Articles of Interest with links provided by Chuck McCallum

Fishery items in the News – Posted August 14, 2019:

• Bristol Bay and Chignik Fisheries in the news:
  KDLG News: Bristol Bay Fisheries Reports, etc.:
  https://www.kdlg.org/post/bristol-bay-fisheries-report-july-31-2019
  https://www.kdlg.org/post/bristol-bay-fisheries-report-july-29-2019
  https://www.kdlg.org/post/pricing-update-base-prices-and-bonuses
  https://www.kdlg.org/post/bristol-bay-fisheries-report-july-26-2019
  https://www.kdlg.org/post/bristol-bay-fisheries-report-july-25-2019-0
  https://www.kdlg.org/post/bristol-bay-fisheries-report-july-24-2019
  https://www.kdlg.org/post/bristol-bay-fisheries-report-july-23-2019
  KDLG News: Chignik Bay 'hanging by a thread' in second year of scant fishing
  https://www.kdlg.org/post/chignik-bay-hanging-thread-second-year-scant-fishing#stream/0

• Congressional Delegation
  Congressman Don Young Introduces Legislation to Protect Wild Fish Populations https://donyoung.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=401320
  Senator Sullivan Fishery Priorities
  https://www.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senate-commerce-advances-sullivan-priorities-on-fish-aviation-and-5g-technology-
  Alaska congressional delegation asks Trump administration to help fishermen hurt by trade war with China
  https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2019/06/19/alaska-congressional-delegation-asks-trump-administration-to-help-fishermen-hurt-by-trade-war-with-china/
  Alaska Sen. Murkowski Sends Harsh Letter to FDA Chief for Inaction on Genetically Engineered Salmon and on Seafood Consumption Guidance
  https://www.seafoodnews.com/Story/1094065/Alaska-Sen-Murkowski-Sends-Harsh-Letter-to-FDA-Chief-for-Inaction-on-Seafood-Consumption-Guidance

• ADF&G Budget Cut
  ADF&G budget cut by $1 million
  http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1929adfampg_budget_cut_by_1_million
  ADF&G Commissioner talks fishery budget cuts, says biggest challenge now is “trade tariffs”
  https://www.alaskafishradio.com/adfg-commissioner-talks-fishery-budget-cuts-says-biggest-challenge-now-is-trade-tariffs/
  Fish ‘savings accounts’ from test fishing, license receipts spared from Dunleavy budget sweeps
  http://www.alaskafishradio.com/fish-savings-accounts-from-test-fishing-license-receipts-spared-from-dunleavy-budget-sweeps/

• Climate Change
  Global Warming Is Pushing Pacific Salmon to the Brink, Federal Scientists Warn
  https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29072019/pacific-salmon-climate-change-threat-endangered-columbia-river-california-idaho-oregon-study
  In hot water: how warmer years might affect salmon populations
  https://www.kdlg.org/post/hot-water-how-warmer-years-might-affect-salmon-populations#stream/0
  How an accelerated warming cycle in Alaska’s Bering Sea is creating ecological havoc
  https://www.arctictoday.com/how-an-accelerated-warming-cycle-in-alaskas-bering-sea-is-creating-ecological-havoc/
  Walruses appear early on Alaska shore as sea ice recedes
  https://www.apnews.com/56823ef4eb2a487fa39c697d7d84a75f
  The Legacy of the Blob From California to Alaska, animals born during the infamous Blob are coming of age
  https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/the-legacy-of-the-blob/
  Satellite tags reveal what’s eating older chinook salmon
  https://news.uaf.edu/satellite-tags-reveal-whats-eating-older-chinook-salmon/

• Effects of warming climate and competition in the ocean for life-histories of Pacific salmon
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-019-0901-7

• The Hatchery Debate
  ADF&G releases second round of results from hatchery-wild fish study
  https://www.kbbi.org/post/adfg-releases-second-round-results-hatchery-wild-fish-study
  Pink salmon numbers may threaten other North Pacific species
  https://apnews.com/e589a757f4fd48869af6e17845c5c857

• Marketing Issues (including Trade War; Genetically modified & artificial fish; and etc.)
  As China-U.S. trade conflict continues, Alaska seafood industry group plans to grow marketing elsewhere
  https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2019/07/24/as-china-us-trade-conflict-continues-alaska-seafood-industry-group-plans-to-grow-marketing-elsewhere/
  Trump’s tweets move cod, salmon, pollock from China closer to 10% tariff
  https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2019/08/01/trumps-tweets-move-cod-salmon-pollock-from-china-closer-to-10-tariff/?utm_source=Undercurrent+News+Alerts&utm_campaign=f73698f8db-Breaking_Aug_01_2019&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_feb55e2e23-f73698f8db-91321849

• Seafood Without The Sea: Will Lab-Grown Fish Hook Consumers?
  https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/05/720041152/seafood-without-the-sea-will-lab-grown-fish-hook-consumers
  Alaskan fish gets deboned in China. Now it may get hit with Trump's tariffs
  https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/19/politics/china-us-fish-trade/index.html
  Restaurants could be 1st to serve genetically altered salmon
  https://www.dispatch.com/zz/news/20190623/restaurants-could-be-1st-to-serve-genetically-altered-salmon
  Alaska congressional delegation asks Trump administration to help fishermen hurt by trade war with China
  https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2019/06/19/alaska-congressional-delegation-asks-trump-administration-to-help-fishermen-hurt-by-trade-war-with-china/
  AquaBounty Technologies CEO Provides Update, Releases Financial Results for Second Quarter
  https://www.seafoodnews.com/Story/1149204/AquaBounty-Technologies-CEO-Provides-Update-Releases-Financial-Results-for-Second-Quarter
  For Northwest Fishermen, Latest Catch is Trade War Trouble
  https://www.seafoodnews.com/Story/1149185/For-Northwest-Fishermen-Latest-Catch-is-Trade-War-Trouble
  Plant-based Fish Could be the Next Impossible Foods Win, and Save the Oceans
  https://www.seafoodnews.com/Story/1149184/Plant-based-Fish-Could-be-the-Next-Impossible-Foods-Win-and-Save-the-Oceans

• Miscellaneous
  Quotas stifle diversity and stability in fishing
  https://www.nationalfisherman.com/uncategorized/locked-in-and-off-loaded-quotas-stifle-diversity-and-stability-in-fishing/
  2018 Report to Congress on the Status of U.S. Fisheries
  https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/2018-report-congress-status-us-fisheries?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
  North Pacific Fishery Management Council's June Newsletter
  https://www.npfmc.org/june-2019-newsletter/