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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 »

LEE HORTON'S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Sekiu open to halibutPeninsula DailyEspecially during this month, due to what Brian Menkal of Brian's Sporting Goods and More (360-683-1950) in Sequim calls the “short and fierce” halibut season. “There are such little windows, and so wise anglers take advantage of them,” Menkal said.Holiday weekend perfect for fishing […]

Vancouver Sun10000 lbs of fresh halibut the star of West Vancouver festivalVancouver SunWest Vancouver's Fresh St. Market held its first Halibut Festival Saturday to both celebrate the tasty fish and raise money for Cops for Cancer. The festival featured food demonstrations from local chefs, children's activities, contests, wine tastings ...and mor […]

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tropical Park fishing about to improveMiamiHerald.comFreshwater fishing is about to get better at Miami-Dade County's Tropical Park. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission teamed with the county's parks and recreation department to create more transit corridors, as well as hiding and ...

Alaska Ear: A question ... (5/26/2013)Anchorage Daily NewsWhen did the oil tax bill, SB 21, become the "More Alaska Production Act"? Did Ear doze off and miss a legislative change of title for the big oil tax cut signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Sean Parnell? The press releases fired off by pro-industry ...

Biscayne National Park drops fishing ban planSun-SentinelThe park, which encompasses southern Biscayne Bay, had proposed a no-fishing zone to help coral reefs recover from decades of heavy fishing that had devastated snapper, grouper, lobster and other creatures that make their homes in the park's shallow, ...

Alaska DispatchShell drilling rig left Alaska port to avoid taxes, company official testifiesMiamiHerald.comANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Shell's Kulluk oil drilling rig left Dutch Harbor in December to avoid the prospect of millions in taxes, a Shell official revealed Saturday morning in testimony to a Coast Guard investigation panel. Questions over the timing […]

River herring numbers up in NH, although still far short of past yearsNashua TelegraphThis fish ladder, located on the Nashua River, consists of a giant concrete tube, allows herring and other fish, notably salmon, shad and American eel, to bypass the Jackson Falls Dam in downtown Nashua by traveling up or down the slope. A separate ...

Drugs seized in Juneau investigationsSan Francisco ChronicleAlaska State Troopers has recommended a suspect be charged with two felonies for attempted misconduct involving controlled substances. The Juneau District Attorney's Office is reviewing the case. The suspect's name has not been released because he or ...Drug task force seizes heroin, marij […]

Alaska DispatchLaine Welch: Report shows nice gains throughout salmon value chainAnchorage Daily NewsIt takes quite a crew to get an Alaska salmon from "boat to throat," and everyone along the line gets a cut of the catch. How that "value chain" has paid out in the past few years shows nice gains for Alaska fishermen and processors. […]

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 […]

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 ...

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 […]

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'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  […]

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 »

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 ...

Alaska Ear: A question ... (5/26/2013)Anchorage Daily NewsWhen did the oil tax bill, SB 21, become the "More Alaska Production Act"? Did Ear doze off and miss a legislative change of title for the big oil tax cut signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Sean Parnell? The press releases fired off by pro-industry ...

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 […]

ABC NewsThe ugly truth: Apple vs. PC designCNETcommentary The PC world still hasn't come up with an awesome design to challenge the iPad. The clock's ticking. Brooke Crothers. by Brooke Crothers. May 25, 2013 4:56 PM PDT Follow @mbrookec. The PC world doesn't have anything like the iPad ...Microsoft recruits Siri to bad-mouth the iPad in new W […]

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 ...Apple I Computer Fetches $671K in Auc […]

Wall Street JournalGoogle to Fund, Develop Wireless Networks in Emerging MarketsWall Street JournalGoogle Inc. is working to build and help run wireless networks in emerging markets such as sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, connecting a billion or more new people to the Internet. WSJ's Amir Efrati reports. (Photo: Getty Images). Google Inc. is deep […]

Boston GlobeFTC Is Said to Begin a 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 ...FTC eyes new antitrust inquiry in […]

eWeekLambda Labs Develops Facial Recognition App for Google GlassHot HardwareWhen you first see Google Glass, your imagination runs wild with all of the possibilities. Sure, the obvious ones come to mind: looking at navigation routes and incoming e-mail right on your face, but what about an even more obvious one? We're talking about ...Lambda Labs Is La […]

IBNLiveGmail Overhaul Might Be On the WayMashableDespite rolling out a major overhaul a little over a year ago, Google could be preparing to redesign the Gmail experience on iOS, Android and the desktop. Reports of a new look for the Android client came from the eagle-eyes at Android Police — who noticed ...New Gmail Screenshots Leak - Brings Tabs, Navigatio […]

NDTVGoogle Now's "Topics" Page Returns And Shows You How Much Google Knows ...TechCrunchA few weeks ago, Google briefly made a “Google Now” topics page available on the web and then took it down again. The page showed a list of topics Google believed you were interested in, based on your search history. Now this feature is back, but it's […]

Christian Science MonitorWhy did our ancestors start walking upright? Ancient terrain may hold clueChristian Science MonitorBeing four-legged has its perks. As a quadruped, your center of gravity is lower, there's less wind resistance when you're running, and, best of all, you can use your hind foot to scratch your ear. Skip to next paragraph. Rela […]

Indian ExpressMicrosoft knuckles under, yanks YouTube app for Windows PhoneComputerworldComputerworld - Microsoft has bowed to pressure from Google and pulled the YouTube app from its Windows Phone Store that earlier this month triggered a cease-and-desist letter from the search giant. The two companies will instead collaborate on a ...Windows 8: Consumers N […]

Zee NewsLost Apollo 11 moon dust found in storageFox NewsVials of moon dust brought back to Earth by the first men on the moon have been found inside a lab warehouse in California after sitting in storage unnoticed for more than 40 years. The samples — collected by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz ...Moon or Asteroid? Congress Debates Best Pit St […]