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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 snatches halibut in AlaskaWANEALASKA (CNN/LIVELEAK) - A group of fishermen off the coast of Alaska sure have a fish tale to tell. Watch the video to see what happens as they try to reel in a halibut: A killer whale comes right up to the boat and grabs it. The men lost the halibut ...VIDEO:Killer whale snaps a halibut right off […]

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 »

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 […]

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 ...

Why Male Dark Fishing Spiders Spontaneously Die After SexWiredDark fishing spiders are the first non-web-weaving spider in which obligatory death after mating has been observed, reports a team of scientists on June 19 in Biology Letters. Only three other spider species share this characteristic. The inescapable ...News in Brief: In dark fishing spiders, male […]

NBCNews.com (blog)Unusual record-setting heat wave baking AlaskaFox NewsANCHORAGE, Alaska – A heat wave hitting Alaska may not rival the blazing heat of Phoenix or Las Vegas, but to residents of the 49th state, the days of hot weather feel like a stifling oven -- or a tropical paradise. With temperatures topping 80 degrees ...Baked Alaska: Crazy weather swin […]

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 »

PoliticoJohn Boehner fundraising destination: AlaskaPoliticoAlso on the host list are two prominent Alaska Republicans both named Dan Sullivan: one is the mayor of Anchorage, the other is the head of the state Department of Natural Resources and a former state attorney general. The latter Sullivan is a ...and more »

ABC NewsAlaska 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 ...Tea Party Fight Brewing in AlaskaABC […]

New York Daily NewsMan drinking booze feeds black bear barbecued meat , gets mauledNew York Daily NewsBeer, barbecue and black bears are never a good mix. An Alaska man learned that the hard way this weekend when he threw a hungry bear a piece of barbecued meat — only to be mauled by the same bear. "He'd been drinking," Alaska State Trooper .. […]

Alaska Sockeye Salmon is hereOttumwacourierAlaska sockeye salmon are considered the best and are prized by high-end restaurants for their succulent, rich, flavorful and silky flesh. Why are these salmon so spectacular? All wild salmon are born in freshwater and migrate to the salty seas to mature.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 […]

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 ...

Alaska DispatchDam project funds new fish weirs to study Susitna salmonAlaska DispatchThe study will focus on two species, king salmon, or Chinooks, and silvers, or Coho, on the Susitna, a 300-mile long river in Southcentral Alaska, and its tributaries. Rivers of the Susitna drainage have recently been subject to various fishing ...

Whole Foods Market One-Day Sale: Wild Alaska Sockeye SalmonWebWire (press release)Wild Alaska sockeye salmon on sale 6/21 for $11.99/lb. Date of sale: June 21, 2013. What's on sale: wild Alaska Sockeye salmon. Price: $11.99/lb. What to know about this salmon: -It's wild salmon season! This Sockeye is fresh, never frozen, and rich in ...and more » […]

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 »

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 ...

Grooming Local Guides For Bristol Bay's Growing Sport Fishing IndustryIndian Country Today Media NetworkAccording to Save Bristol Bay, an Alaska-based project of Trout Unlimited that works to protect the world's most productive salmon fisheries, roughly 37,000 fishing trips are taken annually to Bristol Bay freshwater fisheries, and out-of-state to […]

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 […]

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 »

Golden king crab in Aleutians doing wellCapital City WeeklyThose are followed in August by golden kings along the far flung Aleutian Islands, which might soon take the title as Alaska's largest king crab fishery. Unlike other ... Laine Welch has been covering news of Alaska's fishing industry since 1988. She ...and more »

Hot HardwareHTC Butterfly S Takes Flight with 5-inch Display, 1.9GHz Snapdragon ProcessorHot HardwareIf you were to wave a magic wand over the HTC One and magically give it a bigger screen, faster processor, and a longer lasting battery, you'd end up with the Butterfly S, HTC's latest high-end handset. Oh, and then you'd have to banish it Taiw […]

The GuardianTech: Google: We Have a Right to Pub…AdweekSaying that its reputation and business has been harmed by false reports in the media that the government had direct access to its data, Google petitioned the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to allow it to report separately aggregate numbers of ...The Morning Plum: Time to declassify those F […]

Cumulus Networks shakes up networking with an open OS for switchesGigaOMSwitches are the last bastion of the vertically integrated box inside the data center. Many companies want to change that and Cumulus Networks hopes to help by offering a Linux-based OS for switches. Programmable networks could mean less downtime.Bringing Linux to Networking, Cumulus Pub […]

Hindu Business LineA Tale of Preorders: Sony's PlayStation 4 or Microsoft's Xbox One?PC MagazineGet ready for the latest salvo of updates in the story that's going to be topping the gaming headlines all the way into the winter. It's the classic, Iron Chef-like question: Which gaming system will reign supreme? Microsoft's Xbox One or […]

Wall Street JournalTesla Drops on Partial Model S RecallTheStreet.comNEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Tesla Motors (TSLA) shares dropped 1.96% to $101.36 after the company announced it will be recalling some versions of the popular Model S because of a faulty mounting bracket. In a note on the company's Web site, Tesla said ...Tesla to Demo On-the-Road Battery S […]

Economic TimesNvidia to License Technology, Not Just Sell ChipsWall Street JournalTech companies continue to sharply modify their business models to cope with competition and other industry changes. The latest example: Nvidia . The company helped create the market for chips called GPUs, or graphics processing units, which help ...Nvida to License Out Graphic […]

n3rdabl3PlayStation 3 Update 4.45 Reportedly Bricking SystemsForbesSony Sony may have enjoyed being carried around in the air by their fans ever since E3, but now it's back to the real world where fresh problems await them. A percentage of PlayStation 3 users are reporting that firmware update 4.45 has “bricked” their ...Sony Pulls PS3 4.45 Update After […]

Science World ReportWatch Out for the Big, Bright Supermoon in the Night Sky this Weeekend! (Video)Science World ReportA supermoon is coming your way this weekend, and will be spectacular sight for those that get a clear view of the night sky. The brightest and largest supermoon that's due to appear this year, this is one spectacle you don't want t […]

Science RecorderWorld's smallest 3D batteries created using novel techniqueScience RecorderResearchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have discovered a novel way to create the world's smallest 3D batteries. They posit that these batteries may one day be used to create tiny medical implants, ...3D […]

Automobile MagazineGM Says New V-6 Pickups Fuel Efficiency Exceed Ford'sBloombergGeneral Motors Co. (GM), introducing redesigned full-sized pickups this year, said new Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra base engines will exceed the fuel economy of Ford Motor Co. (F)'s F-Series. The 2014 non-turbo, two-wheel-drive 4.3-liter EcoTec3 ...GM: Chevy Silv […]