Seafood

Campbell River's reputation as a major hub for marine finfish and shellfish aquaculture industries received a significant boost, thanks to federal funding announced by the Honourable John Duncan, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, and Member of Parliament for Vancouver Island North, on behalf of the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification (WD). …

A second 36-hour commercial fishing opener on the Copper River was set to begin at 7 a.m. on June 4, in the wake of a May 31 period that brought in 1,800 Chinook, 130,000 sockeye and 9,000 chum salmon. …

Any way you fillet it, Oregon’s commercial seafood and fishing industry had an outstanding year in 2011. For many fisheries, both the volume harvested off the Oregon Coast and the corresponding dollar value were the best in decades. A total harvest value exceeding $145 million for all Oregon fisheries has given coastal economies from Astoria to Brookings a much needed shot-in-the-arm. …

On October 26, 2011 in Hermosillo, Mexico, at the opening ceremony of the ninth annual Aquamar International Conference attended by hundreds of fishing industry leaders and government officials, the Mexico Gulf of California Pacific sardine fishery–the largest volume fishery in Mexico–officially received its MSC certificate. …

Balancing the dynamic biology of different marine resources seems to Trisha DeGraff to be a never-ending challenge. A marine resource management coordinator with the Maine Department of Marine Resources, DeGraff was in Washington County on Tuesday soliciting advice from scallop fishermen in East Machias and Jonesport on how best to prevent overfishing while allowing for enough catch to sustain the local economy. …