Land: United States

The International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) has collected logbook information since the 1930s. The catch per unit effort, gear, and location information from the logbook is essential for the annual stock assessment and aids in determining the condition of the halibut resource. We have been successful in managing the halibut resource primarily because of cooperation from participating harvesters.

Fishermen and women alike are heading out to the fishing grounds with marked anticipation as the 2010 wild Alaska halibut and black cod (sablefish) season opens March 6, 2010. Catch limits for Alaska halibut and black cod are set at 40.3 million pounds and 24.9 million pounds, respectively.

Alaska is home to over 75% of the wild Pacific halibut and over 70% of the wild black cod caught in the U.S.; in other words, we have plenty of it. Halibut is harvested exclusively in Alaska’s pure, pristine waters with longline gear; black cod is harvested by longline and pots.

Alaska halibut and black cod, and in fact all seafood from Alaska, are wild and sustainable seafood choices. In fact, Alaska is the only state in the nation to have sustainability language written into its Constitution.

Northeast Fisheries Summit, a daylong discussion, will be held on Monday where eminent personalities from different background participate.

Local commercial fishermen will now have to deduct 50 percent of meal expenses on job, confirms a report.

The Second International Congress on Seafood Technology will be held May 10 – 13, 2010 in Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America, co-hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the University of Alaska.

NOAA announced today an additional $10 million to preserve fishing

From March the new scallop quotas will be effected and this irks fishermen who were not happy with it.

Fishery managers concerned about soft-shell crab catch as the buyers are not interested in ‘light crab’.

NOAA and Gloucester Fish Exchange, Inc. (owner of the Gloucester

The Environmental Protection Agency is sharply criticizing the military’s plan to move thousands of Marines to the Pacific island of Guam.