JuneauTek

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 ...

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 »

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 […]

Alaska DispatchBaked Alaska: Unusual Heat Wave Hits 49th StateABC NewsA 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 in Anchorage, and ...Baked Alaska: Crazy Weather Swings fr […]

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 […]

NASARare Clear View of AlaskaNASAOn most days, relentless rivers of clouds wash over Alaska, obscuring most of the state's 6,640 miles (10,690 kilometers) of coastline and 586,000 square miles (1,518,000 square kilometers) of land. The south coast of Alaska even has the dubious ...and more »

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 »

Christian Science MonitorOcean's little fish are a big deal (+video)Christian Science MonitorTo answer this concern, it's worth looking north to Alaska. North Pacific fishery managers proactively protected dozens of unfished forage species more than a decade ago with the strong support of commercial fishermen. As one industry organization ...

Times of IndiaHTC Butterfly S Specs and Price: Smartphone Set For July Release (VIDEO)Headlines & Global NewsAt a launch event in Taiwan, HTC finally unveiled its latest smartphone, the Butterfly S. Although it's newer than the HTC One, it will not quite dethrone the HTC One as the brand's flagship smartphone. Particularly with the HTC One Goog […]

The Mac ObserverHBO GO, WatchESPN Added to Apple TVPC MagazineApple has officially added HBO GO and WatchESPN to its lineup of Apple TV programming. Additionally, Cupertino signed three new content providers — Sky News, Crunchyroll, and Qello — for live news, sports, and current TV programming.Apple TV gets HBO Go and WatchESPNThe VergeHBO Go and ESPN Now Av […]

MiamiHerald.comGoogle pushes secret court to lift gag order on secret surveillanceFox NewsIt's a secret … and even the secret is a secret. The government has been secretly collecting information from many major Internet companies, including Google, Apple, Yahoo and Facebook, and a secret court order has prevented the Internet giants from even ...Google […]

Softonic ENGoogle Reader dies in 10 days, but Feedly triples users, announces new cloud APIVentureBeatIn the three months since Google announced it was shutting down Reader, Feedly has tripled its userbase from four million to 12 million. In other words, Google killing its RSS platform has been a truly wonderful thing for Feedly. But only because the company […]

ABC NewsNASA: Tell Us How to Stop Asteroids From Destroying EarthPC MagazineThe notion that a giant asteroid might one day enter Earth's orbit and destroy us all has been fodder for countless science fiction movies. But now, as we enter a new era in space exploration, NASA is moving forward with an initiative designed to give humanity ...Can we outsmart […]

ExplosionSony Pulls PS3 Update That Bricked SystemsPC MagazineSony's latest PlayStation 3 firmware went live Tuesday, but the update that was meant to improve system stability instead left a number of users locked out. Players took to the official PS3 Support forum Tuesday to report the issue, saying that they couldn't ...Sony pulls PS3 update afte […]

Los Angeles TimesSeat latch problem on Model S prompts first Tesla Motors recallLos Angeles TimesAdd another first to electric car company Tesla Motors' list of accomplishments -- its first recall. Tesla will recall about 1,228 of its expensive Model S sporty sedans because of a problem with a seat latch, Elon Musk, the automaker's chief executive […]

CBS NewsGoogle Glass Is Great for Toddlers. Seriously.WiredIf you really want to test a new gadget, take it on vacation. That's what I did with Google Glass, and the result was revelatory. It saved me from inadvertently booking reservations at a restaurant an hour away (Hey, it looked close on the map). It let me get in and ...Privacy Officials Worldwid […]

The GuardianXbox 360 owners will be able to plug current-gen console into the Xbox OneNBCNews.com (blog)Xbox Live director of programming Larry Hryb, AKA "Major Nelson," speaking with gaming commentator Chloe Dykstra, who interviewed Hryb on behalf of the Reddit gaming community last week at E3. As if often the case with next-generation consoles, . […]

ThousandEyes, Spawned At UCLA, Raises Funding From SequoiasocalTech.comA new startup, which was created at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has just raised a first funding round from Sequoia Capital. ThousandEyes, created by two UCLA computer science Ph.D.'s, said it raised $5.5M today for its software for ...ThousandEyes Aims to Ease S […]