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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 ...

NBCNews.comUnusual 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 swings from […]

PoliticoMead Treadwell to run for Senate in AlaskaPolitico“Lt. Governor Treadwell is a strong candidate who has already won statewide, is very well respected and liked in Alaska,” said NRSC communications director Brad Dayspring. “It's early in the cycle, but no matter the candidate, the path to the majority ...Alaska Lt. Gov. Treadwell to run for Senat […]

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 »

PoliticoBoehner 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 »

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 […]

ABC NewsAlaska Man Feeds Bear Barbeque: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?ABC NewsJesus Mabalot, 38, of Anchorage was attending a picnic with a church group at Eklutna Lake Campground when he wandered away from the crowd, Alaska Department of Fish and Game spokesman Ken Marsh told ABCNews.com. "I guess he had too a bit ...Alaska man mauled by bear may face c […]

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 […]

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.

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 »

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 […]

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 ...

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 »

New York TimesGoogle challenges US gag order, citing First AmendmentWashington PostGoogle asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests the court makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it is forced to give the ...Google calls for greate […]

Headlines & Global NewsMicrosoft Surface RT 2 will feature a Qualcomm 800 chip and Windows 8.1InquirerHARDWARE DESIGNER Microsoft reportedly is planning to release a second Surface RT tablet this year that will feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and Windows 8.1. Bloomberg reports that some new versions of the Surface tablet will feature ...Micro […]

Latinos PostWhich qubit my dear? New method to distinguish between neighbouring ...Science CodexSydney: Researchers at the University of New South Wales have proposed a new way to distinguish between quantum bits that are placed only a few nanometres apart in a silicon chip, taking them a step closer to the construction of a large-scale quantum ...New Way to […]

Times of IndiaHuawei Ascend P6 reviewTelegraph.co.ukFrom around £21 per month. Huawei's Ascend P6 is a remarkable device – at just 6.18mm thin it turns heads in a way that no other phone in its £21-5 per month price range can. Made entirely of glass and steel, there's distinctly something of the iPhone 4 or ...Hands-on with Huawei's frightenin […]

Mississippi leans on Google to crack down on illegal productsReutersBy Diane Bartz. WASHINGTON | Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:18pm EDT. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mississippi's attorney general said on Tuesday he would subpoena documents from Google Inc as part of a probe into allegations the Web search company facilitated ...AG Slams Google for Links to Pharmacies, […]

IBNLiveNvidia to license graphics technology: CEOReutersBy Noel Randewich. SAN FRANCISCO | Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:54pm EDT. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nvidia Chief Executive Jen-Hsun Huang said he will license graphics technology to other companies, a new model for the chipmaker that could lead to ...Nvidia expands business, offers graphics licensingZDNetNvidia A […]

San Francisco ChronicleChrysler faces deadline to recall JeepsCNNMoneyChrysler Group reversed course and agreed to a recall of 2.7 million Jeeps Tuesday, giving in to the government's request in the final hours before a deadline. Chrysler stated last week that it would not comply with the recall demand, arguing that the vehicles ...Chrysler to go ahead […]

HaaretzWaze president: We only have 51 million usersGlobesUri Levine tells "Globes" that with the help of Google, Waze can capture 30% of the global navigation market and remain in Israel. 19 June 13 13:56, Tzahi Hoffman. Tweet. "I'm carrying on working with Waze. We only have 51 million users. There are a billion ...Google spends a billi […]

Design & TrendNASA: LEGO Mars Curiosity Rover Toy ComingDesign & TrendOne of Mars Rover Curiosity's designers, Stephen Pakbaz, has created a LEGO version of the NASA Mars Science Laboratory that was selected by thousands of LEGO fans to be an official toy. "I combined this first-hand experience with my Lego hobby to ...LEGO plans Mars rover […]

Softonic ENGoogle Reviews More Prominent With Official Knowledge Graph UpdateForbesGoogle Google officially announced some big changes to a Google Local Local Search feature with its new “Carousel” of local results at the top of the search page. These results show above advertisements in a large banner (see image to right) and are quite ...Google Adds ' […]