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Kayaker hooks and lands a huge halibutThe Seattle TimesA couple weeks before, Hole and a friend had taken their Hobie Pro Angler Kayaks up to the area to fish the lingcod opener when he hooked, but never saw, what he thought was a big halibut in 25 feet of water. "I knew the fish were hanging in shallow ...

Zagat (blog)Photo of the Day: Halibut, Art, WolvesmouthZagat (blog)This dish is simply titled "halibut," but it is a true work of art. The colors. The strokes. It's one of the most beautiful things we've seen on a plate. Getting a spot at the Wolvesmouth table is a matter of getting on the list, and to do that, you ...

Westport halibut fishery will get one more day of fishing this weekendThe Seattle Times (blog)“An important point is that while we'll get one additional day for halibut we'll have to use up the (nearshore halibut fishery's) 2,000 pound catch quota, which means that we'll close everything,” Reed said. “That could change if we get some crum […]

Chef Tom Douglas offers a nice halibut recipe with a little kickThe Seattle Times (blog)Halibut fishing is now in full swing, and Douglas offers a recipe for this firm, sweet tasting white fish. Douglas will contribute some of his tasty recipes for the Reel Time Fishing NW blog in our Catch of the Week each Wednesday through October ...

LEE HORTON'S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Halibut taking offPeninsula DailyDown the coast, in Marine Area 2 (Westport, Ocean Shores), the Sunday-and-Tuesday halibut fishery that opened May 5 has been so good that it is set to close early. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Thursday that Marine Area 2 quota is ...

Some hatchery chinook caught off North Coast two-day fishery, and halibut bite ...The Seattle Times (blog)The Neah Bay and La Push halibut fishery is open this Thursday (May 16) and Saturday (May 18), and the hatchery chinook fishery is open Friday and Saturday (May 17-18). The halibut fishery is closed May 23 and 25, and if enough remains in the catch ...

Wall Street JournalWhite House Aide Chides GOP for 'Fishing Expeditions'Wall Street JournalWhite House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said the Obama administration wouldn't cooperate in "partisan fishing expeditions" over targeting of tea-party groups by tax officials, raising the prospect of future battles with lawmakers over their inv […]

Christian Science MonitorPavlof Volcano ash cloud shows Alaska's threat to air travel (+video)Christian Science MonitorPavlof is an 8,261-foot cone near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula – a long, thin finger of land that extends southwest from the Alaska mainland. From there, the Aleutian Islands sweep out into the Pacific toward Russia in a 1,200-mile c […]

Toronto StarTrace Volcano Ash Reaches Small Alaska CityABC NewsTrace amounts of ash from a remote Alaska volcano have fallen on an Aleutian Islands community, but the latest ash cloud remained just under the 20,000-foot threshold considered to be a major threat to trans-continental aircraft. Geologist Kristi ...Alaska volcano 'fountaining' with fir […]

Channel News AsiaChina seeks release of fishing boat seized by North KoreaYahoo! NewsSHANGHAI (Reuters) - North Korean forces have seized a Chinese fishing boat, Chinese officials told state-run news agency Xinhua late on Sunday, creating a potential new irritant in ties between the two allies. Chinese counselor to North Korea Jiang ...Chinese fishing boat o […]

Arab NewsAlaska completes sweet sweepArab NewsIt took a 20-3 run near the middle of the fourth quarter for Alaska to finally grab control and snuff the fight out of the game Kings, who led for all of the first three periods before becoming the victims of just the eighth 3-0 sweep in the history of ...Ex-Alaska coach Tim Cone congratulates Aces on TwitterPhil […]

Two Rivers honors commercial fishing heritage - WLUK Fox 11Fox11online.comTWO RIVERS - The City of Two Rivers honored its commercial fishing heritage Sunday by unveiling a commemorative statue at the Rogers Street Fishing Village. The historically-preserved fishing village museum sits on the city's east side, which had been ...

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 […]

PR Web (press release)Alaska's Summer Salmon Harvest Opens Tomorrow - PRWebPR Web (press release)The summer harvest season for wild Alaska salmon officially opens tomorrow, May 16, with a projected harvest of 179 million fish. Should the harvest reach this prediction, 2013 will mark the eighth largest Alaska salmon season on record and a 40 ...

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 ...

Salmon prices depend on foreign currenciesTundra DrumsExchange rates between the Chilean peso and the U.S. dollar impact trade prices for farmed salmon in the U.S ., which in turn affects demand for wild, Alaska salmon – especially fresh and frozen pinks and chums. The peso is currently very strong versus ...

Two undersized Alaska king salmon leave fisherman with a hefty fineAlaska DispatchTwo undersized king salmon caught during this year's southeast Alaska winter troll fishery have proven exceptionally costly for a Haines fisherman. Frank White pleaded guilty to catching the two Chinook, the largest Pacific salmon, and ended up paying ...

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  […]

PR Web (press release)Waterfall Group Announces New Exclusive Alaska Fishing Resort - PRWebPR 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 […]

NOAA Releases Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures for Public CommentAlaska Native NewsThe State of Alaska and several fishing industry groups sued NOAA in the U.S. District Court of the District of Alaska, saying that NOAA Fisheries implemented more protection for Steller sea lions than necessary to comply with the ESA, resulting in ...

Laine Welch: Fuel cell technology boosts long-distance fish shippingAnchorage Daily News"Although fishing and processing take place in Alaska, because most of the total economic impacts of the Bristol Bay salmon industry occur outside Alaska, previous studies which focused only on impacts which occur in Alaska greatly understated its ...

Ups and downs for Alaska seafood buyersCapital City WeeklyContact Eva Luna (206) 634-1838 (ext. 7661) or Bruce Leaman (ext. 7672). Download applications from the IPHC website at www.iphc.int/opportunities/scholarship.html. Deadline is June 28. Laine Welch has been covering news of Alaska's fishing industry ...and more »

Penning some revisionist history about Kenai king salmonAlaska DispatchThe Alaska Department of Fish and Game has steadfastly refused to accept the idea anything can be done and has thus ignored requests to study different fishing technologies and strategies that might minimize or eliminate the incidental catch of kings ...

U.S. News & World ReportYahoo Board, Unfazed by Tumblr Porn, Approves $1.1B AcquisitionPC MagazineIn a bit of news from the, "we expected that" department, Yahoo's board of directors has approved a deal to purchase the micro-blogging service Tumblr for a cool $1.1 billion in cash. The official announcement from Yahoo could arrive as soon a […]

AFPRussian Animal Orbiter Returns --- With Most Critters DeadLatinos PostAfter spending a month in orbit around the earth, a Russian space capsule carrying a menagerie of small animals has returned home --- with most of its passengers dead. Roscosmos, Russia's Federal Space Agency, launched 45 mice, eight Mongolian ...Mice return from a month in spaceBu […]

ZDNetCongress Demands Answers About Google Glass - eWeekeWeekNEWS ANALYSIS: While Google Glass isn't sold to the general public yet, one congressional group is concerned how Google plans to meet privacy requirements. Suppose you were at a cocktail party, and someone approached you wearing a strange-looking ...Congress Questions Larry Page Over Google Gl […]

Design & TrendLunar Impact 2013: NASA Records Biggest Explosion in the HistoryDesign & Trend"Lunar meteor showers" happen more common than anyone ever expected, with hundreds of detectable impacts occurring every year. On March 17, 2013, an object about the size of a small boulder hit the lunar surface in Mare Imbrium and it exploded in a . […]

National GeographicQ&A: The Future of the Kepler Spacecraft - National Geographic NewsNational GeographicNASA unexpectedly announced this week that Kepler, the planet-hunting spacecraft, has put itself in a safe mode and gone offline. One of the orbiting telescope's star-tracker instruments, called a reaction wheel, has failed, rendering the telesco […]

Capital TechnologiesMicrosoft Surface Pro, a great portable device or just another tablet?Capital TechnologiesThe Microsoft Surface Pro is one of the most popular tablets in the market today, and it is also one of the best portable devices being offered by Microsoft. But there must be a lot of consumers who might have plans to buy the Surface Pro but are wor […]

Pulse 2.0Google H840 Media Player Spotted In FCC Testing - Pulse2Pulse 2.0Earlier this year, Google decided to discontinue the social streaming media player known as the Nexus Q. However, a new Google media player gadget has been spotted in FCC testing documents with the product name H840. The product code is the ...[Don't Panic] Google-Branded H840 Med […]

Indian ExpressDark, massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31Los Angeles TimesIt's 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue. If it impacted Earth it would probably result in global extinction. Good thing it is just making a flyby. Asteroid 1998 QE2 will make its closest pass ...A […]

Telegraph.co.ukHunting for Syrian Hackers' Chain of CommandNew York TimesIt's the question of the moment inside the murky realm of cybersecurity: Just who — or what — is the Syrian Electronic Army? Enlarge This Image. The Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility for hacking The Financial Times on Friday. Bits ...FT hacked by Syrian Electronic […]

BloombergApple Mobile Devices Cleared for Use on U.S. Military NetworksBloombergThe Pentagon cleared Apple Inc. (AAPL) devices for use on its networks, setting the stage for the maker of iPhones and iPads to compete with Samsung Electronics Co. and BlackBerry for military sales. The Defense Department said in a statement today that it ...Defense Dept. approv […]