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lynden.com | 1-888-596-3361 IN THIS ISSUE Editor's note Wesley Loy ® Gunning THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE FOR FISHERMEN INSIDE for gillnets Gillnets are a very old form of commercial fishing gear. They’re highly effective for catching salmon and other species. They’re also very good at collecting controversy. Gillnets are banned in some jurisdictions, and stringently regulated elsewhere. Along the Pacific coast, we’ve seen periodic attempts to shut down gillnet- ting. In Alaska a few years ago, activists unsuccessfully pushed a ballot initia- tive to ban commercial setnets in Cook Inlet. In Oregon, voters in 2012 defeated Halibut catch limits • Page 8 a measure to end gillnetting in the Columbia River. Now, we have anti-gillnet bills pending in the Oregon and Washington state legislatures. In Washington, Senate Bill 5617 is stirring vigorous debate. The bill says the use of gillnets for nontribal harvest of salmon “must be phased out.” The bill as originally written outlaws gillnets “in Washington,” but a subse- quent version limits the ban to the Washington waters of the Columbia River. The prime sponsor of SB 5617 is Sen. Jesse Salomon, D-Shoreline. “Gillnets are a concern because they catch hatchery and wild salmon alike,” thus threat- ening protected salmon runs as well as orcas, he wrote in a Feb. 14 update on Her beautiful life • Page 12 his website. SB 5617 would establish a buyout program to retire nontribal Columbia River salmon gillnet licenses in Washington by Dec. 31, 2020. In an effort to provide alternatives to gillnets, the bill also would establish a “selective gear incentive program.” Let’s be clear. For gillnet fishermen, this isn’t merely about gillnets. It’s about their livelihoods. Quite a few people turned out for a Feb. 12 legislative hearing to argue forcefully against SB 5617. Among them was Jim Wells, with Salmon for All, a nonprofit representing the Columbia River gillnet fleet and processors. Here’s Gruesome sea lion bite • Page 22 his statement to the lawmakers: “The idea of banning gillnets is not new. The reason it has never gained the majority support of the legislators or of the voters is that the idea of banning gillnets is largely based on misinformation. There’s no biological reason for banning the gillnet, which is a commercial fishing gear that has proven highly adaptable, easily managed, and economically viable. The gillnet fishery has a solid track record of staying within federal, state, and Endangered Species Act guidelines. On selective gear, none of the selective gear types tested so far on the Columbia River have proven more selective than gillnets as harvest tools. The alternative gears have proven they can catch fish, and in some Fish farm plans • Page 23 cases lots of fish. But since the objective has been to harvest hatchery fish only, wild fish species are not targeted for harvest and must be sorted for live release, which requires ON THE COVER: Evelyn Clark, Miss Washington USA 2019 handling. And unfortunately, not all fish handled survive the experience, which results and a Bristol Bay commercial salmon fisherman. Photo in release mortalities. Even if these mortality rates are low, the large volume of fish courtesy of Evelyn Clark which must be sorted results in large numbers of release mortalities, and we say no on Senate Bill 5617. Thank you.”  VOLUME XL, NO. 3 • MARCH 2019

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4 £ PACIFICFISHING £ MARCH 2019 £ WWW.PACIFICFISHING.COM EYES ON THE HORIZON YOUR PASSION: harvesting Alaska’s wild seafood. OUR MISSION: making sure the world demands it.

While you spend time working on Building global demand for Alaska your boats and gear to prepare for seafood sustains fishing families and the season ahead, we are also looking communities for generations. The beyond the horizon, developing new Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute markets and maintaining relationships team is proud to be on deck with you. with your customers in the U.S. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute and overseas. www.alaskaseafood.org COMMENTARY Salmon fluctuations are natural, but long-term trends are worrisome Editor’s note: The following is adapted from written testimony given by a high priority for maintaining healthy salmon stocks. Milo Adkison at an Oct. 20, 2018, U.S. Senate hearing in Anchorage on “The State of Our Salmon.” Fisheries access is key for communities Rural residents and indigenous people are losing access to our ood morning, Mr. Chairman and distinguished members of salmon resources. Fishing permits are migrating away from rural Gthe committee. I am honored to testify today. My name is Milo communities. The remaining permit holders are getting older, as Adkison. I am professor and chair of the Department of Fisheries the younger generation finds it increasingly difficult to gain entry in the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University to fisheries. Research has shown that rural residents have less of Alaska Fairbanks. I will also note that I am a member of the access to the capital necessary to buy the permits, vessels, and gear Curyung Tribe of Dillingham. they need to go fishing. Studies of financial mechanisms to support new entrants or of changes in management that would reduce the The state of salmon and some relevant research capital necessary for entry are warranted. A high school student in Lake sediment cores show us that large fluctuations in salmon rural Alaska should have a realistic path to entering the fisheries abundance have occurred for thousands of years. Alaska is that supported their parents and grandparents. currently on a 40-year run of very strong salmon production, Rural residents also have more difficulty participating in the with some exceptions. These include poor production of several fisheries management processes such as the Alaska Board of salmon species in Western Alaska for the last two decades, a Fisheries or the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. recent statewide decline in Chinook stocks, and some recent poor Our studies show this is due both to the logistics and expense production possibly associated with an oceanic phenomenon of participation, and to bureaucratic barriers to meaningful known as “the Blob” which disrupted food webs in the North participation. The university and other groups have undertaken Pacific. A team of scientists from the University of Alaska and other efforts to reduce these barriers. institutions has recently shown that the Blob cannot be explained without human-caused global warming. University of Alaska supports salmon, communities The university is heavily involved in studying the causes of At the university, we have robust undergraduate and technical salmon fluctuations and poor production in some areas. On programs in fisheries. Our graduate program produces our Chinook declines, we have identified growth in fresh water and managers and scientists; I recently counted over 100 graduates that the first year at sea as critical periods for determining survival, have gone to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and over 80 found that second-year ocean growth affects whether they choose to federal agencies. These students undertake much of our research to spawn early and thus at a smaller size, and discovered evidence as an integral part of their education. of significant oceanic predation by salmon sharks. Our salmon and salmon community research involves much Invasive species such as Elodea and pike in Southcentral Alaska more than our fisheries program. Our oceanographers and marine are also affecting salmon, and we’re assessing the vulnerability of biologists are studying changes in the salmon’s ecosystems as the different populations to their spread. ocean warms and acidifies, and our economists and social scientists Hatchery interactions with wild stocks are a current concern; our are studying markets and community well-being. faculty have been leaders in addressing the potential loss of fitness Our Marine Advisory Program agents in the College of Fisheries when disparate stocks interbreed, in showing that hatchery strays can and Ocean Sciences who live in the fishing communities provide sometimes be a large component of the wild population, but that they training and technical expertise for processors, fishermen, and may not always be effective in spawning. Further research on hatch- young aspiring fishermen. The annual Young Fishermen’s Summit ery straying would be useful in advancing the state of knowledge. is one good example. The University of Alaska is a resource to and collaborator with salmon stakeholders throughout the state. Habitat is key to maintaining Alaska’s salmon In the Pacific Northwest, and prior to that on the East Coast In summary and in Europe, salmon populations have been lost or drastically Large fluctuations in salmon abundance are natural, inevitable, reduced. The main driver of decline and the lack of recovery has and painful to salmon-dependent communities. We can help the been man-made habitat degradation. These alterations include big stakeholders when this happens, and maybe change our manage- changes like dams, but also cumulative small impacts like road ment so that they are more resilient. Hopefully, we’ll get better at runoff, water diversion, stream channelization, urbanization, etc. predicting these ups and downs. Alaska’s salmon will be resistant to accidental overfishing and But it’s not the ups and downs that I worry about – it’s the long- unusual environmental phenomena like the Blob if we maintain term trends. The slow erosion of habitat is what has caused salmon our watersheds. Further research is needed to identify critical loss in other parts of the world. Other worrisome trends are the habitat and prioritize conservation and restoration efforts. spread of invasive species, global warming, and ocean acidification. Warming and ocean acidification also contribute to habitat deg- There are troubling social trends as well. The erosion of our fishing radation. Warming degrades habitat and facilitates the spread of communities’ access to the salmon resources has profound effects noxious invasive species. Acidification affects the vitality of impor- on the viability of these communities. tant salmon prey resources, and can disrupt the marine ecosystem. I would like to see resources dedicated to tackling long-term Additional studies are needed to improve understanding and to concerns, to maintaining the viability and resiliency of our salmon mitigate these impacts. Arresting the warming and acidification is and salmon-dependent communities. 

6 £ PACIFICFISHING £ MARCH 2019 £ WWW.PACIFICFISHING.COM NEWS NET Under pressure, anchovy managers eye new limits Managers of the West Coast’s northern anchovy fishery are Northern anchovy populations are known for peaks and valleys. scrambling to devise new catch limits by an April 18 deadline set “They are a real boom/bust type species, even in the absence of by a federal judge. any fishing pressure,” said Griffith. On Jan. 18 – a year after ruling that catch limits for the central Diane Pleschner-Steele, the executive director of the California subpopulation of northern anchovy need to be revised – U.S. District Wetfish Producers Association, called attention to an update pre- Judge Lucy H. Koh ordered compliance and set the deadline for it. sented to the PFMC last November by one of the authors of a study The court order stems from a 2016 lawsuit filed by the Oceana used as a basis for Koh’s ruling. advocacy group declaring that an annual 25,000-metric-ton Titled “Recent Collapse of Northern Anchovy Biomass Off anchovy catch limit violates federal law and could encompass the California,” the study influenced the filing of Oceana’s lawsuit entire species population. and found that the average anchovy biomass between 2009 and In last year’s ruling, Koh agreed with Oceana’s assertion that a 2011 was 15,000 metric tons. federal 733,420-metric-ton biomass estimate is based on an outdated But the update reports that a 2015 biomass estimate is 91,000 1991 study. Her ruling found that Oceana presented “substantial metric tons, and a 2017 estimate puts the central subpopulation evidence” that catch limits and an overfishing threshold “are not anchovy biomass at over 1.1 million tons. based on the best scientific information available.” Pleschner-Steele also called attention to the observations of fisher- The National Marine Fisheries Service contended that the ruling men, who have “reported tens of thousands, if not millions, of tons didn’t advance a 90-day deadline to revise the 25,000-ton catch of anchovy since at least 2014” in nearshore areas missed by surveys. limit, a 100,000-ton overfishing limit, and an annual acceptable New tools: Commenting on the range of estimates, Griffith biological catch threshold. The agency appealed the ruling to the said that it “illustrates the challenge in getting accurate biomass 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and argued that a deadline can’t estimates of this species.” be set when determination on an appeal is pending. The debates are spurring what Griffith described as “major Both arguments were rejected by Koh in her court order, which strides” in understanding northern anchovy population. stated that NMFS is “129 days late” on setting the new limits and New techniques such as using wind-driven saildrones to monitor that “a district court has continuing jurisdiction in support of its nearshore areas not accessible to research vessels and aerial surveys are judgment, and until the judgment has been properly stayed or “all tools in the tool box that haven’t necessarily been available for use superseded, the district court may enforce it.” in anchovy science and management until recently,” Griffith said.  On Jan. 25, NMFS dropped its appeal and is working to meet – Daniel Mintz the deadline. But Jim Milbury, a NMFS West Coast Region public affairs officer, said dropping the appeal “doesn’t prevent the government from appealing other issues in this case that have arisen” since the Jan. 18 order. Data debate: The task of revising the harvest limits based on “best available science” is challenging due to lack of firm data. The results of egg/larval and trawl surveys done in recent years have been questioned by federal managers. They believe that the egg/larval surveys, which focused on the Southern California Bight, failed to cover enough of the anchovy’s geographic range and may have missed significant spawning events. LISTINGS Sonar-based “acoustic trawls” done by the Southwest Fisheries Science Center produced an anchovy biomass estimate of 31,427 tons in 2015. Federal managers deem the number to be unreliable, WANTED however, because they believe sonar trawls don’t detect fish in the upper water column or within nearshore areas. But in her original ruling, Koh noted that a 2015 anchovy catch rule itself states that “there is evidence that (the anchovy) did likely go through a decline in the recent past and abundance may still be Over 30 years combined experience as a at some relatively low state.” fisherman, boat owner and broker makes Andy unique. Scandia was born out of a desire to Boom and bust: Asked about how a new catch limit will be set, continue to cultivate relationships and serve Kerry Griffith, the Pacific Fishery Management Council coastal pelagic fishermen with honesty and integrity. species staff officer who is working with NMFS on it, suggested that the existing studies and surveys will be used as a basis. “All I can say is that we will collectively use the science, surveys, and data that are available,” he said. Griffith added: “The normal process for developing a biomass esti- mate and harvest management decisions is being expedited,” and NMFS is “taking the lead for now and the council is supporting those efforts the best we can, given the very short time frame we’re in.”

WWW.PACIFICFISHING.COM £ MARCH 2019 £ PACIFICFISHING £ 7 NEWS NET Halibut season to open March 15 with slight quota increase Unlike last year, the United States and Canada were able to reach agreement this year on a coastwide Pacific halibut quota. The quota was announced Feb. 1 at the conclusion of the Inter- Halibut edges up national Pacific Halibut Commission’s annual meeting in Victoria, British Columbia. The two nations each have three representatives Here are the 2019 halibut catch limits, by regulatory area, on the commission. expressed in millions of pounds. The coastwide catch limit for 2019 is 38.61 million pounds, an increase of 1.4 million pounds or 3.8 percent from 2018. The commission set a season of March 15 to Nov. 14 for all com- mercial fisheries in the United States and Canada. Regulatory area 2018 catch limits 2019 catch limits “In IPHC Regulatory Area 2A, the tribal commercial fisheries 2A (California, Oregon, Washington) 1.32 1.65 and the incidental Pacific halibut fisheries will occur within these dates, and the non-tribal directed commercial fishery will consist of 2B (British Columbia) 7.10 6.83 10-hour derby fishing periods, including June 26, July 10, July 24, Aug. 7, Aug. 21, Sept. 4, and Sept. 18, with other possible dates to 2C (Southeast Alaska) 6.34 6.34 be determined by the IPHC secretariat,” the IPHC said. 3A (Central Gulf of Alaska) 12.54 13.50 Fresh start: Last year’s IPHC annual meeting deadlocked as U.S. and Canadian members were unable to agree on catch limits. The 3B (Western Gulf of Alaska) 3.27 2.90 United States said Canada wanted a disproportionate harvest out 4A (Eastern Aleutians) 1.74 1.94 of Area 2B (British Columbia). The impasse left the two countries to independently set catch limits for their respective areas in 2018. 4B (Central, Western Aleutians) 1.28 1.45 For this year’s meeting, several new faces were on the commis- sion, and the body was able to come to a quota agreement. 4CDE (Bering Sea) 3.62 4.00 National Marine Fisheries Service chief Chris Oliver, the lead U.S. representative on the halibut commission, issued a Feb. 4 Total 37.21 38.61 written statement on the agreement. “Based on input from stakeholders and analysis from commis- Note: Area limits include not only commercial catch but other categories such as recreational and subsistence catches and bycatch. In Alaska's two most productive areas, the commercial catch limit for 2019 is 8.06 million pounds in PORT TOWNSEND SHIPWRIGHTS Area 3A and 3.61 million pounds in Area 2C. A full service yard servicing the Source: International Pacific Halibut Commission NW fishing fleet for over three decades. In-house shaft, bearing, and prop repair sion science reports, the U.S. and Canada agreed to a rebalancing of the coastwide quota resulting in Canada receiving a 17.7 percent share and the U.S. receiving an 82.3 percent share,” Oliver said. “While the overall quota for 2019 is a slight increase over 2018, the catch limits agreed to at the meeting reflect a sensible, conservative approach that will secure the future of this iconic and economically important species. We solved several challenging international fish- ery management issues and we accomplished our goal in the spirit of cooperation and compromise.” Stock status: This year’s quota, while up a bit, is still a far cry from those seen in 2001-05, when coastwide halibut catch limits exceeded 73 million pounds annually. Oliver, in his statement, summarized the status of the halibut stock: “The Pacific halibut stock has been in a low and declining state for the past 10 years. The current state is thought to be related to decadal shifts in environmental conditions affecting recruitment and unexplained low weight-at-age. In addition, recent IPHC stock assessments indicate that catch limits in the early 2000s were based wood ~ aluminum ~ steel ~ systems on overly optimistic estimates of biomass, leading to higher fishing mortality rates than were intended.” 360-385-6138 www.ptshipwrights.com The IPHC’s next annual meeting is planned for Jan. 27-31, 2020, /PortTownsendShipwrightsCoop in Anchorage, Alaska.  – Wesley Loy

8 £ PACIFICFISHING £ MARCH 2019 £ WWW.PACIFICFISHING.COM Coast Guard is worried about Valdez near misses between tankers, fishing vessels Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the Anchorage-based trade were three near miss incidents in 2018. journal Petroleum News for the week of Feb. 3. The writer is Alan Bailey. Riutta said that, based on a comparison of fishing and tanker It is reprinted here with permission. activity between 2017 and 2018, the drop from four to three inci- dents did not appear to represent a safety improvement. And the The U.S. Coast Guard is very concerned about reports of several Coast Guard continues to seek ways of improving both awareness near misses between oil tankers departing the Valdez Marine Ter- and regulatory enforcement. minal and fishing vessels operating in the Valdez Narrows, the sea Riutta said that an additional worry for 2019 are plans for 13 cruise inlet that connects the Port of Valdez with Prince William Sound. ships to visit Valdez – the Coast Guard is talking to the cruise ship Lt. Cmdr. Aaron Riutta from the Coast Guard told the board of companies, to heighten their awareness of the tanker safety issues. the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council on And steps that the Coast Guard is now taking include continu- Jan. 24 that there had been four near miss incidents reported in ing its stakeholder outreach, clarifying the legal rules for engaging 2017 and three incidents reported in 2018. with potential regulatory offenders in the Narrows, and upgrading “We’ve noticed in recent years that there’s been an occurrence Coast Guard checklists, to accommodate actions to take in response of what we call near misses between tanker vessels and fishing to a near miss incident. Efforts continue to ramp up law enforce- vessels, particularly focused in the Valdez Narrows,” Riutta told ment surveillance. the board. “We’re still looking at continuing to request the dedicated law A collision between a tanker and a fishing vessel could be cata- enforcement assets,” Riutta said. “We do feel that is a pretty effective strophic, posing danger to vessel crewmembers as well as a signifi- way to enforce this issue.” cant environmental risk – a single tanker can carry something in  the order of 91 million gallons of crude oil, Riutta said. Safety rules: Under federal regulations, there is a security zone imposed on either side of the vessel route through the Narrows, when a tanker is in transit. There is also a security zone around a moving tanker. Safety rules apply to any vessel operating in the On the horizon Narrows, including a need to monitor the radio frequency used to transmit information about tanker movements. Pacific Fishing magazine’s monthly digest of upcoming Riutta said the Coast Guard defines a near miss as any incident management meetings and other notable events. in which a tanker sees fit to call, reporting a vessel movement that creates the potential for a collision. Any encroachment of the security • Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting, March 5-12, zones by a vessel in the Narrows is also considered to be a near miss. Vancouver, Wash. The Coast Guard’s current concern was particularly triggered in • Alaska Board of Fisheries Hatchery Committee meeting, March 8, 2017, when an outbound tanker had to change course and adjust Anchorage. More information at tinyurl.com/y2nem4ck. its speed to avoid a collision with a fishing vessel. Amanda Bauer, president of PWSRCAC, said that she had actually observed the • Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting, March 9-12, Anchorage. incident. Apparently, a seiner was traveling on a course cutting The board will consider statewide finfish proposals and across the tanker’s bow. supplemental issues. Coast Guard action: Having subsequently determined that • Seafood Expo North America, March 17-19, Boston. there had been four incidents in 2017, the Coast Guard set about More information at seafoodexpo.com/north-america. gathering appropriate data and preparing a plan for dealing with the situation. • ComFish Alaska, March 28-30, Kodiak. For more information on this “We really wanted to do a lot of outreach,” Riutta said. “We commercial fishery trade show, go to kodiakchamber.org/comfish. wanted to do what we could, when we could, to address this issue • North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting, by basically opening people’s minds and providing them with as April 1-9, Anchorage. much information as we could.” • Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting, April 9-16, The Coast Guard issued a navigation advisory and talked to vari- Rohnert Park, Calif. ous stakeholders in the situation, seeking different ways of commu- nicating with what is a diverse fishing fleet from a variety of ports. • Seafood Expo Global, May 7-9, Brussels, Belgium. The agency also evaluated the situation from a law enforcement More information at seafoodexpo.com/global. perspective, to determine if there is a better way to enforce the • Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium, May 7-10, Anchorage. security zones in the Narrows. A request for law enforcement The theme this year is “Cooperative research – strategies for assets and crew was, however, turned down. And there proved integrating industry perspectives and insights in fisheries science.” to be no other way of dedicating a law enforcement asset to the More information at tinyurl.com/ycwmuw6l. situation. However, the Coast Guard did cite one vessel in 2018 for not monitoring the tanker operations radio frequency. • North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting, Incidents continue: Despite the considerable effort put into June 2-11, Sitka. increasing people’s awareness of the tanker collision risk, there

WWW.PACIFICFISHING.COM £ MARCH 2019 £ PACIFICFISHING £ 9 NEWS NET Alaska fisheries leader Bruce Gabrys dies Bruce Gabrys, an Alaskan with broad involvement in commercial tion with Alaska Sea Grant’s Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit fishing, died Jan. 30 at home in Eagle River, surrounded by family. series, a professional development business training event for new He was 63. entrants into Alaska’s commercial fishing. He created and taught A 40-year Alaska fisherman, Gabrys the business management session, providing fished first in Cook Inlet as skipper of a drift basic bookkeeping advice. boat for salmon, then in the Gulf of Alaska, “Bruce’s original 45-minute presentation long-lining for halibut in Area 3A. He also was so popular that it quickly turned into a made a living as a certified public accoun- half-day workshop in later events,” remem- tant and financial planner. bered AYFS co-founder Sunny Rice, with Alas- Gabrys participated at every level of Alas- ka Sea Grant. “He managed to make the topic ka’s state and federal fisheries management of finances, which others might think of as dry, processes. He was a frequent adviser to the the most popular session at AYFS by far. But Alaska Board of Fisheries, the North Pacific beyond all of that was his passion for helping Fishery Management Council, and the Inter- young people in the industry he loved.” national Pacific Halibut Commission. He Torie Baker, Sea Grant agent in Cordova, represented Alaska halibut fishermen on the recalls his volunteer work with communities Management Strategy Advisory Board for impacted by the Exxon Valdez oil spill. the IPHC. He also served on IPHC’s Research “For years, Bruce volunteered at countless Advisory Board and the Conference Board. public workshops with other like-minded “He had a strong voice for the resource Alaska financial professionals concerned and the industry,” said Homer fisherman about the potentially large Exxon Valdez oil Bruce Gabrys Malcolm Milne. spill settlements coming into Alaska com- Gabrys was chairman of the Alaska Commercial Fishing and munities, to help permit holders and their families understand the Agriculture Bank (CFAB) board of directors and served on several possible implications,” Baker said. fishing organization boards, including United Fishermen of Alaska After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where and the United Cook Inlet Drift Association. he earned a commission in the U.S. Army, Gabrys was assigned to In December 2007, Gabrys began a decade-long collabora- Fort Richardson, outside Anchorage. 

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Egegik setnetter Evelyn Clark, left, with crewmembers Erza Haliti, middle, and Savannah Burdick. Photos courtesy of Evelyn Clark Her beautiful life Evelyn Clark is Miss Washington USA – and a Bristol Bay commercial salmon fisherman

his past November, Evelyn Clark was crowned Miss Wash- Q: How did you get your start in commercial fishing? ington USA 2019. She won the title in her last year of eligibil- A: My dad grew up fishing in Alaska with his dad and brought Tity, on her seventh try, at age 27. my mom up with him when they were just in high school! The beauty pageant victory capped years of toughness and In 1987, my parents started Clarks Fishing Co., which bought perseverance, qualities Clark draws from her other passion in life – and processed the fish caught in Alaska. I was only 7 months old fishing commercially for sockeye salmon in Alaska’s Bristol Bay. when I first was brought up and have only missed two summers! Clark lives in Bellevue, Washington, and works as a paralegal. In 2003, my parents took over Coffee Point Seafoods, which She’s held a Bristol Bay setnet permit since 2012, and comes from required my brother and I to fish the setnet by ourselves. I would a family long involved in the seafood industry. Her mom and dad also help out in the fish processing slime line if I had the day off also fish the bay. from fishing. Her setnet site is near the remote village of Egegik, on the east When I was 20 years old, I was finally able to have a setnet site side of Bristol Bay. of mine own right next to my mom’s! It’s definitely like a second In this interview with Pacific Fishing Editor Wesley Loy, Clark home for me, and I don’t know what I would do with my summers talks about her beautiful life in pageants and fishing and how she if I stopped going. I was raised by fishermen – rough, strong- makes the most of two seemingly mismatched pursuits. willed, sailor-mouthed, callused-hands, fish-scales-in-your-hair

12 £ PACIFICFISHING £ MARCH 2019 £ WWW.PACIFICFISHING.COM fishermen. I’m so proud to call myself a Bristol Bay fisherman because it has made me who I am today, and I wouldn’t want it any other way. Q: Tell us about your fishing operation in Bristol Bay. A: My setnet site is right next to my mom’s – they’re 300 feet apart. The fishing periods are announced over the local Bristol Bay radio station every three hours, so at 9, noon, 3, and 6, every fisher- man can be found huddled around a radio waiting to hear when the next opening is. We pull our net out into the water using a fabricated reel truck using an old reel from a drift boat and mounting it on the bed of a pickup truck. This helps a lot when the fishing period is over – it lets us reel in the net quickly without dragging it through the mud, which affects the quality of the fish. Quality is always our first thought. Most fishermen up there run their net using an aluminum skiff with a motor. My crew uses a 12-foot whitewater raft to run up and down the net to pick the fish. The nets are 300 feet long. When we return to the beach with our raft full of fish, we load them into totes with slush ice and processing company trucks – fish buyers – come by every few minutes to take them. And then it’s Evelyn Clark, left, and her mom, Leah Clark, in a raft full of sockeye salmon. time to head out again and run the net for the next load. The sites are about 3 miles from our cabin, so it’s a lot of driving do have it for a long time, so we’re able to fish the ebb tide longer. back and forth on a very bumpy beach! To help with our rough The only tricky thing with fishing the ebb is being able to pick up drives, we recently bought two 998 military Humvees! They have the net quickly so we’re not stuck in the mud! We have learned our been a lifesaver, for sure. lessons throughout the years not to be too selfish when the ebb fish : How productive is your setnet site? are hitting hard. Q When we can’t resist fishing until the last minute, we do A: I would say my site does pretty well – we get well over something called round hauling – pulling in the net with hundreds 100,000 pounds in a year! You never want to divulge your of pounds of fish as quickly as we can. You definitely do not want poundage, LOL. to get stuck on the mud with the raft full of fish and net. My site is on the flats, so we have more water compared to some Round hauling is super hard – we fish with a 300-pound lead of the other sites down the beach. The water isn’t very deep, but we line – but it’s the best workout and a good test of your strength and endurance. I’ll admit, sometimes we will round haul just for the workout. Many times, during the early years, we had to pick up in the mud, which is not the ideal situation. It’s messy, adds a lot of time with the cleanup, and then you have to go wash all the muddy fish to be able to sell them. We have definitely learned our lessons the hard way, which I guess is the best way. We like to say our fishing skills are a constant evolution, a work in progress. Q: Tell us about your crew. A: Since the two sites are so close, my mom and I help each oth- er out with the same crew. It’s an all-girl crew consisting of family members or family friends, and we drag my boyfriend up to the beach every year for a week or two to help us. Last year, my two younger cousins were on the crew, and my niece and nephew have come up the last three years, beginning when they were 5 and 9 years old. It’s important to start them young to install good work ethic early on. They’re expected to be functioning and helpful crewmembers. Q: What’s your style in terms of managing your site? A: I’m very comfortable and confident in running my site. I Evelyn Clark uses a Humvee to travel the 3 miles of bumpy beach don’t mind speaking up and telling people what to do in situa- between her setnet site and the family cabin. tions. Since it’s family, we’re really good about getting over things

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if it gets too heated at the net. It can be loud and chaotic, so there is a lot harder than on a are times where we’re yelling at each other! But it’s all for the good boat. In a raft, it’s very of the operation. My cousins are still learning, so I have to take uncomfortable and you charge, and I’m not afraid to do that. I must look like I know what can’t really see where I’m doing since everyone tends to look to me for guidance. My the fish is in the web. mom has taught me well. On a boat, the fish are at My dad and I are like the same person, so I don’t like when he least hanging, so they’re comes down to help. He tries to run the show, but it’s my site and easier to see and pick. I let him know that quick! Ha-ha. Of course, I listen to whatever he When it’s rough out, has to say and take his advice. But I feel like because we’re an all- I feel like it’s worse to girl crew, we run things a little bit different than guys might. be in a raft. Waves are always crashing on you or the wind is blow- ing, so the lines are tight! I was thrown out Evelyn Clark’s father, Mike Clark, fishes Bristol of my raft once from a Bay aboard the driftnet boat Miss Evelyn. big wave! Q: What’s your view regarding women in fisheries? A: It’s amazing! I know some really tough women who fish harder than guys, which is really awesome to see. I also don’t see the big deal about it in some ways. I’m not sure if it’s because I grew up fishing with other women or because I am a female fisherman. When some people hear what I do, they think it’s such an unheard-of thing. I understand since it’s a male-dominant field, but I don’t let that idea hold me back or make me feel I’m not capable of doing it. If anything, it makes me want to work harder to prove that my poundage is the same, if not more, than the other fisher- men. I’ve been questioned my whole life if I’m capable of doing the job, or been told to go home if the water is “too rough.” A lot of people are surprised when they see what I – and other females – are capable of. I’m not afraid to do the work. Q: Has fishing in any way contributed to your success in beauty pageants, or vice versa? A: Totally! I believe I owe a lot of my character and work ethic to fishing. It took me seven years to win the title, and I think a big reason why I kept going is because of fishing. Taking on responsi- bilities at a young age helped me grow and learn the importance of finishing something that I started. There have been many times where I’m cold or tired and don’t want to go pick fish. But when you have a net out, you really don’t have the option to quit. Learning that no-quit kind of mentality from a young age has helped me in pageants and other things in my life. Fishing makes me feel strong and empowered, and if that means getting knocked out of my raft because the water is too rough, Setnetting is challenging work, especially in rough weather. Evelyn which I have, then I’m still going to push through and fish hard! Clark says a big wave once threw her out of her raft. Q: I would think commercial fishing could pose a beauty Q: Some people might imagine setnetting is easier, more challenge. For example, fishing can be tough on a person’s leisurely, than fishing on a Bristol Bay driftnet boat. What’s hands, skin, and so forth. How do you cope with that? it really like? A: Mud is actually really good for the skin! LOL. A: Well, I can’t speak for everyone, but all of the drifters I know But yeah, a lot of the conditions don’t help with keeping things have said setnetting is harder! Ha-ha. So, I’ll take their word for it! “pretty.” The salt water and wind are really hard on the skin, hair, I think both are hard in their own ways. Being on a boat for hours and lips. My mom has taught me a lot with how to help with that, or even days would be hard, and I know I would get sick of it. So though. We make sure our hair is always back in a hat, and to put being on the beach definitely has its perks. But picking fish in a raft on sunscreen, lotion, and thick ChapStick.

14 £ PACIFICFISHING £ MARCH 2019 £ WWW.PACIFICFISHING.COM Our hands are constantly being beat up, so we soak them in Epsom salt and make sure to put lotion on. When I’m up in Bristol Bay, I don’t care about what I look like or the fact that I can go days without a shower. A lot of it just comes with the job and being there, so you get used to not caring. It’s fun- ny to think about, because down home in the “real world,” I would never go days without showering! In Alaska, though, nobody thinks twice about it. You feel spoiled if you take multiple showers within a week! And it’s not because we can’t – it’s more because it’s accepted to not shower every day. Most of the time, you’re too tired to even shower. Or you know you have to go right back out to the net, so there’s no point in getting clean. A lot of the times, you have to decide between sleeping, showering, or eating before you have to head back to the net. Most of the time, sleeping wins! Q: What’s next for you in terms of pageants? And will you be fishing at Bristol Bay this summer and beyond? A: Next up for me is Miss USA, which will be held sometime this summer and can be watched on Fox! I’ve been really concen- trating on preparing for that. It’s not only physical and interview Evelyn Clark, Miss Washington USA 2019, tours last year’s Pacific prep, but a lot of mental prep goes into it as well. Marine Expo in Seattle with, from left, mom Leah Clark, dad Mike Clark, I’m also making as many appearances around my state as I’m and boyfriend Jason Lorentz. Wesley Loy photo able to. If I don’t win Miss USA, then it’s back up to Alaska for me! I I hope to expand my fishing operation and continue to do it for don’t plan to miss a summer of fishing, and the only reason I as long as I can. I love that I grew up going to Alaska, and when I would miss it is if I win! finally have kids, I hope it’s something they’re able to experience! 

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Streamer lines deployed behind fishing vessels effectively deter seabirds. Ed Melvin/Washington Sea Grant photo The ‘extraordinary impact’ of streamer lines in saving seabirds in Alaska’s longline fisheries Editor’s note: The following is a Washington Sea Grant news release Marine fisheries scientist Ed Melvin, at Washington Sea Grant at issued Feb. 20. the University of Washington, and research associate Kim Dietrich, an independent contractor, were at the forefront of a collaborative n the 1990s, the endangered status of the short-tailed albatross research effort that led to Alaska’s longline fisheries adopting catalyzed efforts to reduce the number of birds accidentally I streamer lines in 2002, a technology that is towed behind vessels killed as bycatch in Alaska, home to the country’s biggest fisheries. to create a visual barrier that keeps seabirds away from the baited hooks below. In a new study published Jan. 28 in the journal Conservation Maritime Fab Big Bay Roller Biology, Melvin, Dietrich, and partners from Oregon State Univer- sity and the Alaska Fisheries Science Center show that in the time Stern Roller Strength Like You’ve Never Seen Before! since they were adopted, streamer lines have had an extraordinary impact: Seabird bycatch in Alaska’s longline fisheries has been reduced by 77 to 90 percent, saving thousands of birds per year including hundreds of albatrosses. Heavy-duty Melvin said much of this success is thanks to the fishing indus- 3/8” formed try’s active involvement when the team was researching methods aluminum to avoid seabird bycatch two decades ago. side frames “It’s really to the industry’s credit that they were fully engaged in the research and started implementing streamer lines two to 16” dia. Core three years before they became mandatory,” Melvin said. “The fish- for increased Integral ermen owned the solution from start to finish.” net traction & ball valve The solution also involved training fisheries observers to prop- reduced fish for hubless knock-outs erly identify seabirds in order to record vessel bycatch. “The data freewheeling they were able to collect over decades allowed us to monitor and estimate bycatch rates and track the success of this effort,” said Low profile base co-author Shannon Fitzgerald, a fisheries scientist at the Alaska hinges with easily Fisheries Science Center. accessible locks Uptick in hooked birds: The researchers arrived at their results by analyzing 23 years’ worth of this meticulously collected fisheries observer data. While they found that bycatch rates remain much lower than the pre-streamer line days, more recently the number of birds hooked has been increasing. “We have seen a continued increase in seabird bycatch, especially albatross, in Alaska longline fisheries, with one of the recent years La Conner, WA: (360) 466-3629 after our study the highest since 2002,” said co-author Rob Suryan, www.laconnermaritime.com a wildlife specialist at Oregon State University and research ecolo- 16 £ PACIFICFISHING £ MARCH 2019 £ WWW.PACIFICFISHING.COM gist with the Alaska Fisheries Science Center. In parsing out this trend, the researchers realized that bycatch significantly varied by both fishery and type of bird. The three species of highest conserva- tion concern – the albatrosses – were more likely to be snared by a sablefish or halibut vessel than one that fishes cod. Other bird species, however, were more likely to be hooked by boats that fish for turbot, a type of flatfish. The researchers looked into the success of other methods of bycatch reduction as well. Fishing at night, when many seabirds are less active, is a tactic com- monly used elsewhere in the world. They found that fishing at night dramati- cally decreased bycatch rates of albatrosses while increasing the fish catch rates of Alaska’s longline fleets – however, it also increased the accidental capture of northern fulmars by 40 percent. While northern fulmars are not a species of conservation concern, the possibil- ity of accidentally catching more of these seabirds certainly presents an unwel- come tradeoff. Melvin added that many fisheries operate in the summer, when Alaska’s high latitude makes for very short nights; requiring night fishing could hurt the industry by substantially cutting down on the available fishing time. Problem boats: Importantly, the scientists found that in recent years fewer than 2 percent of the 300 vessels they analyzed accounted for 46 to 78 percent of the bycatch. The authors said it is not clear why these particular boats caught so many birds. Perhaps they encountered unusually aggressive birds that were unable to locate natural prey, or perhaps they represent a newer generation of fishermen who do not feel the same urgency around seabird conservation because they were not working when the issue was first raised. Whatever the reason, it suggests it’s possible that resource managers don’t need to rethink their entire seabird bycatch strategy. Targeting the few vessels with anomalously high bycatch rates with outreach about the proper use of streamer lines could prove to be enough. This study was funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the Ed Melvin collecting fish and seabird catch data in 2000. 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WWW.PACIFICFISHING.COM £ MARCH 2019 £ PACIFICFISHING £ 17 SCIENCE Ocean warming, disease combine for massive starfish die-off he combination of ocean warming and an infectious wasting Tdisease has devastated populations of large sunflower sea stars once abundant along the West Coast of North America in just a few years, according to a study co-led by the University of California, Davis, and Cornell University. It was published Jan. 30 in the journal Science Advances. The sunflower sea star is large, about the size of a manhole cover, and “At one time plentiful in nearshore waters, the sunflower sea possesses an enormous appetite. Janna Nichols/REEF photo stars right now cannot be found off the California coast and are rare into Alaska,” said Drew Harvell, Cornell professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, a co-lead author. “Numbers of the sea stars have stayed so low in the past three years, we consider them endangered in the southern part of their range, and we don’t have data for northern Alaska.” Since 2013, sea star wasting disease has brought about massive mortality in multiple sea star species from Mexico to Alaska. The East Coast has not been immune, as the disease has affected the shores from New Jersey to New England. A disease with many hosts Diego Montecino-Latorre, a wildlife epidemiologist with the UC Davis One Health Institute and a co-lead author, said the sunflower sea star continues to decline even in the deepest ocean, and it is not recovering in the same way experienced by the intertidal ochre star. At left, thousands of sunflower sea stars swarm Croker Rock in British Columbia on Oct. 9, 2013. At right, the same site, three weeks later, with the sea stars vanished. Neil McDaniel photos

“This is likely because this disease has many hosts, and other species that tolerate the pathogen better may spread it to the sun- flower star,” he said. Global warming due to a changing atmosphere is likely a major factor. “The heat wave in the oceans – a product of increasing atmo- spheric temperatures – is exacerbating the sea star wasting dis- ease,” said Harvell, a fellow at Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. “It’s a lethal disease, and when you add a high- er temperature to that, it kills faster, causing a bigger impact.” Urchin, kelp effects Fisheries depend on nearshore kelp forests to form a healthy environment for fish and the broader oceanic ecosystem. With the demise of sunflower sea stars, sea urchin populations in some areas have exploded, substantially reducing the kelp, Harvell said. The sunflower sea star is large, about the size of a manhole cover, and possesses an enormous appetite. It crawls over the seafloor like a robotic vacuum cleaner, munching on everything in its path. “In California, Washington, and parts of British Columbia, sun- flower sea stars keep urchins under control,” said Joseph Gaydos, senior author on the paper and director of UC Davis’ SeaDoc Soci- ety program. “Without sunflower stars, urchin populations expand and threaten kelp forests and biodiversity. This cascading effect has a really big impact.” Counting stars Between 2006 and 2017, scientists and trained citizen scientists Continued on Page 20

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Bogoslof Island erupting in August 2017, one year before scientists were able to visit. Dave Withrow/NOAA photo

Life returns fast to lonely Financing Alaska’s Fishing Industry Bogoslof Island ogoslof Island is the gray tip of a mountain that pokes from the Flil trs u t yars Bchoppy surface of the Bering Sea. The volcano stands alone just hr asd acilitis north of the Aleutians, far south of the larger islands of St. George and St. Paul. ar and uint Nora Rojek, a biologist at the Alaska Maritime National Wild- life Refuge based in Homer, once knew Bogoslof well – its scream- Permits, IFQ’s, LLP’s ing seabirds and the roar of waves fizzing at its black sand shores, along with the smell of salt particles suspended in spray.  ssls The Bogoslof Rojek knew recently reinvented itself, quadrupling in size after its latest eruption, which started about Christmastime 2016 and continued until August 2017. What had been a 74-acre island became a 321-acre island. On her August 2018 return to Bogoslof, Rojek crinkled her nose at the smell of sulfur. Everyone aboard the refuge ship Tiglax saw steam rising from the gray island. The ashen surface they would be stepping on would be one of the newest landscapes on Earth. “Everyone was very excited, with a little bit of nervousness,” Rojek said. Instead of a lifeless pile of charred rock, Rojek and fellow researchers on board saw fur seals hauled out on the beach. Kit- tiwakes, murres, and other birds whirred above, and a pod of killer whales hunted seals just offshore. “It was definitely back in business,” she said. Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank Roosevelt designation: Bogoslof has been a protected place since 907.276.2007 www.cfabalaska.com 800.544.2228 Continued on Page 20 907.276.2007 www.cfabalaska.com 800.544.2228

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Bogoslof Island continued from Page 19 breeding on Bogoslof came back,” Rojek said. “It’s highly unlikely two days before President Teddy Roosevelt left office in 1909. He any of them were successful, but they were coming back.” designated the island as one of the country’s first wildlife refuges. Their devotion to the site has something to do with Bogoslof’s Each year, the Tiglax sails from Southeast Alaska to the western location on the shallow waters above the continental shelf, one of arctic coast. But the crew does not get to Bogoslof every year; it’s the richest places on the planet for sea creatures great and small. not on the way to anywhere. Bogoslof visits promise the punish- Jammed with wildlife: “Bogoslof is just an amazing place for ment of stormy open ocean, along with difficult beaches upon wildlife,” Rojek said. “It’s just jam-packed. There’s something which to crash-land an inflatable skiff. about that spot that’s awesome for all these creatures to feed their “It’s a really difficult island to get to,” Rojek said. “It’s just sitting young. When you consider how small it is, it’s pretty impressive.” out there away from the (Aleutian) chain, with no protection.” When Rojek and others walked the island last August, they Despite Bogoslof’s self-destructive behavior, animals hung saw gull chicks that resembled fuzzy tennis balls. The biologists around during the 64 explosive eruptions that reshaped the island determined the gull parents had built nests out of the only items between December 2016 and August 2017. available, seaweed and driftwood. “Even while the eruption was going on, the wildlife used to Other birds, such as cliff-nesting murres and kittiwakes and the puffins that often dig burrows into cliff edg- es with fine soil, did not seem as successful. Rojek saw many kittiwakes that seemed to be “loafing,” rather than caring for chicks as SUPPLIES SUPPORT SOLUTIONS they would be on an undisturbed island. Rojek hopes to be able to go back this summer to further document what happens after an island hits its own reset button. “Even though it was very stark, it was very beautiful,” she said. “There were orang- es, red and yellows, with different little patterns on the surface. It reminded me of MARINE being in Yellowstone.”  Ned Rozell is a science writer for the University REFRIGERATION of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. Starfish continued from Page 18 with Reef Environmental Education Founda- tion, or REEF, conducted 10,956 roving-diver & PLUMBING SUPPLIES surveys from Southern California to Alaska. Before 2013, divers reported an abundance of sea stars, but between 2013 to 2017 the EVERYTHING YOU NEED population collapsed. Scientists from Simon Fraser University TO DO THE JOB RIGHT and the Hakai Institute confirmed the loss from remote Calvert Island in British Colum- bia. The ocean warming recorded at REEF locations corresponds to an increase in water temperature by up to 4 degrees Celsius that started in 2014. Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration surveyed sun- flower sea stars in thousands of deep trawls from Mexico to the Canadian border and recorded 100 percent decline in all states in deep water down to 1,000 meters. A DIVISION OF Stanford University also contributed to this research. The study was supported by the National Science Foundation, Natural 800.562.1945 Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, NOAA and the Department 4816 15th Ave. NW, Seattle, WA 98107 of Commerce. 

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ALASKA NOTEBOOK by WESLEY LOY Alaska Department of Fish and Game leadership team fills out Comfish director: Alaska’s new governor in December tabbed It was in August 2015 that American Sea- Douglas Vincent-Lang as commissioner of fish and game. foods announced a major deal with an inves- Now, Vincent-Lang has chosen one of his top lieutenants – Sam tor group, including New York-based Bregal Rabung, who will direct the Division of Commercial Fisheries. Partners, to recapitalize the company. Rabung is a department veteran, best known for his work over- American Seafoods describes itself as seeing hatchery operations. He first joined the department as a “one of the largest fishing companies in the world.” It owns and fisheries technician in 1983. operates a fleet of six factory trawlers: the American Dynasty, the The Division of Commercial Fisheries is the largest division American Triumph, the Katie Ann, the Northern Eagle, the North- within the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. ern Jaeger, and the Ocean Rover.         Coast Guard deaths: The U.S. Coast Guard was investigating Glacier Bay fishing: One of the more painful episodes in Alaska the deaths of two service members in separate incidents. fishing history came around the year 2000, when commercial On Jan. 29, the Coast Guard announced Seaman Ethan Kelch, 19, fisheries were substantially reduced in Glacier Bay National Park. a cutter Douglas Munro crewmember, had died in Dutch Harbor. Limited commercial fishing is still allowed in Glacier Bay for the Kelch, from Virginia, was reported missing during normal liberty fishermen who qualified for lifetime access permits. There were hours, and a ground and air search ensued. fewer than 90 permit holders as of 2016, according to the National “Search parties found Kelch unresponsive on the west side of Park Service. Amaknak Island,” the Coast Guard said in a news release. The permits are nontransferable. On Feb. 2, the Coast Guard announced Chief Warrant Officer But this could change under a U.S. Senate draft bill to revise the Michael Kozloski, 35, from New York, died after a crane accident Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. in the buoy yard in Homer. Kozloski was assigned to the cutter A section in the bill would “allow transfer of lifetime access per- Hickory. mits for commercial fishing to members of immediate families,” a “It’s with great sadness that we announce the passing of a devot- North Pacific Fishery Management Council analysis said. ed shipmate, husband, and father following this tragic accident,” Wesley Loy is editor of Pacific Fishing magazine and producer of Deck- said Rear Adm. Matthew T. Bell Jr., the Coast Guard’s Alaska com- boss, a blog on Alaska commercial fisheries. mander. “Chief Warrant Officer Kozloski faithfully served his coun- try for over 17 years and we are forever grateful.”     Posh pollock? The Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers (GAPP) on Jan. 29 announced industry funding awards aimed at developing new market opportunities. One Trident Seafoods project involves “a pub- licity campaign to introduce wild Alaska pollock to white tablecloth restaurants in seven major U.S. markets, a foodservice sector where the spe- cies currently has little penetration.”     Uncle Sam’s pollock: GAPP also announced, on Jan. 23, that the U.S. Department of Agricul- ture had committed to purchasing an additional $30 million in Alaska pollock products to sup- port food assistance programs.     Trawl titan’s future: American Seafoods, one of the top Bering Sea pollock harvesters, is seek- ing new ownership. The Seattle-based company on Feb. 8 announced it was “entering the market looking for new investors,” and that its “largest share- holder, Bregal, would like to monetize their investment, on schedule, after about five years.” American Seafoods added: “The company is Sea lions have been known to try to snatch people off decks and docks, and it running a process that will play out very typi- happened again Jan. 20 in the Sand Point harbor. A sea lion “came out of the water cally. Investment bankers have been hired to on the back of the fishing boat Celtic and bit a male fisherman on the right thigh,” help identify and evaluate investors. The com- said a Sand Point police officer quoted in the Anchorage Daily News. As you can see pany believes the process will run through the from this photo, which the Celtic captain provided to Pacific Fishing, the injuries to spring and summer with a likely outcome in fall the crewman were quite severe. of this year.”

22 £ PACIFICFISHING £ MARCH 2019 £ WWW.PACIFICFISHING.COM WEST COAST by DANIEL MINTZ Norway company launches West Coast aquaculture bid California farming: Aquaculture is poised to take hold in February, about 9 million pounds had been a big way on the West Coast, in the Northern California fishing landed, valued at $29 million. community of Eureka. The West Coast is updating its method of The Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation, and Conservation District tracking landings. In California and Wash- has approved a lease with a Norway-based company proposing a ington, voluntary use of electronic fish tickets facility with an annual 27,000-metric-ton fish production capacity. started this season and will be required next year. Oregon has been using the “E-Tix” system on a volun- tary basis for several years, and a proposal to make the elec- The company is considering raising Pacific salmon tronic ticketing mandatory next year is pending approval. and steelhead, although the species produced will The California Department of Fish and Wildlife did not have complete landings data available as of press be based on market and permitting considerations. time, but crabbing was said to have been hit or miss in the state’s central region and quickly tapering in the late- Nordic Aquafarms has already entered the U.S. aquaculture starting northern region. industry with a facility in Belfast, Maine, that is in a permitting     phase. In Humboldt, the company is eying the spring of 2020 for Historic dam removal: The end of February saw the close of a the start of permitting for a facility that will be sited at the district’s public comment period on a draft environmental impact report property in Samoa, across the bay from Eureka. (DEIR) for taking out the four lowermost dams on the Klamath River. Part of the district’s effort to revamp a shuttered and formerly It will be the biggest dam removal project in U.S. history, and the contaminated pulp mill site into a business park, the proposed DEIR declares that there will be a variety of benefits, including the open- fish farm would serve West Coast regional markets and use an ing of hundreds of miles of salmon habitat, and few long-term negatives. enclosed, terrestrial system. “Two years from now, we will reunite the Upper and Lower The company is considering raising Pacific salmon and steel- Klamath Basins for the first time in a century,” said Brian Johnson, head, although a press release states that the species produced will Trout Unlimited’s California director, in a press release. be “based on market considerations and further discussions with While on track for implementation, dam removal faces upper the local permitting authorities.” basin opposition, and a lawsuit from the Siskiyou County Water The potential competition concerns commercial fishermen, Users Association seeks to prevent a nonprofit corporation from whose relationship with the district has been strained at times. gaining ownership of the dams. Last October, the Humboldt Fishermen’s Marketing Association     filed a lawsuit against the district for failing to do adequate marina EPA intervention: Dam removal has been talked about for years in dredging and maintenance of fishing-related facilities. Washington, where fisheries supporters are lobbying for the destruc- The aquaculture facility’s annual rent of about $160,000 – which tion of four federally managed dams on the Lower Snake River. would increase if the company chooses an expansion option – will As removal is debated, Washington, Oregon, federal agencies, infuse much-needed revenue, however. And in an interview, Larry tribes, and the Bonneville Power Administration have forged a pact Oetker, the district’s executive director, said adding aquaculture to in support of “flexible spill operations” – referring to amounts of the area’s seafood industry will boost the scale of infrastructure. water allowed to spill over the dams – on the Snake River as well “The number of fishermen we have right now is not large as the Lower Columbia River. enough to support some of the larger infrastructure pieces that the The agreement calls for more spill during salmon runs, a move industry needs,” he said. that will cool water temperatures. Oetker said Nordic Aquafarms plans to have its own ice plant In response, the Washington State Department of Ecology pro- and trucking capability. Sharing those with the fishing industry is posed regulations and permitting of the increased spills. A water “one of the things that I’m looking at,” he said. quality-related environmental review phase was kicked off and abruptly aborted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.     The spill plan is now in limbo. A letter from the EPA to Wash- Dungeness update: A snapshot of West Coast Dungeness crab- bing emerged in mid-February, as landings volume and value for ington officials states that the agency will do more review and the late-starting seasons were tallied. process will resume “when we determine that a renewed request In Oregon, the season opened on Jan. 4 north of Cape Arago. The for water quality certification is appropriate.” Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reported that 11.3 million     pounds of crab was landed at the state’s ports for the month, with Quinault Pride expansion: An ongoing partnership between an ex-vessel value of $35.7 million. Washington state’s Quinault Pride Seafood tribally owned process- The southern portion of the coast opened on Feb. 1. Both sections ing company and the Seattle-area Pacific Harvest Seafood market- ing firm is now clinched with a co-ownership deal. of the coast were delayed due to meat quality issues and the south- The Taholah-based tribal company in January announced its ern section was also affected by domoic acid. acquisition of an “ownership stake” in Pacific Harvest. With the entire coast open to crabbing, the haul from Feb. 1 to In a press release, Myrna Figg, president of Quinault Nation Feb. 12 totaled 2.8 million pounds, valued at $10.2 million. Enterprises, said the tribe’s investment “allows Quinault Pride Those numbers will trend upward when they’re finalized, as Seafood to expand our product marketing beyond regional landings data takes several weeks to be fully tallied and confirmed. markets, extend seasons and grow revenue.” Washington’s season wasn’t affected by domoic acid, but meat quality issues pushed crabbing’s start into January. As of mid- Daniel Mintz reports from Eureka, Calif.

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FOR SALE Highland Refrigeration self-contained refrig- eration seawater/brine freeze system. This chiller RSW/brine freeze system was factory built by Highland Refrigeration and purchased from them SCANIA 650HP ENGINE in December 2012. The system is composed of Low 2800 hrs. Perfectly maintained, spare alter- two units, the chiller/freeze unit and the generator nator, clean filters. No gear. I am up-powering F/V ANGIE set, which can be used together on deck of your to 750 hp Scania. GREAT, RELIABLE ENGINE! Unique Opportunity - Direct marketing, vessel, or separately ashore. The brine freeze In Seattle. Half price at $35.000. ($70,000 catcher/processor system can chill approximately 4,000lbs fish from new). Email [email protected] or call Suitable for a small group of trollers, gill nett- 65ºf to 32ºf per hour, or brine freeze approximately (208) 265-5742. ers, seiners, set netters, or use as a floating 400lbs/hour from 35ºf to 0ºf. The 30kW industrial lodge. Rigged additionally as factory troller with gen-set (3 phase 460V/60 Hz), was assembled Alaska permit. Complete tender, processing and by MER Equipment, Inc. The system is essentially transport with current direct Salmon markets new. It has been stored indoors except during two established for those who want to sell their fish FOR SALE test runs, one week in March 2013 and one week for more money. Excellent for remote locations 40'x11.5'x5' Canadian aluminum gillnetter, built by in April 2014. The system has run for a total of 75 and small villages. Completely self contained, McEarchern in 1970. 230 hp John Deere 6068 w/ hours since it was built, mostly accumulated dur- with ice machine, water maker, blast freezing, 1,000 hours, new in 2017. Twin Disc 509 gear. 800 ing monthly maintenance starts. View photos, sys- cold storage, vacuum packing and onboard fil- gallon fuel capacity in (2) aluminum tanks. Packs tem description, and specs at: https://drive.google. F/V ANNA let machine. Over 2 million invested, come and 20,000# in (3) insulated holds. 10" shrimp block, com/drive/folders/1cQuhXJsjjXNrRposVvDZLcM8a 47’ steel troller/sailer. Steel for price of wood. Isuzu inspect. Vessel and equipment excellent condi- Maritime Fabrication stern roller, new Kinematics R5MQ3MR?usp=sharing. Manuals and complete 6BD1 130 h.p./550 fuel/good sails/aluminum poles tion, available immediately. (206) 369-2486. drum with Twister drive and levelwind, aluminum parts inventory available upon request. Asking & hayrack/full electronics/new aluminum pilot picking boom, and (2) PL-2 Pullmasters. Electronics $25,400. Call Ted at (619) 226-7944. house, new hydraulic system and all new wiring FOR SALE include GPS, VHF, radar, sounder, ComNav autopilot, 2005/drop in slush/crab tank/large insulated & Have several California lobster permits for sale. and computer w/ Nobeltec. Great combination ves- FOR SALE glasses fish hold. Turn-key. Stika. Contact Bill Lewis Some with traps. Priced to sell. Call Don Brockman. sel with lots of recent upgrades. Asking $145,000. California dive sea cucumber permit for sale by (907) 738-1054 [email protected]. (949) 279-9369. (907) 401-0158, [email protected]. owner: $25,000. Call (949) 279-9369. Dock Street Brokers (206) 789-5101 (800) 683-0297 See all our listings at www.dockstreetbrokers.com

CO18-038 58’x28.5’x13’ combination vessel built HALIBUT IFQ SABLEFISH IFQ in 2000 by Fred Wahl Marine. Cat 3412 main 2C-C-U: 2,000 lbs ...... asking $58.00 AI-B-B: 5,500 lbs ...... asking $1.75 rated at 615 hp. Reintjes gear w/ 6:1 ratio. 190 3A-B-U: 15,500 lbs ...... asking $45.00 AI-C-U: 35,000 lbs ...... asking $2.50 kW Cat 3306, 105 kW Cat 3304, and 55 kW Cat 3B-B-U: 8,000 lbs ...... asking $29.00 WG-B-U: 32,000 lbs ...... asking $15.50 3304. Bulbous bow and 16” bow thruster. Packs 3B-B-U: 4,900 lbs ...... asking $29.00 WG-B-U: 17,000 lbs ...... asking $15.50 300,000# in (2) holds. 50 ton RSW system w/ 4A-B-B: 8,000 lbs ...... asking $19.00 WY-C-U: 5,000 lbs ...... asking $30.00 titanium chiller. Main boom and telescoping 4A-C-B: 7,300 lbs ...... asking $17.00 WY-C-B: 2,800 lbs ...... asking $26.00 picking boom. Kolstrand deck winch and 2-speed 33” Marco power block. Excellent electronics, BB18-054 32’x12’ aluminum, RSW, flush deck, including Simrad autopilot and Koden Sonar. Lots Bristol Bay gillnetter built by Marco in 1982. of recent upgrades. Call for survey and more info. Cat 3208TA rated at 320 hp. Complete engine Asking $2,700,000. overhaul in 2009, including new head. Twin Disc 507 gear. (2) direct drive, 6 cube, load RS18-002 41.9’x11’x5.8’ fiberglass research sensing hydraulic pumps. Bow thruster. New vessel built by Custom Fiberglass Man. in 1980. hydraulic steering, new radar and all hynautic GMC 471 w/ low hours on rebuild. Twin Disc 506 controls. Maritime twin ram articulating reel, gear w/ 3:1 ratio. Insulated fish hold can pack Marco levelwind and stern roller. Chills 14k lbs 14k lbs. Gearmatic sampling winch, (2) boom in (5) fish holds w/ (3) separate zones. IMS 7.5 winches, 1.6 ton SWL boom and topping lift and ton RSW. Electronics include VHF, (2) sounders, Marco Trynet winch w/ 2k feet of SS 5/16” cable. (3) GPS, radar and autopilot. Red Dot heater, Hydraulic 1kW generator, Xantrex SW 400 and shower, head, (4) berths and diesel stove. Asking SW 2000 inverters. Nice electronics. Would make $260,000 a great troller or live aboard. Call for a survey. Asking $230,000. CR19-002 50’9”x14’6”x5’8” wood troller/crabber TN19-002 90’x24’x11.9’ steel tuna troller, built built in 1923. Detroit 671 main rated at 180 in 1987 by Rodreiguez of Coden, AL. Cummins hp. Grey Marine reduction gear. Yanmar 9 kW 855 main rated at 450 hp, rebuilt in 2015. Twin genset. Deck equipment includes aluminum crab Disc 520. (2) 30 kW Cummins 4B-3.9 gensets. tank insert that packs 6,500#, insulated salmon Insulated fish hold packs approx. 100,000# tuna. tank, 17” crab block, and Kolstrand gurdies. 250 New dual blast freeze system. Complete deck pot CA crab permit good to 50’9” (+5’) and CA setup, including (2) sets of trolling poles, tuna salmon troll permit available. Call for survey. pullers, and bait tank. Turn-key operation. Call for Asking $70,000 for boat alone, or $215,000 with survey. Asking $495,000. permits.

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