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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 ...

abc7news.comKiller 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 Snatches Halibut from Alaskan A […]

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 »

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 […]

Allen Bushnell , Fish Rap : Rockfish will have to do with salmon , halibut off ...Santa Cruz SentinelI would say that fishing is very good in Santa Cruz even though we don't have any salmon, halibut or white sea bass to speak of. That's right, rockfishing is the default. And, lucky for us, it is wide open right now and has been since the beginning […]

Daily MailBear mauls Alaska man who fed it barbecue meatFox NewsThe man could be charged with illegally feeding wildlife, according to Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Beth Ipsen. He had been drinking and went for a bike ride, taking some of the food along, she said. The man came across the bear and threw it a ...Bear mauls Alaska man who gave it barbecue m […]

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 »

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 »

The Continuing Alaska Shut-out ScandalHuffington PostThe revelation last month that IRS officials had routinely targeted conservative organizations for excessive scrutiny is now a major political scandal, and rightly so. When you have federal agents asking citizens about the content of their prayers and ...

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 […]

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 ...Need 10 pounds of Copper River sockeye? Write a $3 […]

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 […]

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 […]

50:50 for Pacific salmon sustainablityFishnewseuWhile the large majority of salmon fisheries in good shape are located in Alaska, the report highlights that there are good, medium, and poor salmon fisheries in each salmon-producing region (Alaska, British Columbia, Russia, Japan, and the US Pacific ...

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 […]

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 ...

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 »

50:50 for Pacific salmon sustainablityFishnewseuWhile the large majority of salmon fisheries in good shape are located in Alaska, the report highlights that there are good, medium, and poor salmon fisheries in each salmon-producing region (Alaska, British Columbia, Russia, Japan, and the US Pacific ...

Latinos PostInstagram Video Sharing to be Released on June 20 Confirms Facebook SourceLatinos PostUsers of the widely popular photo-sharing (and filtering) app Instagram will soon be able to share videos too, according to a Facebook source. Like Us on Facebook. The reveal is supposed to be timed with Facebook's big press event this coming June 20.Source […]

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 ...Mysteri […]

Brisbane Times'Next-gen' news from E3Brisbane TimesThe Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, is officially over, and what a week it was. Many of the games mentioned here will have longer stories coming, as I got to sit down and either play them or see a behind-closed-doors preview. The first official day kicked ...A Tale of Preorders: Sony's P […]

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 […]

Sydney Morning HeraldSamsung plans LTE Advanced version of Galaxy S4RegisterSamsung is looking to shake off some poor recent sales forecasts for its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone with the launch of an LTE Advanced version in South Korea this month, promising data transfer speeds up to double those of the current 4G handset.Samsung to launch faster Galaxy S4 […]

LivemintChinese Supercomputer Named as World's FastestABC NewsA Chinese university has built the world's fastest supercomputer, almost doubling the speed of the U.S. machine that previously claimed the top spot and underlining China's rise as a science and technology powerhouse. The semiannual TOP500 listing of the ...China Beats US With World […]

Toronto StarUPDATE 4-Netflix boosts original programming with DreamWorks dealReutersTue Jun 18, 2013 12:23am IST. * Deal will bring 300 hours of new programming to Netflix. * Pact is Netflix's largest for original programming. * Netflix shares rise 7 pct, DreamWorks rises 4 pct. By Sayantani Ghosh and Lisa Richwine. June 17 (Reuters) - Video ...Netflix […]

San Francisco ChronicleData from 10000 Apple user accounts or devices sought, mostly by copsQ13 FOX(CNN) — U.S. law enforcement officials made thousands of requests for data about Apple users over the last seven months, the company said Monday. typing Apple said it had received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests, covering between 9,000 and 10,000 ...Apple got […]

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 […]

The Droid GuyAcer Bringing C7 Chromebook To Walmart Shelves For $199Hot HardwareGuess what's coming to your local Walmart? Google Chromebooks. In what may soon prove to be the Chromebook's biggest push yet, Google and Acer have convinced a store that is notoriously difficult to snag shelf space on to give them just that. The new ...Chromebook lapto […]