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Laine Welch : Magnetism problems spark revamping of halibut tagsAnchorage Daily NewsIt's back to the drawing board for halibut iTags that will soon tell us more about where the fish travel than ever before. The internal tags, which were deployed in 30 halibut two years ago, were the first to test smartphone geomagnetic advances to ...

New York Daily NewsVIDEO:Killer whale snaps a halibut right off fisherman's line, panicking anglersNew York Daily NewsThe "big fish that got away" tale came true again, and this time the big fish was a killer whale. A video taken by a party of visiting anglers aboard a fishing boat off the coast of Alaska captured the excitement, when one of t […]

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 »

All-depth halibut will be open June 20-22 off central coastStatesman Journal (blog)“After the June 20, 22 opening, fisheries managers will again look at the catch and see if there is enough quota remaining for additional back-up dates,” said Lynn Mattes, the halibut project leader for the department. Decisions about open dates will ...

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 […]

WCPOBear mauls Alaska man who fed it barbecue meatFox NewsANCHORAGE, Alaska – A black bear mauled a man at a campground in Alaska, but the animal won't likely threaten other people, the state Department of Fish and Game said. Spokesman Ken Marsh said the bear was "pretty much goaded" into the attack ...Alaska man mauled after feeding bear barb […]

Fishing Tournament TrailKansas City StarThe Fishing Tournament Trail is published each Tuesday during the fishing season. To report results or upcoming events, call 816-234-4319 or send email to bfrazee@kcstar.com with information by noon Monday. For upcoming tournaments, include the ...

New York Daily NewsFormer Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blasts President Obama on decision to arm ...New York Daily NewsShe said what? Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blasted the White House with some unusual words Saturday for President Obama's plan to send arms to the Syrian rebels. RELATED: OBAMA APPROVES MILITARY AID FOR SYRIAN REBELS. “I say until we ...O […]

A Different Take on Reality TV: 18 Hours of Swimming SalmonWall Street Journal- IndiaOSLO—Executives at Norway's biggest television company, the NRK national broadcasting service, have work on their hands trying to figure out how to extend a recent string of broadcast hits that have drawn millions of viewers in this small Scandinavian ...and more »

Is there something fishy about the smoked salmon in YOUR supermarket? Prices ...Daily MailLater, with strong tea served through a strainer into porcelain cups for the grown-ups, and lemonade in a cut-glass tumbler for me, she would serve the salmon — with its beautiful, sunset hue — on crustless brown bread triangles, evenly spread with ...

Q&A: Markey, Gomez On Fishing Industry, Immigration, Sequester, MoreWBURWBUR editor's note: Where does Ed Markey stand on amending the across-the-board budget cuts known as the sequester? What about Gabriel Gomez on immigration reform? Over the past six weeks, State House News Service has published three Q&A ...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 […]

World FishingCouncil votes for new restrictions on Gulf of Alaska salmon bycatchAnchorage Daily NewsJUNEAU, Alaska — The Gulf of Alaska trawl fleet faces new restrictions, as fisheries managers seek to limit the number of chinook salmon it unintentionally takes. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council passed a policy over the weekend that ...Council vot […]

The season for Alaska sockeye salmon is hereAustin HeraldWell, not for the weather, but for the salmon. Salmon fishing is a seasonal industry in Alaska and from June through July is the time for sockeye salmon season. Alaska sockeye salmon are considered the best and are prized by high-end restaurants for ...Salmon season opens in SW AlaskaDutch Harbor Fishe […]

PoliticoIn Alaska, planned mine pits salmon against goldPoliticoAn Alaska mining proposal that hasn't even gotten off the drawing board is inspiring a ferocious lobbying campaign on Capitol Hill. Both sides in the Pebble Mine fight have brought in the big guns. The companies backing the proposal have spent 10 years ...Proposed Bristol Bay mine: a white- […]

Alaska DispatchIn - river Alaska salmon fishermen absorb another blow , this time on Copper RiverAlaska DispatchWith only 46 salmon counted up that river so far this season, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game reported "the preliminary harvest estimate from the 12-hour (commercial fishing) period that occurred on Monday, May 27, was 3,200 Chinook and […]

Kuskokwim Subsistence Salmon Fishery Starts With No Restrictions On Main RiverAlaska Public Radio NetworkThe first King salmon are being caught on the Kuskokwim River and state managers don't foresee any restrictions for at least a few weeks. Fishermen on the Kuskokwim River can use 8 inch King nets right now, something that was highly restricted last . […]

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 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 program ... According to Save Bristol Bay, an ...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 […]

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 »

Times of IndiaHow Apple shook up the electronic book marketComputerworldIDG News Service - Apple didn't try to fix or raise the prices of electronic books when it entered into the market in 2010, according to Apple Senior Vice President Eddy Cue. Rather, he says, the company was only working to ensure a profit for itself. "We're not ...Apple e […]

ABC NewsDreamWorks strikes deal with Netflix, new shows start next yearDigital TrendsDreamWorks has struck a multi-year deal with Netflix to supply a number of shows and movies to the streaming service, plus a commitment to produce 300 hours of original content with the first shows to go live next year. The content will come from ...Netflix boosts original p […]

Latinos PostApple the Latest to Disclose Government Data Requests, Snowden: Denials ...Latinos PostFollowing the lead of Microsoft and Facebook, on Monday, Apple Inc. revealed how much data on its customers the United States Government has requested in recent months. Apple is one of the many tech companies that have been named as cooperating ...More Data on […]

Times of IndiaAMD reboots server strategy with first ARM chipsPCWorldAdvanced Micro Devices is building its future server strategy around chips used in smartphones and tablets. The company said its first ARM server processors -- which will be released in the second half of next year -- will be faster and more powerful than its ...AMD lifts the veil on Optero […]

ZDNetChina takes supercomputing crown from USZDNetSummary: A Chinese supercomputer Milky Way-2 has toppled the US Titan system from the number one spot in the latest TOP500 list of the most powerful computers in the world. Nick Heath. By Nick Heath | June 17, 2013 -- 14:35 GMT (07:35 PDT). Follow @ ...Top500: Supercomputing sea change incomplete, unpredictab […]

Digital TrendsScientists create headless cat robot for use in search and rescue missionsDigital TrendsThough it lacks a head, fur, whiskers and a miaow-ing sound, the 'cheetah-cub robot', developed by researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, has unmistakably been modeled on a cat. The name's a bit of a […]

Dallas Morning NewsFord to Add Back Dashboard Buttons After ComplaintsWall Street Journal- IndiaPunished by third-party quality reports because of the difficulty of using its touch-screen multimedia system, called MyFord Touch, the auto maker will reprise tuning and volume knobs for the radio as it redesigns existing models, a top Ford executive said.Ford re […]

Sydney Morning HeraldSamsung to launch faster Galaxy S4Sydney Morning HeraldSamsung plans to sell a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed, the head of its mobile business says. J.K. Shin, also co-chief executive of the world's biggest technology firm by revenue, said the ...Samsung plans […]

Feedly starts moving users to homespun RSS service as Google Reader death ...ComputerworldComputerworld - Feedly said Monday that it has started migrating its users to its own back-end RSS infrastructure two weeks before Google is to pull the plug on its Reader service. Millions of Google refugees have moved to the San Francisco-based Feedly ...and more »

CBS News8 score astronaut spots out of 6300 NASA applicantsFlorida TodayAstronaut Class of 2013: From NASA: After an extensive year-and-a-half search, NASA has a new group of potential astronauts. Video by NASA. Written by. Todd Halvorson. FLORIDA TODAY. Filed Under. Space News. Potential future missions for NASA ...Half of NASA's new class of astronaut […]