Kwik’Pak Fisheries, near the mouth of the Yukon River in western Alaska, has said that it is looking forward to a full fishing season in the summer of 2021, taking delivery from its 300 small boat Yupik Eskimo harvesters of the oil-rich keta salmon.
The keta salmon harvested by Kwik’Pak, a subsidiary of Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association, navigate annually up to 2,000 miles of cold, powerful currents to where the Bering Sea meets the mouth of the Yukon.
Manager Jack Schultheis says the company, now in its 20th year at Emmonak, is looking forward to a full fishing season, after just three openings last summer.
The fishing season for Kwik’Pak will start from middle to late June, with the 300 to 400 processing employees hailing from Emmonak and other villages on the Lower Yukon.
The fishery begins with harvesters using dipnets to catch keta salmon, until the Alaska Department of Fish and Game confirms that enough Chinook salmon have escaped upriver toward to the Canadian border to meet treaty requirements. Then the gillnet fishery begins.
The department wants to conserve every king that they can and we are going to work with them because that’s what we have to do, he said.
Kwik’Pak also operates a youth training program at the processing facility. Last year, it trained 25 youths in a cross-section of jobs at their processing facility. This year, Schultheis said, plans are to hire 100 or more youths during the fishing season.
Masks will not be required at the processing facility, but all employees must be fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus virus. Schultheis said staff from the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation are coming to Emmonak to vaccinate everyone who still needs the shots.
“The harvest projection from ADF&G makes us feel good,” he said, adding that projections are for four million pounds of commercial salmon harvest after subsistence needs are met. “We will have fish to sell. We’ll be in the market. People will have jobs.”
About 30% of Kwik’Pak’s harvest is sold in domestic market, mostly as fillets, and there are also plans to promote as much smoked keta salmon as possible, according to the company.
There is also a very strong demand for Alaska salmon across the board, including the United Kingdom, Holland, Belgium, France, and of course into Japan, Schultheis said. European sales are about half fillets and half headed and gutted, while Japan takes all H&G, he explained.
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Resolution Urges Senate to Ratify UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
Three senators from Alaska, Hawaii and Virginia have joined forces in a resolution calling on the U.S. Senate to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Senators Lisa Murkowski, R-AK; Mazie Hirono, D-HI, and Tim Kaine, D-VA, introduced the resolution in the Senate on Tues., May 18. A similar resolution was introduced in the U.S. House last month by Representatives Don Young, R-Alaska and Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut.
UNCLOS, which is already ratified by 166 nations and the European Union, details rights and responsibilities of countries regarding the world’s oceans, including guidelines for businesses and management of marine natural resources.
Sen. Hirono noted that the world currently is facing evolving challenges of those seeking to prevent international freedom of navigation worldwide, including the Strait of Hormuz, the South China Sea, the Arctic and the Black Sea. It is time, she said, for the United States to become party to the UNCLOS, which provides a legal framework to protect the right of free passage through territorial seas.
Murkowski said the treaty provides immense value to the U.S., helping to avoid conflict by resolving issues diplomatically and through litigation rather than relying on customary law and military presence. In the Arctic, she said, the treaty would allow America to resolve territorial disputes of continental shelf claims as more access is now being seen in a region that up to this point in time had been inaccessible.
Kaine said that the Senate’s failure to ratify UNCLOS places the U.S. at a disadvantage when dealing with threats to our national security and commerce, particularly by China in the South China Sea.
The U.S. signed UNCLOS om July 29, 1994, but the Senate has yet to ratify the treaty, despite urging from environmental, scientific, labor and industry organizations.
Senators Hirono and Murkowski, along with Courtney and Young, also called for the Senate to ratify UNCLOS in 2019.
Senators Lisa Murkowski, R-AK; Mazie Hirono, D-HI, and Tim Kaine, D-VA, introduced the resolution in the Senate on Tues., May 18. A similar resolution was introduced in the U.S. House last month by Representatives Don Young, R-Alaska and Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut.
UNCLOS, which is already ratified by 166 nations and the European Union, details rights and responsibilities of countries regarding the world’s oceans, including guidelines for businesses and management of marine natural resources.
Sen. Hirono noted that the world currently is facing evolving challenges of those seeking to prevent international freedom of navigation worldwide, including the Strait of Hormuz, the South China Sea, the Arctic and the Black Sea. It is time, she said, for the United States to become party to the UNCLOS, which provides a legal framework to protect the right of free passage through territorial seas.
Murkowski said the treaty provides immense value to the U.S., helping to avoid conflict by resolving issues diplomatically and through litigation rather than relying on customary law and military presence. In the Arctic, she said, the treaty would allow America to resolve territorial disputes of continental shelf claims as more access is now being seen in a region that up to this point in time had been inaccessible.
Kaine said that the Senate’s failure to ratify UNCLOS places the U.S. at a disadvantage when dealing with threats to our national security and commerce, particularly by China in the South China Sea.
The U.S. signed UNCLOS om July 29, 1994, but the Senate has yet to ratify the treaty, despite urging from environmental, scientific, labor and industry organizations.
Senators Hirono and Murkowski, along with Courtney and Young, also called for the Senate to ratify UNCLOS in 2019.
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
In Memoriam
By Mark Nero, Managing Editor
The Fishermen’s News and Maritime Publishing families lost a beloved member recently. John Platt Hurwitz, who co-wrote the magazine’s “California Waypoints” column with his wife, Irene Marie Hurwitz, has died.
What turned out to be the final column written by John & Irene appeared in the April/May edition of the magazine, which was the first issue of the relaunched version of the magazine. It went out to subscribers in late April, just days before John’s death on April 25.
There will be one last “California Waypoints” column, however; it’ll be a tribute to John, and is being co-written by Irene with John’s nephew, Ben Platt, who’s a prominent member of the California commercial fishing community.
Although I’m new to the job of managing editor, reading the magazine over the years had made me very familiar with “California Waypoints,” which mainly featured John’s witty humor and breezy writing style.
Once I was appointed to this job and then reached out to John and Irene to ask them to again write the column once the print edition of the magazine was revived, I was thrilled when they agreed, since I had been a big fan of their writing. And to work with them, even for such a short period of time, was fantastic.
FYI, we’re still in the process of determining what will replace “California Waypoints,” but once the decision is made, I’ll let you know.
Rest in peace, John. And thank you.
Now on to the second topic of this month’s editorial – reader feedback.
Although the editor and publisher make the final decisions regarding what’s published here and in the print edition of Fishermen’s News, reader suggestions and feedback are also very important, as they help us determine what topics are important enough to cover, and how much coverage they deserve.
So, if there’s a particular topic that you feel warrants coverage – or more of it – in Fishermen’s News, please feel free to let us know. I can’t always guarantee you that what you suggest will be written about, or will receive the amount of coverage that you feel it deserves, but I will guarantee you that all input will be considered.
If you have anything you’d like to see – or see more of – in the magazine, please email your suggestions to me via the address below. Thanks.
Managing Editor Mark Nero can be reached at: mark@maritimepublishing.com
The Fishermen’s News and Maritime Publishing families lost a beloved member recently. John Platt Hurwitz, who co-wrote the magazine’s “California Waypoints” column with his wife, Irene Marie Hurwitz, has died.
What turned out to be the final column written by John & Irene appeared in the April/May edition of the magazine, which was the first issue of the relaunched version of the magazine. It went out to subscribers in late April, just days before John’s death on April 25.
There will be one last “California Waypoints” column, however; it’ll be a tribute to John, and is being co-written by Irene with John’s nephew, Ben Platt, who’s a prominent member of the California commercial fishing community.
Although I’m new to the job of managing editor, reading the magazine over the years had made me very familiar with “California Waypoints,” which mainly featured John’s witty humor and breezy writing style.
Once I was appointed to this job and then reached out to John and Irene to ask them to again write the column once the print edition of the magazine was revived, I was thrilled when they agreed, since I had been a big fan of their writing. And to work with them, even for such a short period of time, was fantastic.
FYI, we’re still in the process of determining what will replace “California Waypoints,” but once the decision is made, I’ll let you know.
Rest in peace, John. And thank you.
Now on to the second topic of this month’s editorial – reader feedback.
Although the editor and publisher make the final decisions regarding what’s published here and in the print edition of Fishermen’s News, reader suggestions and feedback are also very important, as they help us determine what topics are important enough to cover, and how much coverage they deserve.
So, if there’s a particular topic that you feel warrants coverage – or more of it – in Fishermen’s News, please feel free to let us know. I can’t always guarantee you that what you suggest will be written about, or will receive the amount of coverage that you feel it deserves, but I will guarantee you that all input will be considered.
If you have anything you’d like to see – or see more of – in the magazine, please email your suggestions to me via the address below. Thanks.
Managing Editor Mark Nero can be reached at: mark@maritimepublishing.com
Bipartisan Bill Would Strengthen NOAA Response to Sexual Harassment, Assault
Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would strengthen NOAA’s response to sexual assault and sexual harassment and offer more resources for survivors.
The NOAA Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act was introduced by Representatives Jared Huffman, D-CA, Suzanne Bonamici, D-OR, Don Young, R-Alaska, and Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, R-Puerto Rico.
The legislation would expand coverage of NOAA’s sexual harassment prevention and response policy and direct NOAA to provide a clear mechanism for anonymous reports of sexual harassment. It would strengthen advocacy resources for survivors and provide them a secure reporting structure.
NOAA employees some 12,000 people, including federal civilian workers and officers of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, contractors and affiliates. Many of these employees work in remote locations and board research and survey vessels, studying changes in climate, weather, oceans and coastlines.
NOAA has steps in place regarding these issues, but sponsors of the bill said more must be done to prevent such incidences.
The expansion would include those not otherwise covered, including commercial fisheries, protected species and platform removal observers, who are neither employees nor contractors, but are employees of contractors. It would also cover voting members and executive and administrative staff of regional fishery management councils. The bill would also improve the ability of NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement to enforce a prohibition on assault, intimidation and interference with fisheries observers.
Details regarding the bill are online at https://bonamici.house.gov/sites/bonamici.house.gov/files/2021%2004%2027%20-%20Summary%20NOAA%20Sexual%20Harassment%20and%20Assault%20Prevention%20Improvements%20Act.pdf The bill’s text is available at https://bonamici.house.gov/sites/bonamici.house.gov/files/2021%20BONAMI_018_xml%20NOAA%20SASH%20text.pdf.
Bonamici said that several years ago she spoke with a fisheries biologist who was forced to put her career on hold because of sexual harassment on a NOAA vessel. The congresswoman said she worked with NOAA to make tangible changes to the agency’s policies and procedures for reporting and investigating sexual harassment and that the scientist eventually did return to her research, but that this was not an isolated incident.
The NOAA Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act was introduced by Representatives Jared Huffman, D-CA, Suzanne Bonamici, D-OR, Don Young, R-Alaska, and Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, R-Puerto Rico.
The legislation would expand coverage of NOAA’s sexual harassment prevention and response policy and direct NOAA to provide a clear mechanism for anonymous reports of sexual harassment. It would strengthen advocacy resources for survivors and provide them a secure reporting structure.
NOAA employees some 12,000 people, including federal civilian workers and officers of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, contractors and affiliates. Many of these employees work in remote locations and board research and survey vessels, studying changes in climate, weather, oceans and coastlines.
NOAA has steps in place regarding these issues, but sponsors of the bill said more must be done to prevent such incidences.
The expansion would include those not otherwise covered, including commercial fisheries, protected species and platform removal observers, who are neither employees nor contractors, but are employees of contractors. It would also cover voting members and executive and administrative staff of regional fishery management councils. The bill would also improve the ability of NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement to enforce a prohibition on assault, intimidation and interference with fisheries observers.
Details regarding the bill are online at https://bonamici.house.gov/sites/bonamici.house.gov/files/2021%2004%2027%20-%20Summary%20NOAA%20Sexual%20Harassment%20and%20Assault%20Prevention%20Improvements%20Act.pdf The bill’s text is available at https://bonamici.house.gov/sites/bonamici.house.gov/files/2021%20BONAMI_018_xml%20NOAA%20SASH%20text.pdf.
Bonamici said that several years ago she spoke with a fisheries biologist who was forced to put her career on hold because of sexual harassment on a NOAA vessel. The congresswoman said she worked with NOAA to make tangible changes to the agency’s policies and procedures for reporting and investigating sexual harassment and that the scientist eventually did return to her research, but that this was not an isolated incident.
Complaint Filed with NOAA Fisheries Questions Data on Bristol Bay Red King Crab Fishery
A complaint filed with NOAA Fisheries contends that the agency paved the way for the collapse of the Alaska red king crab fishery by sampling bias and data falsification, which inflated annual population estimates and led to years of overfishing.
The complaint was filed through Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) by Braxton Dew, a retired fisheries biologist in Kodiak who spent 25 years with NOAA Fisheries.
NOAA officials said they are looking into the matter and will respond within guidelines of the formal review process.
“In my experience, they have 60 days to respond, but they often ask for an extension,” said Jeff Ruch, director of Pacific PEER.
The complaint alleges that National Marine Fisheries Service corrupted its standard systematic sampling design during the 1970s by conducting extra, non-random trawl sampling in areas known from previous surveys to be prime habitat for large male king crab. This alleged biased sampling resulted in an increase in the apparent abundance of Bristol Bay king crab, the complaint said.
From 1972 through 1978, NMFS population estimates appeared to track a phenomenal increase of nearly 800% in Bristol Bay legal male abundance, with those inflated population estimates resulting in harvest quotas that led to an all-time-record harvest of 130 million pounds in 1980. By 1983, the collapse of the fishery occurred, the complaint contends.
While NMFS attributed that demise of crabs to “a drastic increase in natural mortality” associated with a meteorological regime-shift, actual evidence of a causal link between the 1976 regime shift and abrupt collage of those crab stocks never materialized, even after 40 years of investigation, said Dew. NOAA Fisheries officials responded to the allegations in early May, noting that the agency, in coordination with federal and state partners, is responsible for fostering healthy, productive and sustainable marine fisheries.
The response provided via Bob Foy, science and research director of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, said NOAA’s management process is based on science and conducted according to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
The NOAA statement did not specifically address the allegations. It said that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and NOAA Fisheries work together to produce the Bristol Bay red king crab stock assessment in accordance with the co-management agreement outlined in the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Crab Fishery Management Plan.
“Like all NOAA Fisheries stock assessments, the Bristol Bay red king crab stock assessment is subject to a public transparent and rigorous peer-review process,” the statement said. “Over time, the assessment process has continued to be enhanced and improved with input from a variety of sources.”
NOAA said the agency is always interested in other points of view about marine populations and plans to look at issues raised by the PEER complaint, then respond in accordance with the formal review process outlined in NOAA’s Information Quality Guidelines.
The complaint was filed through Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) by Braxton Dew, a retired fisheries biologist in Kodiak who spent 25 years with NOAA Fisheries.
NOAA officials said they are looking into the matter and will respond within guidelines of the formal review process.
“In my experience, they have 60 days to respond, but they often ask for an extension,” said Jeff Ruch, director of Pacific PEER.
The complaint alleges that National Marine Fisheries Service corrupted its standard systematic sampling design during the 1970s by conducting extra, non-random trawl sampling in areas known from previous surveys to be prime habitat for large male king crab. This alleged biased sampling resulted in an increase in the apparent abundance of Bristol Bay king crab, the complaint said.
From 1972 through 1978, NMFS population estimates appeared to track a phenomenal increase of nearly 800% in Bristol Bay legal male abundance, with those inflated population estimates resulting in harvest quotas that led to an all-time-record harvest of 130 million pounds in 1980. By 1983, the collapse of the fishery occurred, the complaint contends.
While NMFS attributed that demise of crabs to “a drastic increase in natural mortality” associated with a meteorological regime-shift, actual evidence of a causal link between the 1976 regime shift and abrupt collage of those crab stocks never materialized, even after 40 years of investigation, said Dew. NOAA Fisheries officials responded to the allegations in early May, noting that the agency, in coordination with federal and state partners, is responsible for fostering healthy, productive and sustainable marine fisheries.
The response provided via Bob Foy, science and research director of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, said NOAA’s management process is based on science and conducted according to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
The NOAA statement did not specifically address the allegations. It said that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and NOAA Fisheries work together to produce the Bristol Bay red king crab stock assessment in accordance with the co-management agreement outlined in the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Crab Fishery Management Plan.
“Like all NOAA Fisheries stock assessments, the Bristol Bay red king crab stock assessment is subject to a public transparent and rigorous peer-review process,” the statement said. “Over time, the assessment process has continued to be enhanced and improved with input from a variety of sources.”
NOAA said the agency is always interested in other points of view about marine populations and plans to look at issues raised by the PEER complaint, then respond in accordance with the formal review process outlined in NOAA’s Information Quality Guidelines.
Public Comment Sought on Draft EIS for Offshore Aquaculture in Pacific Islands Region Waters
NOAA Fisheries is seeking public comment through Aug. 5 on a draft programmatic environmental impact (PEIS) statement evaluating the potential environmental impacts of a management program for offshore aquaculture in federal waters of the Pacific Island Region.
The area includes the Hawaiian Islands, Guam, Cnmi in the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa.
The draft PEIS analyzes the potential direct, indirect and cumulative impacts of several management alternatives on the human, physical and biological environment. NOAA officials say they will consider all comment in any final PEIS and within future management action by NOAA Fisheries and the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council.
Any future aquaculture management program would be designed to regulate, manage and promote development of an environmentally sound ad economically sustainable aquaculture industry in federal waters of the Pacific Islands Region. The program would also enable the National Marine Fisheries Service and the council to provide enhanced planning, coordination and oversight of aquaculture in federal waters.
The draft PEIS proposes three possible management alternatives, including status quo as the first alternative. Alternative 2 proposes a limited aquaculture management program-based on current aquaculture activities in the Pacific Islands Region. It would also include aquaculture-specific permitting processes and allow culture of current fishery ecosystem plan (FEP) management unit species (MUS), though this alternative would limit aquaculture gear to types previously approved under other NMFS permits.
Alternative 3 proposes the same new management program outlined for alterative 2, but with longer permit durations, plus a broader scope of allowable species and gear types.
With either alternative 2 or 3, the FEPs and regulations would be amended to establish a limited entry aquaculture management program, to include permits, monitoring and operational requirements for commercial and research/innovation activities. These alternatives would also provide a streamlined path for navigating permitting processes with other relevant federal and state agencies.
The draft PEIS is available at: https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NOAA-NMFS-2021-0044.
The area includes the Hawaiian Islands, Guam, Cnmi in the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa.
The draft PEIS analyzes the potential direct, indirect and cumulative impacts of several management alternatives on the human, physical and biological environment. NOAA officials say they will consider all comment in any final PEIS and within future management action by NOAA Fisheries and the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council.
Any future aquaculture management program would be designed to regulate, manage and promote development of an environmentally sound ad economically sustainable aquaculture industry in federal waters of the Pacific Islands Region. The program would also enable the National Marine Fisheries Service and the council to provide enhanced planning, coordination and oversight of aquaculture in federal waters.
The draft PEIS proposes three possible management alternatives, including status quo as the first alternative. Alternative 2 proposes a limited aquaculture management program-based on current aquaculture activities in the Pacific Islands Region. It would also include aquaculture-specific permitting processes and allow culture of current fishery ecosystem plan (FEP) management unit species (MUS), though this alternative would limit aquaculture gear to types previously approved under other NMFS permits.
Alternative 3 proposes the same new management program outlined for alterative 2, but with longer permit durations, plus a broader scope of allowable species and gear types.
With either alternative 2 or 3, the FEPs and regulations would be amended to establish a limited entry aquaculture management program, to include permits, monitoring and operational requirements for commercial and research/innovation activities. These alternatives would also provide a streamlined path for navigating permitting processes with other relevant federal and state agencies.
The draft PEIS is available at: https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NOAA-NMFS-2021-0044.
Engine Cut-off Switches Now Required for Recreational Vessels Under 26 Feet
Coast Guard officials have implemented a new law effective nationally for the 2021 boating season requiring operators of recreational vessels less than 26 feet in length to use an engine cut-off switch (ECOS) and associated ECOS link (ECOSL).
The new rule was announced by Coast Guard officials in Seattle, who said these emergency cut-off switches will protect all members of the boating public.
Each year, the Coast Guard receives reports of recreational vessel operators who fall off or are unexpectedly thrown out of their boat. During such incidents the boat continues to operate with no one in control, leaving the operator stranded in the water while the boat stays on course, or the boat begins to circle the person in the water, eventually striking them, often with the propeller. Such dangerous runaway vessel situations put the ejected operator, other boaters on the waterway, marine law enforcement officers and other first responders in serious danger, the Coast Guard said.
In the Pacific Northwest in 2019, 26 boating accidents involved boat operators being ejected from the vessel or falling overboard, said Lt. Collin Gruin, the Coast Guard Sector Columbia River boarding team supervisor. “An engine cut-off switch, when used properly, prevents the runaway vessel from causing more harm in these types of accidents.”
“In the last two months, we’ve experienced two known incidents involving runaway vessels in Alaskan waters,” said Cmdr. Byron Hayes, Sector Juneau response department head. “One of those resulted in a death, so we want the public to understand the importance of using engine cut-off switches and an attached link.”
The ECOSL attaches the vessel operator to a switch that shuts off the engine if the operator is displaced from the helm. The ECOSL is usually a lanyard-style cord that attaches to an ECOS either near to the helm or on the outboard motor itself if the vessel is operated by a tiller. When enough tension is applied, the ECOSL disengages from the ECOS and the motor automatically shuts down. Wireless ECOS have been developed and are also approved for use.
These devices use an electronic “fob” that is carried by the operator and senses when it is submerged in water, activating the ECOS and turning the engine off.
Boaters may check for additional information on this new use requirement and other safety regulations online at https://uscgboating.org/recreational-boaters/engine-cut-off-switch-faq.php.
The new rule was announced by Coast Guard officials in Seattle, who said these emergency cut-off switches will protect all members of the boating public.
Each year, the Coast Guard receives reports of recreational vessel operators who fall off or are unexpectedly thrown out of their boat. During such incidents the boat continues to operate with no one in control, leaving the operator stranded in the water while the boat stays on course, or the boat begins to circle the person in the water, eventually striking them, often with the propeller. Such dangerous runaway vessel situations put the ejected operator, other boaters on the waterway, marine law enforcement officers and other first responders in serious danger, the Coast Guard said.
In the Pacific Northwest in 2019, 26 boating accidents involved boat operators being ejected from the vessel or falling overboard, said Lt. Collin Gruin, the Coast Guard Sector Columbia River boarding team supervisor. “An engine cut-off switch, when used properly, prevents the runaway vessel from causing more harm in these types of accidents.”
“In the last two months, we’ve experienced two known incidents involving runaway vessels in Alaskan waters,” said Cmdr. Byron Hayes, Sector Juneau response department head. “One of those resulted in a death, so we want the public to understand the importance of using engine cut-off switches and an attached link.”
The ECOSL attaches the vessel operator to a switch that shuts off the engine if the operator is displaced from the helm. The ECOSL is usually a lanyard-style cord that attaches to an ECOS either near to the helm or on the outboard motor itself if the vessel is operated by a tiller. When enough tension is applied, the ECOSL disengages from the ECOS and the motor automatically shuts down. Wireless ECOS have been developed and are also approved for use.
These devices use an electronic “fob” that is carried by the operator and senses when it is submerged in water, activating the ECOS and turning the engine off.
Boaters may check for additional information on this new use requirement and other safety regulations online at https://uscgboating.org/recreational-boaters/engine-cut-off-switch-faq.php.
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