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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 ...

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 ...

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 […]

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 ...

Memorial Day BBQ: Grilled Honey Chipotle Salmon KabobsFox News Latino4. Preheat grill. 5. Add vegetables to marinated salmon and mix gently. 6. Arrange salmon and vegetables on skewers and grill over medium to low heat for approximately 5-6 minutes on each side. 7. Serve over grilled asparagus or a bed of greens. Serves 4.

Alaska sports digest for Friday, May 24Anchorage Daily NewsAlaska sports digest for Friday, May 24. Published: May 24, 2013. 2013-05-25T06:06:14Z. Anchorage Daily News Anchorage_Daily_News. Tweet · 0 Comments E-mail Print. By Anchorage Daily News — sports@adn.com. Anchorage — The East High softball ...and more »

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, ...and more »

Alaska has 31% of all Active Volcanoes in the United StatesScience Daily (press release)Alaska's volcanoes make up about 31% of all active volcanoes in the United States. There are 52 that have been active within the last 10,000 years and can be expected to erupt again. At present, 28 are monitored with ground-based instrumentation, and ...Two Remote Vo […]

Kuskokwim elders may get fishing priority over othersAlaska DispatchOn Friday, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced its 2013 Kuskokwim River king salmon forecast. It predicts ... “King salmon harvested during an 'Elder's Fishery' are intended to contribute to the subsistence needs of elders” and provide an ...

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.and more »

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 […]

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 ...

Indian ExpressOn the road with Samsung's S-Voice Drive modeCNETOne of the Samsung Galaxy S4's many new features is S-Voice Drive, a car- and driver-centric voice-command system. We take it for a spin. Antuan Goodwin. by Antuan Goodwin. May 22, 2013 3:58 PM PDT Follow @antgoo. S-Voice Drive in the Samsung ...An HTC One without Sense is not an HTC On […]

Moneycontrol.comFTC 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 ...Google Said to Face New Antit […]

CBC.ca3 Planets Performing Rare Night Sky Show: How to See ItSpace.comThree planets are coming together in the evening sky at the moment, putting on a celestial show that won't be seen again for more than a decade. Jupiter, Venus and Mercury are gathering low in the west-northwest evening sky, and next week they'll form the ...Three planets can be […]

ABC NewsDr. Beach Names Cape Hatteras #8 On Top 10 beaches ListWITNA portion of the outer banks has been named again as one of the top beaches in the country. Dr. Stephen Leatherman from Florida International University, known as Dr. Beach, lists Cape Hatteras as the 8th best in his annual top 10. He says it has some of ...NY's Main Beach tops annual su […]

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 […]

ValueWalkLambda Labs Is Launching A Facial Recognition API For Google GlassTechCrunchLambda Labs, an early-stage startup out of San Francisco, is preparing to release a facial recognition API for developers working on Google Glass apps. The API will be available to interested developers within a week, company co-founder Stephen Balaban ...Google Glass Won […]

Mobile NewsFacebook won't bring HTC First smartphone to the UK after allEngadgetAfter a series of rumors about the HTC First not selling too well in the States, we've now heard that the customized Facebook / Android handset won't be coming to the UK. Mobile News initially reported that UK pre-orders will be cancelled and we've just ...Fac […]

The Droid GuyWindows 8: Consumers Not Warming To InterfaceInformationWeekWindows 8's look and feel is still a flop with consumers, especially with those who don't use tablets, two studies say. Start The Discussion · Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Michael Endler | May 22, 2013 11:28 AM. Windows Blue (click image for larger view and ...Google and Mi […]

Science RecorderBig Bang's extragalactic background light may reveal secrets of dark matterScience RecorderBig Bang's extragalactic background light may reveal secrets of dark matter. Dark matter, dark energy may begin to give up their secrets if a new way to track extragalactic background light works out. Big Bang's extragalactic background l […]

San Francisco ChronicleAmphibians declining in the US, report saysLos Angeles TimesAmphibians are disappearing in the United States at an unexpectedly brisk pace. More disturbing, according to a report this week from the U.S. Geological Survey, the more rare the species of toad, frog or salamander, the higher the risk of decline.Study: Number of frogs, toads […]