[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbyHX6fm8mU&w=774&h=466]Great song for a great purpose! Watch as a couple of Alaska mushers travel and spread the word about Bristol Bay and the proposed Pebble Mine project.
Commercial Fishing Photo Of The Day | Southeast Alaska Sockeye
The salmon season has officially started this year in Alaska! This beautiful fish was caught in…
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A series of video’s describing good practices to keep the quality of salmon caught by commercial gillnet fishermen at its best.
Commercial Fioshing Photo Of The Day | Herring Havoc
It appears that herring spawned again in Sitka Sound over the past week. Its obvious that the S…
The recent Sitka herring sac roe fishery ended early because the herring spawned out before the massive quota was caught. Now, Alaska’s largest herring fishery in Togiak is showing signs of early spawn. After an aerial survey on Monday, many signs af herring are obvious in the region. The most surprising factor was the noticeable spawn and the congregation of the fish against the shore. The level of surprise is obvious in the audio from KDLG. The fishery opened at 6:00 PM on Monday. Stay tuned for more updates…
The news surrounding California’s salmon run has been dismal in recent history. However, this season is looking up. The price of salmon is at its highest in years and the California fleet is expecting a huge run this summer. This is a real triumph story for the fishermen of California, who have weathered a rough couple of years. Good luck to all the captains and crews, enjoy your season of June Hogs!
The 2012 California salmon season opened last weekend, and the initial reports are good and could be getting even better. That’s great news for lovers of local salmon, who have pretty much had to do without commercially caught fish since 2008. There was a limited catch last year, but this year the catch looks to be big enough that there shouldn’t be any trouble finding fish.
This season’s catch should total almost 3 million pounds, according to the California Salmon Council, an industry group. Last year, the haul was less than 1 million pounds. That seemed like a lot then, but only because the fishery had been completely closed in 2008 and 2009, and the 2010 catch was only about 250,000 pounds. For reference, the high-water mark for California salmon since 2000 was in 2004, when more than 7 million pounds were caught.
Those bad years had been the result of several factors, including water diversions from the rivers that produce the salmon, and ocean conditions that reduced the amount of krill — similar to baby shrimp — the salmon feed on.
via California salmon start their comeback - latimes.com.
The recent Supermoon has kicked up the tides in one of the dangerous harbors in southeast Alaska. The Petersburg harbor is well protected from intense sweep, but it is one of the rare areas where the tide can rip at 4 knots through the harbor. The Ferry dock is fairly far away from the Ocean Beauty Dock, so the tide must have been insane. It appears that the ferry was undamaged, but the docks at Ocean Beauty will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to repair. Thanks to @sperry06 for the timely photos. Check out the vid for a great story about the Wrangell Narrows.
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The Petersburg Pilot reports the ferry struck the dock while performing a 360-degree maneuver, required in order for it to dock in Petersburg. The face of the Ocean Beauty cement dock was heavily damaged, dock pilings were broken and a crane was damaged.
Even the second floor of the idled processing plant was damaged, with walls and outer walkways partially demolished. The Matanuska shows possible dents and scrapes to the bow of the ship.
Petersburg Harbormaster Glorianne Wollen told the Pilot: “It wasn’t a glancing blow. It pretty much was a head-on hit.”
via State Ferry Hits Petersburg Seafood Plant Dock Head-On - ktuu.com.
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The 2012 salmon season is here! Many people consider “Copper River Reds” the first salmon the season, but southeast fishermen get a chance to start today.! The Taku and the Stikine are open for a one day King salmon gilnett fishery. Southeast trollers also get a chance at the early kings this year too. Good luck to all! Let’s hope the season starts with a bang! Enjoy the youtube pick of last year’s gilnett season in southeast. I kinda like the disco beats in the video, too!
Its that time again in Alaska. Summer is just around the corner. Its actually been a crazy mix of rain and sunshine today. Here’s a pic of the LIVE cam pointing at the docks downtown. 
The summer cruise season begins today with the arrival of the Carnival Spirit at 2 p.m., kicking off a summer cruise season expected to be solid, if not spectacular. Despite the industry’s travails elsewhere, the cruise industry is expecting to do well in Alaska, cruise officials say. via Cruise ship influx begins today | Juneau Empire - Alaska’s Capital City Online Newspaper.
Shot and edited entirely on the iphone 4!
Ramming and Jamming in Sitka for the Sac Roe Herring Fishery
Amazing Timelapse of Juneau Glacier with Rainbow
