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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 ...and m […]

Ballard angler hooks big halibut out of kayak off Neah BayThe Seattle Times (blog)Another big fish story has been reeled in, and this one ranks in the lore of David and Goliath. One of the hardest challenges for boat anglers is catching a giant halibut, but just imagine doing it aboard a 14-foot kayak. That is just what Brad Hole of ...

First Atlantic Halibut Fishery Achieves MSC CertificationTheFishSite.comCANADA - The Canadian Atlantic halibut fishery, located off the coasts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador, has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification following an independent, third-party assessment against the global MSC ...

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 ...

Los Angeles TimesNorth Korea Releases Chinese Fishing CrewNew York TimesThe Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that the vessel's owner, Yu Xuejun, had called the Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang on May 10 to seek help after North Korea captured the fishing boat, which operates from Dalian, a northeastern Chinese port city.North Korea releases detained Chinese […]

MiamiHerald.comAlaska Unveils Plan to Assess Gas, Oil in ANWRABC News"State of Alaska land managers have found that 3D seismic data is an indispensable tool to managing our lands," he said. "We believe that it would be very valuable for your land managers to have this data to inform their planning efforts for the 1002 ...Alaska governor launch […]

MiamiHerald.comErupting Alaska volcano spews ash, disrupts air travelYahoo! NewsWhile the ash plume was still too low on Monday to affect commercial airliners flying at least 30,000 feet above sea level between Asia and North America, it was scrambling schedules for regional carriers serving rural fishing towns and native villages ...Trace Volcano Ash Reache […]

Alaska Public Radio NetworkAlaska, Hawaii, W. Virginia get No Child Left Behind waiversWashington PostAlaska, Hawaii and West Virginia join 37 other states and D.C. in getting relief from No Child Left Behind, in exchange for agreeing to make changes in education policy endorsed by the Obama administration. The states have agreed to prepare students ...NCLB […]

Sarah Palin: It Snowed In Alaska In May, So There Is No Global WarmingHuffington PostGlobal warming isn't happening, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) argued over the weekend, pointing to the fact that it was snowing in Alaska in May. "Global warming my gluteus maximus," she wrote in a post on her Facebook page, adding a small dose of ...and […]

Fly fishing delivers a lot more patience than prideThe Spokesman ReviewQuite frankly, I've had bad luck with fly fishing ever since I paid this crazy old fisherman 20 bucks to teach me the craft. I didn't know he was crazy at the time, of course. All I knew is that he was some sort of self-proclaimed fly-fishing genius ...

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 DispatchJudge: Salmon run's survival trumps religious rights of Alaska Native fishermenAlaska DispatchEach of the 25 defendants were cited last summer for subsistence fishing for king salmon during an emergency closure. They are relying on a religious defense, saying that the taking of king salmon is an essential part of their culture and religio […]

KOMO NewsFresh Copper River salmon lands in SeattleKOMO NewsAlaska Airlines first officer Peter Michels carries a 40-pound Copper River salmon off the plane as Capt. Jeff Meyer looks on as the first shipment of the valuable fish arrives in Seattle from Cordova, Alaska, Friday, May 17, 2013. The arrival of the ...Season's first salmon land at Sea-TacSeat […]

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 »

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'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 […]

Environment & Energy PublishingActivist priest joins campaign against mining projectEnvironment & Energy Publishing"The fishing industry in [southwestern Alaska] is important, but it is very seasonal and the benefits bypass the majority of locals," he added. Oleksa, who says pre-mining development is already affecting caribou habitats, fram […]

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 ...

Boston GlobeYahoo makes bold but risky move in buying Tumblr for $1.1 billionContra Costa TimesSUNNYVALE -- Yahoo's pricey $1.1 billion purchase of the trendy social blogging site Tumblr is both a bold and risky move, which Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer seemed to indirectly acknowledge Monday with repeated vows to "not screw it up." Mayer is betting […]

The GuardianXbox next: What to expect at Tuesday's Xbox reveal eventCNETMicrosoft is bound to play up the non-gaming entertainment features of the new console, focusing on streaming video, Skype calling, and deeper integration with other devices and services. Jay Greene. by Jay Greene. May 20, 2013 12:01 AM PDT Follow @ ...Xbox 720: Microsoft prepares t […]

San Francisco ChronicleRecharge your cellphone in 20 secondsCNN(CNN) -- A tiny device that can recharge cell phone batteries in as little as 30 seconds won 18-year-old Eesha Khare a major science award that will help fund her college education at Harvard University. Khare traveled from her California home to Phoenix ...Saratoga Teen's Research Takes Sci […]

BBC NewsEx-Nokia team makes rival smartphoneBBC NewsA company made up of former Nokia employees has shown off Jolla, a new smartphone with a custom operating system known as Sailfish. The software has been built from the remnants of MeeGo, a project abandoned by Nokia in 2011 in favour of adopting ...Jolla's first device unveiled: Sailfish OS debuts wit […]

ReadWriteGoogle Checkout Nixed In Favor of Google WalletTechCrunchGoogle Checkout is being sunsetted as the company focuses on shaping Google Wallet into a viable PayPal rival. Google Commerce announced today that Google Checkouts will be retired on November 20. Google suggests that merchants who do not have ...Google Checkout to check outCNET (blog)T-Mobile […]

Dell's experimental 'computer-on-a-stick' shipping to developers in JulyBGROne of the most intriguing concepts for the future of the PC industry we've heard lately has been Dell's Project Ophelia, a USB thumb drive-sized “computer-on-a-stick” that can plug into any monitor's USB port to transform it into a makeshift computer cap […]

Ars TechnicaBear Grylls-types rejoice: “Rugged” Galaxy S 4 images leakArs TechnicaLate last month, we heard rumblings that Samsung planned to launch a water- and dustproof version of its Galaxy S 4 smartphone. The Wall Street Journal reported that this handset would be called the Galaxy S 4 Active, and now images of it have apparently ...Samsung Galaxy S4 Ac […]

Headlines & Global NewsAT&T says 'any' mobile video chat app will work on its network by the end of 2013The VergeWhen Google Hangouts first launched, we noted that AT&T Android customers couldn't use its video chat capabilities on a cellular network. A statement from AT&T implied that video chat could be used on downloaded apps […]

Apple InsiderTrial production of 5th-generation iPad to begin soon, say Taiwan makersDigitimesTrial production of Apple's 5th-generation 9.7-inch iPad will begin soon and volume production will begin in July, with monthly shipments ramping up to 2-3 million units in September, according to sources with Taiwan's supply chain. The display of the new […]

Economic TimesCuriosity Drills into Second Mars RockDiscovery NewsNASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity has drilled into another rock and plans are afoot to deliver a second sample of the pulverized material to laboratory instruments on board the rover. The new rock called “Cumberland” is in the “Yellowknife Bay” ...Mars Rover Opportunity Break […]