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LEE HORTON'S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Halibut derby this weekendPeninsula DailyThe popular derby will award $20,000 worth of cash prizes to the top 30 halibut caught by ticket holders within the U.S. waters from Low Point to the base of Dungeness Spit. The angler who catches the biggest fish will receive $5,000, second place gets ...and more »

Halibut derby opens with 97-pound leaderValdez StarSo, the miles and piles of snow lingering in town might not realize the calendar says it's spring, but anglers in the Valdez Halibut Derby do. Justin Hoppe of Valdez is one such man; he hit Prince William Sound on board the charter boat Dan Orion and ...

Valdez Halibut Derby already reeling in big fishFairbanks Daily News-MinerFAIRBANKS — The summer-long Valdez Halibut Derby started Saturday, and there's already a respectable-sized fish on the leader board. Justin Hoppe, of Valdez, reeled in a 97-pound halibut on Sunday to take the early lead in the summer-long derby.Fishing, like the weather, is defini […]

97-pound halibut leads Valdez derbyAnchorage Daily NewsValdez angler Justin Hoppe took the early lead in his hometown's annual halibut derby, hooking a 97-pound fish Saturday in Prince William Sound. Hoppe caught his fish aboard Dan Orion charters. So did Shawn Shipman of Whitehorse, who ranks second in ...

Port Angeles area halibut fishery reopened with good results but faded by ...The Seattle Times (blog)“We had a couple decent days of halibut fishing, and then it dropped off as the weather kind of got crummy and foggy,” said Larry Bennett, the head state Fish and Wildlife checker in the Strait. On Thursday (May 16), 111 boats with 246 anglers at the ...

My Ballard (blog)Ballard angler lands giant halibut from kayakMy Ballard (blog)Catching a big fish is always a thrill, but when your vessel is a kayak, it adds a certain dimension of excitement and danger. One can only imagine the thoughts running through Ballard resident Brad Hole's head when he pulled a 4.5-foot halibut on ...

Salmon Confidential: documentary about Norway's fish-farmingBoing BoingLong story short: Avoid farmed fish the same way you avoid industrial red meat, insist on wild-caught sockeye salmon, and boycott Norwegian fish products because their global fish farms have killed 90% of local healthy salmon populations, including the ...

Salmon abu-ramen at downtown Portland's Shigezo: Ramen HuntOregonLive.comThis week, I was sold on a salmon abu-ramen. Similar to the tsukemen style I wrote about last month, noodles in an abu-ramen come without broth. The main difference is, unlike tsukemen, where broth and toppings are brought in a separate dipping bowl, ...

Deseret NewsDistrict Fishing Report: 5.24.13Pittsburgh Post GazetteOn that day residents and non-residents can legally fish with no fishing license required on all of the state's waterways. All other fishing regulations and private property laws still apply. Karen Gainey, fishing instructor at the Community College of ...June 8 is Free Fishing DayDesere […]

SnagFilms Named a Top 100 Tech Co.Indie WireFrom a pool of more than 1,000 candidates, Red Herring's editorial staff selected the winning companies on 20 different quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy and market ...SnagFilms Wins 2013 Red Herring Top 100 North America Aw […]

Daily MailPilots in Fatal Alaska Crash on Different SignalsABC NewsThe pilots involved in a deadly 2011 midair collision in Alaska apparently were communicating on different radio frequencies before the crash, according to a report by the National Transportation Safety Board, a finding that local aviators say ...Pilots in fatal Alaska crash on different radi […]

Kingfield rescue worker recognized for EMS contributionsKennebec Journal“It was smack dab in the middle of Alaska and pretty rural,” said Boucher of his former home, a town that in the 1970s had a population of about 2,000 people and served as a service station and shipping center for most of western Alaska. Sometimes ...and more »

FISH FACTOR: Shipping 'iceless' salmon; Bristol Bay dollars go nationalAlaskajournal.comNational Maritime Day May 22 marked another maritime benchmark. That's a holiday created by Congress in 1933 to honor America's sea-going industry. It marks the day when the steamship Savannah set sail from Georgia on the first ever transoceanic ...Rea […]

Alaska DispatchAlaska subsistence salmon case draws to a weird close in Bethel courtroomAlaska DispatchWhen Alaska State Troopers caught him, he wasn't just using illegal king salmon gear; he had two, 50-fathom gillnets shackled together to create a mammoth net almost 600-feet-long, or about the length of two football fields. He hadn't quite stretc […]

Alaska DispatchJudge: Salmon run's survival trumps religious rights of Alaska Native fishermenAlaska DispatchThe case has divided villagers, who rely on salmon runs to feed their families, and state officials, who have a duty to manage fish runs for sustainability. Fisherman Yago Evan bailed completely. He told the defense attorney trying to make a reli […]

Penning some revisionist history about Kenai king salmonAlaska DispatchLet us all hope that the scholarship of Emilie Springer, in her doctoral studies of the culture and policy of state fisheries, is better than her research into the history of Kenai River salmon, because the woman posing behind the imprimatur of the ...

KREM.com (registration)Alaska Salmon Arrives in SeattleKTVA CBS 11 News AlaskaAlaska Air Cargo delivered kings and sockeye that were caught in the Copper River near Cordova. Last year the airline flew more than 19 million pounds of seafood to the Lower 48 and about a million pounds of Copper River salmon. Seattle seafood ...Alaskan salmon imported for annual […]

The Alaska Salmon BindField and Stream (blog)Three years ago, outdoor writer, photographer, and consummate sportsman Peter Mathiesen left his hometown of St. Louis to start a new life in Alaska. Here's why he made the move, what everyday life is like, and how it feels to have Denali right outside ...

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.

Alaska's fishing season forges through winter spring weather in MayCapital city weekly"The fishing industry, apart from our processors, is lots of individual, small businesses. If you compare it to mining, which is something Juneau is well known for; we have more employment in the seafood industry than we do in the mining sector. So it ...and more  […]

Waterfall Group Announces New Exclusive Alaska Fishing ResortPR Web (press release)... a level of personalized service rarely found in the sport fishing industry. “Steamboat Bay utilizes the same decades-long admired service model as Waterfall Resort Alaska, stepped up several notches,” said Cara Buswell, Steamboat Bay Resident Manager.and more »

Kevin Adams Named Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute ChairmanPerishableNews (press release)With 38 years of fishing experience in Bristol Bay, Adams has long been an active member in the Alaska fishing industry. He has worked for both the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation and the Bering Sea Fisherman's Association, and represents ...

A history of CDFU-CAMACordova Times1946 stared the era of increased involvement with mention of a United Western Alaska effort against fish traps and the Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc. In 1947, we see a Dungeness crab price of 9 cents per crab, still fighting traps, and union support of ...The Cordova Times - Picnics and politicsThe cordova Timesall 2 news art […]

Movers & Shakers 05/26/13Alaskajournal.comHer research includes working with the fishing industry to minimize interactions between sperm and killer whales and Alaska longline fisheries. Straley has been with the UAS Sitka Campus since 1994, and also serves as associated faculty with UAF.

Indian ExpressITC clears Microsoft of Google's Xbox patent violation claimsZDNetSummary: The U.S. International Trade commission said Microsoft is free to continue to import Xboxes, after clearing the company of Google's patent violation claims. Mary Jo Foley. By Mary Jo Foley for All About Microsoft | May 23, 2013 -- 22:56 GMT (15:56 ...Microsoft […]

Apple InsiderDetails Spilled on Apple's iOS 7 OverhaulPC MagazineApple senior vice president of industrial design Jony Ive is overhauling the system by dropping its current lifelike design in favor of a simpler interface, according to 9to5Mac. Unnamed sources described the new iOS 7 as "black, white, and flat all over," tipping ...Apple Reveal […]

New York TimesUsed Computer, $116000 or Best OfferNew York TimesMore than a decade ago, at a vintage computer fair in Silicon Valley, Dag Spicer had an opportunity to buy an original Apple-1 for $2,000. He passed. Any regrets? Not really, he said. Bits · More Tech Coverage. News from the technology industry, including ...Original Apple 1 Headed to AuctionPC […]

Economic TimesGoogle eyes Waze as Facebook circles hot Web maps propertyReutersBy Sarah McBride and Alexei Oreskovic. SAN FRANCISCO | Fri May 24, 2013 2:04pm EDT. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is in talks to buy Waze, an Israeli mapping start-up that has held discussions with several large technology companies, two ...Google said to be vying with Face […]

NPRIn 'Unusual' Statement, Judge In Ebook Antitrust Trial Encourages Apple To SettleForbesIn a statement that Reuters called “unusual” given the case and the context, Judge Denise Cote said that she was leaning toward deciding the in favor of the U.S. Department of Justice in U.S. vs. Apple, an antitrust case in which the U.S. alleges that Apple an […]

LivemintFTC Said to Have Begun New Inquiry on GoogleNew York TimesWASHINGTON – Google's rivals have again prompted antitrust investigators at the Federal Trade Commission to examine the company's business practices, and staff members have begun a preliminary look at whether Google abuses its market dominance in ...Google Is Again Under an FTC Antit […]

AFPStudy reveals man's rocky road to upright walkingAFPPARIS — The rugged landscape created by volcanic eruptions and tectonic plate shifts in east and south Africa millions of years ago may be what prompted our human ancestors to start walking on two legs, a study said Friday. The research published in the ...The ascent of man: Why our early ancestors […]

ITProPortalFacebook Delays UK And France Launch Of HTC First With Facebook Home ...TechCrunchMore signs today the HTC First might also be the last smartphone to ship with Facebook Home pre-installed: UK carrier EE confirmed today that the first Facebook Home phone won't be launching in the UK soon as planned, as Facebook has decided to ...HTC First UK l […]

Telegraph.co.ukXbox One evolution: We trace the history of the Xbox (video)CNETIn this video we examine the history of the Xbox, starting with its origins in the late '90s and ending with a forward look to the just-revealed console. Plus, a lesson that Microsoft should learn from its own success... Luke Westaway. by Luke Westaway May 24, ...What we thin […]

Sydney Morning HeraldSamsung Galaxy S 4 (Sprint)PC MagazineA blinding number of features. Incredibly fast. Ships with Android 4.2.2. Relatively small for its display size. Spectacular call quality. Cons Limited storage on 16GB model. Low-light camera performance could be better. Bottom Line. The Samsung Galaxy S 4 is ...Apple Adds Samsung's Galaxy S4 To […]