Vita Plus kills malignant cells in 12 types of cancer including breast, colon, prostate, lung and pancreatic cancer
Seafood Supplier Entangled in Net cast by Fisheries Officers
The federal government is conducting a complex and extensive investigation into first nations salmon fisheries on the B.C. coast, Provincial Court documents reveal. And a Richmond company, Pasco Seafood Enterprises, which prides itself on sourcing products that are certified sustainable and legal, has become entangled in the net being cast by fisheries officers. More...
Sardine Fishing Vessel "Stikine" Sinks in Pacific Ocean
A fishing vessel was swallowed by high waves off the Central Coast, despite a high surf advisory. The boat named Stikine capsized into the Pacific Ocean, two miles off Soquel Point in Soquel, spilling out its entire catch of sardines. More...
King Crab market up Snow Crab sliding
While the snow crab market is backed up due to an excess of Canadian product and a higher quota for Alaska opilio this season, supermarket chains are working to move red king crab that they bought at higher prices early in the season. More...
GCCF doubles seafood payment formula
The Gulf Coast Claims Facility has announced it has doubled its claim-calculation formula for those in the shrimp and crab industry who have suffered as a result of last year�s BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. A substantial change after weeks of outcry from the seafood industry, the new formula for final payments will impact unsettled or yet-to-be-filed claims. More...
'Deadliest Catch' StarAccused of Bathroom Beatdown
The badass Samoan guy on "Deadliest Catch" is in trouble for allegedly squeezin' one out in a men's room in Alaska ... as in, he's been accused of putting some guy in a serious headlock. According to TMZ Feleti "Freddy" Maugatai has been charged with misdemeanor assault over a violent altercation at the Grand Aleutian Hotel in Alaska on December 16. More...
Judge to hand down decision on Fishing Closures in Aleutian Islands
A federal judge will now decide on the fate of wide-ranging fishing closures in western Aleutian Islands. The State of Alaska, a partnership of fishing industry groups and Aleut Enterprises sided against National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Oceana and Greenpeace over the validity of the fishing closure...More...
DNA testing to fight Seafood labelling Fraud
Cheaper DNA testing technology is making it easier than ever for regulators and seafood firms to crack down on seafood mislabelling in Canada. Recent research has found that 25 to 41 per cent of the fish sold at retail and by restaurants is not actually the species listed on the label or the menu...More...
Six Boats in season 8 of Deadliest Catch Cornelia Marie out
Cornelia Marie is once again out of the pictute as boats and crew make their way to Dutch Harbor Alaska to partake in the "Deadliest Catch" opilio crab season where the fishermen are featured braving the rough waters of the Bering Sea . More...DNA testing to fight Seafood labelling Fraud
Cheaper DNA testing technology is making it easier than ever for regulators and seafood firms to crack down on seafood mislabelling in Canada. Recent research has found that 25 to 41 per cent of the fish sold at retail and by restaurants is not actually the species listed on the label or the menu...More...
Six Boats in season 8 of Deadliest Catch Cornelia Marie out
Cornelia Marie is once again out of the pictute as boats and crew make their way to Dutch Harbor Alaska to partake in the "Deadliest Catch" opilio crab season where the fishermen are featured braving the rough waters of the Bering Sea . More...
Six Boats in season 8 of Deadliest Catch Cornelia Marie out
Cornelia Marie is once again out of the pictute as boats and crew make their way to Dutch Harbor Alaska to partake in the "Deadliest Catch" opilio crab season where the fishermen are featured braving the rough waters of the Bering Sea . More...China is Alaska's top seafood export customer
China will emerge as Alaska's top export customer for 2011 when final trade statistics are counted for the last two months of the year, state officials say. As of Nov. 1, the value of Alaska exports to the Asian giant had reached $1.3 billion, a 52.5 percent increase over the same 10-month, January-October period for 2010, U.S. exports statistics show. More...
Strippers sue two Alaska clubs over pay
Three Alaska women say two Anchorage strip clubs owe them hundreds of thousands of dollars withheld from them as "house fees." Shanna "Brooke" Thornton, Jennifer Prater and Heather "Kelly" Kidd say the clubs, Fantasies on 5th Avenue and the Crazy Horse Saloon, charged them bogus "fees" to work and cheated them out of overtime, the Anchorage Daily News reported. More...
Japan's Radioactive Infested debris threatens US Seafood Industry
According to a recent paper released by Yoichi Shimatsu, the former general editor of Japan Times Weekly, titled "The Death of The Pacific Ocean," there is a literal mountain of hot (radiation), infested debris churning its way towards North America. At this point in time, it has made its way halfway across the ocean, as reported by a Russian ship, and estimated at 20 million tons of debris including industrial waste. More...Trident's Plants not Business as usual after Multi Million dollar EPA Fine
All 18 of Trident's plants in Alaska are expected to see business change in one way of another as a result of this agreement. The Akutan plant, for example, has five years to develop a filtering process that will let next to nothing through its screens and shrink their waste pile down by half. More...
Fishing Next Generation in Good Hands
Is there a place in the human DNA for a "fishing" gene, a strand of protein whose weird chemical qualities impel the holder to cast off terra firma for the satisfactions and cruelties of the watery world? If there is, it will be found in the chemistry of Peter Kammerer. More...
Alaska volcano sends ash plume into sky
A volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands sent up an ash cloud that prompted scientists to increase the alert level for commercial aircraft traffic. The Alaska Volcano Observatory said satellite images showed Cleveland Volcano had spewed ash 15,000 feet (4,572 meters) into the air in a cloud that moved east-southeast. More...
Alaskan family debuts in fishing reality show 'Hook, Line & Sisters
TLC premieres the Breckenridge family's real-life commercial fishing business in Alaska, and the family admits TLC didn't have to manipulate its "characters" to deliver a compelling seven-week series that depicts the extreme highs and lows of commercial fishing in Alaska � and some of the tense family dynamics accompanying the Anderson's family business. More...
Scientists test Sick Alaska Seals for RadiationScientists in Alaska are investigating whether local seals are being sickened by radiation from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Scores of ring seals have washed up on Alaska's Arctic coastline since July, suffering or killed by a mysterious disease marked by bleeding lesions on the hind flippers, irritated skin around the nose and eyes and patchy hair loss on the animals' fur coats. More...Deadliest Catch Greenhorn SpecialAs a new crop of would-be crab fishermen descends on Alaska's Dutch Harbour for the latest opilio season, Deadliest Catch looks back at and catches up with greenhorns of seasons past.On some boats only one in 10 greenhorns makes it through their first season and comes back for a second. More...Drug poisoning is leading cause of death in Alaska and 29 States
A new analysis recently released indicates that for the first time in nearly 30 years, more people died in the United States of poisoning than in car crashes. In 30 states poisoning is now responsible for more fatalities than automobile accidents. Alaska, New Mexico, West Virginia,Nevada and Utah had the highest rates in the country. More...Aleutian Islands can harvest 90,000 pounds of Black Rockfish in 2012
The total 2012 guideline harvest level (GHL) for the black rockfish fishery is 90,000 pounds, roundweight in the waters of the Aleutian Islands District in the Bering Sea and the Western District of the South Alaska Peninsula Area. More...
Sitka Tribe: 2012 Herring allocation could glut the Market
The Alaska Department of Fish & Game 2012 Sitka sac roe guideline harvest could be the largest on record. It amounts toapproximately 82 pounds per Alaskan, millions of pounds larger than 2011. More...
New budget to allow more sea processing boats to stay in Alaska all year
The proposed operating budget for the Department of Fish and Game, including all state and federal funds, is just more than $209 million, a 5.1 percent increase. For commercial fisheries, the department's most expensive unit, a budget of $70.5 million is a 4.4 percent increase. More...
Teenager, youngest ever to climb the tallest peaks on each continent
A Southern California teenager became the youngest person to successfully climb to the summit of the seven tallest mountains on Earth's seven continents, according to his website. Jordan Romero, 15, called his mother Leigh Ann Drake on Saturday to confirm that he'd achieved his goal of reaching the top of Mt. Vinson Massif in Antarctica. More...
Congressman apologizes for criticizing Michelle Obama�s �large posterior�
A Republican congressman from Wisconsin has offered a personal apology to First Lady Michelle Obama after he was overheard at an airport lounge criticizing her "large posterior." Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner was overheard loudly complaining on the phone in the Delta Lounge at Reagan National Airport outside Washington about Obama's healthy food initiative. More...
Russian pirate crab production five times larger than the entire Alaska catch
By Matt Tinning
Pirates occupy a glamorous place in the public imagination. But for many American fishermen, the word is becoming synonymous with lower revenues, lost jobs and environmental destruction. More...
US Lawmaker: Seafood from China can stinkU.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York is calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ramp up inspection of imported seafood for banned antibiotics and other substances, singling out China as a habitual offender. More...Alaska Seafood sector & Federal Attorneys Squabble over Fishing Closures
The State of Alaska and some of its main seafood companies are meeting in a confrontation against federal attorneys over a fishing closure in an area in the Aleutian Islands and restrictions on an area twice as big. The closures are meant to protect food sources for the endangered Steller sea lions. More...Oregon man Facing Fishing Charges in AlaskaAn Oregon man who once operated a fishing vessel co-owned by Arne Fuglvog has been indicted on charges of fishing in one area and falsely reporting the fish were caught in another area. More...US Marshal's Most Wanted Includes Alaskan
The U.S. Marshals released a new list of most-wanted fugitives and are looking for tips that lead to their arrests among the them is an Alaskan. Milan Thomas is a black male standing 6 feet tall and weighs 180 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. He is wanted for conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone by the United States Marshals Service (Alaska). More...
Alaska chips in to subsidize 'Deadliest Catch'
The state of Alaska has approved a $786,441 subsidy for the seventh season of "Deadliest Catch" a program that has made millions for its owners. This is on top of the $584,562 subsidy for the sixth season of the popular cable TV show. This is according to Dermot Cole of the Daily News Miner. More...
100 Year old Doctor Still Treating PatientsAt 100, Dr. Fred Goldman who loved hiking in Alaska, still makes house calls. He must, he said. That's where the patients are. "If they're sick and can't leave home, I go to see them," he said. More...Pregnancy and Fish: Whats safe to eat?
You're pregnant, you might feel like you need to become a nutrition expert overnight. After all, what you eat and drink � and what you avoid � influences your baby's development. Some choices are logical, such as eating plenty of fruits and vegetables and eliminating alcohol from your diet. But what about seafood? More...Package shows up in Alaska after 33 years
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A package mailed 33 years ago to an Anchorage address finally arrived. The package addressed to 7500 Beluga Circle arrived Monday 12 December. The manila envelope was addressed to a "Mr. & Mrs. James Wilson" and was sent October 1978 from a cousin of James Wilson in Atlanta. More...
Rape Affects 20 Percent of US Women Study says
Nearly 20 percent of women in the US are raped or suffer attempted rape at some point in their lives, a US study says. Even more women, estimated at 25 percent, have been attacked by a partner or husband, the Centers for Disease Control said. More...
US Food Service Distributors: Zero Tolerance for Seafood Fraud
The United States� three largest foodservice distributors have all recently informed their domestic and foreign seafood suppliers that they have zero tolerance for products that are not accurately labeled for weight, origin and species. More...
Senator requesting Aid as Cod Stocks are Drastically reduced
Massachusetts Senator John Kerry has responded to recent data prompting drastic fishing cuts to protect cod stocks by asking the US Commerce Secretary to immediately run a new assessment of the fish�s status in the Gulf of Maine. More...
Congress introduces bill to stop Pirate Vessels from entering US waters
A bill introduced in Congress this week would prevent pirate fishing vessels from entering US ports to offload their illegally caught seafood. This pirate fishing is often called illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. More...
'Bering Sea Gold' combines 'Deadliest Catch' with 'Gold Rush Alaska'
When Discovery Channel producers heard about what goes down annually in Nome, Alaska, they must have died and gone to ratings heaven. While the small, isolated city only has a population of around 3500, that number swells during the summer months when people from all around come to try their luck at striking it rich. More...
'Bering Sea Gold' combines 'Deadliest Catch' with 'Gold Rush Alaska'
When Discovery Channel producers heard about what goes down annually in Nome, Alaska, they must have died and gone to ratings heaven. While the small, isolated city only has a population of around 3500, that number swells during the summer months when people from all around come to try their luck at striking it rich. More...
Net cameras to help fishermen catch the right fishCommercial fishermen who use trawl nets are now looking at how underwater camera systems can help them catch the fish they want and avoid all the others. They�re hoping these systems will one day allow them to watch fish entering their nets and adjust the nets in real time to avoid unwanted bycatch. More...
"Deadliest catch" producer shares his story
Crab catching has finally got its due. After years of also-ran status, Brewster resident Paul Gasek collected an Emmy Award for Best Reality Series as executive producer of �The Deadliest Catch.�The series, which chronicles fishermen in search of Alaskan king crab, also collected Emmys for best picture editing, sound mixing and cinematography in a reality series. More...
Making 'The Deadliest Catch' Less DeadlyBy Scott Campbell JrMany people think I'm crazy for making a living by catching crabs in Alaska. Battling 20-foot waves in icy conditions and hauling heavy equipment is part of the job description. My dad, a lifelong fisherman, tried to get me to pick a safer career. A fireman once came up to me and told me he wouldn't want my job, which was hard for me to believe. More...Bunker Hill, a fascinating Alaskan story
Dashiell Hammett, renowned author of The Maltese Falcon, was the editor of the Army paper in the Aleutians. He wrote: �Modern armies had never fought on any field that was like the Aleutians. We would have to learn as we went along, how to live and fight and win in this new land, the least-known part of our America.� More...
Overview of Dutch Harbor
Location and Climate
Unalaska overlooks Iliuliuk Bay and Dutch Harbor on Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Chain. It lies 800 air miles from Anchorage, a two- to three-hour flight, and 1,700 miles northwest of Seattle. The name Dutch Harbor is often applied to the portion of the City on Amaknak Island, which is connected to Unalaska Island by bridge. More...Grand Aleutian hotel a home away from home
The 112 room hotel owned by UNISEA inc is a must visit while in Dutch Harbor Alaska. Minutes away from some of the best halibut fishing and bird-watching anywhere, the accommodations are well designed and comfortable, many with good water views; the lobby is grand, with a huge stone fireplace; and there's a piano bar. More...The City and the Mayor
Dutch Harbor's only Sunday brunch has just gotten better
≈~≈The Daily Catch Team Fishing News continually updated from thousands of sources around the World≈~≈
≈~≈The Daily Catch Team≈~≈
No comments:
Post a Comment