNew York TimesBut pollock was also meant to be a savior, part of a Washington-backed antipoverty plan aimed at residents here on Alaska's mostly undeveloped west coast. A generation ago, organizers envisioned federally guaranteed shares of the pollock catch that ...and more »

NBCNews.com (blog)Baked Alaska: Crazy weather swings from ice to fireNBCNews.com (blog)In Alaska, houses are built to keep warm air in and cold air out, not the other way around. So with a record-setting heat wave scorching the state, residents are sweltering amid temperatures soaring past 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Southcentral Alaska hit ...Record-shattering h […]

PoliticoAlaska Lt. Gov. Treadwell to run for SenateUSA TODAYAlaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell formally jumped into the 2014 race for U.S. Senate, hoping to take on Democratic incumbent Mark Begich. "Alaskans are very concerned about what is, or is not, happening in Washington, D.C. So am I," said Treadwell, who ...Mead Treadwell to run for Senate in A […]

ABC NewsAlaska Man Feeds Bear Barbeque: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?ABC NewsA man who was mauled by a black bear at an Alaska campground after feeding it meat from a church barbeque "should consider himself lucky" to be alive, officials said. Jesus Mabalot, 38, of Anchorage was attending a picnic with a church group at Eklutna ...Alaska man mauled […]

Ridiculous Fishing creator reeling from Apple Design Award, talks TUJoystiqVlambeer founders Rami Ismail and Jan Willem Nijman didn't think Ridiculous Fishing would win an Apple Design Award. Sure, it was in the running, but it was a long shot, and they had other places to be during the ceremony at WWDC on June 10 (E3, ...

Warmth Ahead for East, Midwest Thanks to AlaskaAccuWeather.comIndications are the seemingly endless cool weather pattern from the Upper Midwest to the East will change toward the end of June, thanks in part to warm air coming from an unusual source: Alaska. Temperatures have challenged record highs over portions ...and more »

Alaska DispatchWith king salmon returns slowing to a trickle, Alaska managers roll out closuresAlaska DispatchEarly-run king salmon -- the first group to pass through the Kenai -- are about 60 percent through their run, according to Fish and Game. As of Tuesday, the cumulative estimate of king salmon to have passed by the sonar at river Mile 8.9 was 969 fish […]

Whole Foods Market One-Day Sale: Wild Alaska Sockeye SalmonWebWire (press release)-It's wild salmon season! This Sockeye is fresh, never frozen, and rich in Omega-3s. Sockeye Reds draw people in with their bright red color and extra firm texture. Premium sockeye – that with the highest oil content – comes from either very long river ...and more »

Alaska DispatchDam project funds new fish weirs to study Susitna salmonAlaska DispatchThe Alaska Energy Authority is funding five new Alaska Department of Fish and Game fish weirs on tributaries of the Susitna River in the coming weeks, in order to understand aquatic resources while working toward a proposed hydroelectric dam. Courtesy ...Grooming Bristol Ba […]

Coast Guard searches for deck hand missing off southeast Alaska salmon boat ...Daily JournalJUNEAU, Alaska — A deck hand is missing after falling overboard off a Juneau fishing vessel in southeast Alaska. KINY-radio reports the man fell Monday night from the Swift, which was working the chum salmon fishery in Icy Strait 30 miles west of Juneau.and more »

salmon hatchery survives spring floodingAnchorage Daily NewsFAIRBANKS, Alaska — The Gulkana Hatchery has survived spring flooding, and should be operational by the time salmon arrive later this summer. Floodwaters have subsided after last week when they threatened the small hatchery along the Richardson ...and more »

Overboard or not? Do Kenai Peninsula salmon need more protection?Alaska DispatchAcross Europe, the East Coast and much of the West Coast, wild salmon runs are gone altogether, or struggling in the few places where wild fish do return to their natal streams to spawn. Alaska — particularly, the Kenai Peninsula — stands out as one ...

Grooming Bristol Bay Fishing GuidesIndian Country Today Media NetworkThe Bristol Bay River Academy, formerly known as the Fly Fishing & Guide Academy, is a weeklong, comprehensive educational program that trains the area's young adults in the sport fishing industry. The free ... It was founded by Ekwok Village elder ...and more »

Seattle Post IntelligencerSenators Urge Obama to Block Alaska Mine They Say Threatens FisheriesIndustryWeekThe three western states hold over 1,100 fishing permits for Bristol Bay in southwest Alaska, supplying thousands of jobs in the industry. Pebble Mine owners Northern Dynasty and Anglo American (IW 1000/143) say the project's operational investment […]

United Fishermen of Alaska Announces New Officers, At-Large Board and ...Anchorage Daily NewsThe United Fishermen of Alaska (UFA), the largest statewide commercial fishing industry trade association, representing 36 member organizations, announces the election of Mr. Jerry McCune of Cordova District Fishermen United as President. President ...

Senators Urge Caution on Pebble Mine, Partnership Says Fishing on DeclineAlaska Public Radio Network“The commercial fishing industry might be an answer for California, Washington, and Oregon, but it's not an answer for people who live out in Southwest Alaska, which is why more and more people are willing to look at whether Pebble can solve some of ...

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.and more »

Halibut Migration Issues; $1500 Profiler Payouts; & More...SitNewsThis year marks the 21st year for this weekly column that focuses on Alaska's seafood industry. It began in 1991 in the Anchorage Daily News, and now appears in over 20 newspapers and web sites. A daily spin off – Fish Radio – airs weekdays on 30 radio ...

IBNLiveGoogle Urges Foreign Intelligence Court to Let It Release DataBusinessweekGoogle Inc. (GOOG) urged the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for permission to publish the aggregate numbers and scope of national security requests it receives from the U.S. government. The filing with the secret court, which issues warrants for ...Google challenges US […]

eWeekHuawei Won't Be a Big Player in the U.S. Mobile Market: 10 Reasons WhyeWeekNEWS ANALYSIS: Huawei might be the world's second-largest networking gear maker, but it has run up against huge barriers to entry into the U.S. market. Huawei, the embattled China-based telecom equipment maker, is back in the news. But unlike the ...Huawei Takes on Sams […]

Headlines & Global NewsCandy Crush Soon to Hit the Stock Market; Developer Hired Analysts to Pursue ...Headlines & Global NewsCandy Crush Saga, a puzzle game developed by King, made its way to Facebook back in 2012 and now has an average of 45.6 million active monthly users. Who would have thought that this game may soon have its own initial public o […]

WFAADon't panic! It's just that Facebook has been downComputerworldComputerworld - Facebook has been down on Tuesday night, giving users error messages or long response times. The crowd-sourced online monitoring site Downrightnow.com reported at 10:20 p.m. ET that Facebook had been suffering a likely service ...Facebook back up after 'internal […]

ABC NewsNASA Announces Asteroid Grand ChallengeNASAWASHINGTON -- NASA announced Tuesday a Grand Challenge focused on finding all asteroid threats to human populations and knowing what to do about them. The challenge, which was announced at an asteroid initiative industry and partner day at NASA ...NASA wants you to help save Earth from a deadly asteroidLos A […]

National GeographicNasa's Cassini probe to acquire distant Earth portraitBBC NewsSaturn 2006 This favourite 2006 image of Saturn includes Earth as a speck just inside the G-ring at upper-left. In the coming picture, Earth will be lower-right. Dr Porco hopes it will look even better. Continue reading the main story ...Primetime Views of Saturn And an Upc […]

National GeographicCheetah-Cub Robot Created: See Other Nature-Inspired MachinesNational GeographicImage of the 125 Anniversary logo What runs and hops much like a nimble house cat but has no head? An experimental cheetah-cub robot, currently covering new ground for scientists learning how to make four-legged robots move more efficiently. See a ...Aww: Watch […]

Ars TechnicaQualcomm's Snapdragon 800 benchmarked, sports extremely fast GPUArs TechnicaAt this point, almost every high-end Android phone we've seen this year has arrived sporting Qualcomm's Snapdragon 600 SoC, which combines four of the company's Krait 300 CPU cores with the Adreno 320 GPU used in last year's Snapdragon S4 Pro.Qual […]

DVICEAT&T unveils solar-powered charging stations in New York CityDVICENew York City prides itself on being a city powered by innovation, but only in recent years has the city truly begun to embrace cutting-edge technology as a major part of its infrastructure. The latest experiment to hit the city's streets is called Street Charge, ...Battery charg […]

ECNmag.comWhich qubit my dear? New method to distinguish between neighbouring ...ECNmag.comThis is Professor Michelle Simmons, director of the Australian Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation Sydney: Researchers at the University of New South Wales have proposed a new way to distinguish between quantum bits that are placed only a ...New Way to Disting […]