Industrial Development 2022 -- The Fishing Industry

Our archive of items of note on developments in the Fishing sector of the Northwest and Southeast Alaska.




DFO Fishery Notices

UFAWU/Unifor Facebook website

UFAWU/Unifor Prince Rupert  Facebook page

2022

North Coast and BC Fishery


June

June 15 -- Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach raises concerns over Federal Liberal approach to Steelhead fishery on the Skeena  NCR

May

May 12 -- Alaskan plunder of Canadian bound salmon is a theme for campaign to put pressure of Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray  NCR

March 

March 17 -- City Council asked to be advocates for Fairview vessel owners   NCR

March 7 -- Federal NDP Private Member's Bill tables proposed legislation in House of Commons in support of Wild Salmon  NCR

February

February 23 -- Two Prince Rupert Fishery cases make for DFO round up to reinforce cost of obstructing Fishery Offices  NCR

February 17 -- NDP MP's renew call for action on Pacific Fishery issues in committee and the House. NCR

February 11 -- Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP raises issues related to Employment Benefits for the Fishery in Question Period  NCR

February 4 --  MP Taylor Bachrach seeks emergency action from Federal Government towards Alaska catchment of BC bound salmon  NCR

January

January 21 -- Unemployed Fishermen having a hard time applying for EI (video)

January 21 -- Simon Fraser University study leads to new info about Chinook Salmon and river flows

January 21 -- Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP says many fishermen denied EI benefits

January 21 -- Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP writes to employment minister after many fishermen denied unemployment benefits (video)

January 20 -- Hundreds denied fishing benefit in a move called unfair

January 18 -- DFO reverses plans on prawn tubbing  NCR

January 17 -- Tsilhqot'in Nation calls for review of Pacific Salmon Treaty following Alaskan Interception Report

January 17 -- Alaska harvests millions of Salmon bound for BC and North Coast

January 15 -- Key change from music to sushi

January 14 -- Canadian Salmon are being intercepted by Alaskan fisheries: report (video)

January 14 -- BC Supreme Court says Federal and Provincial governments have obligation to protect Nechako River

January 14 -- Alaskan fisheries intercepting large numbers of North Coast salmon, says report

January 13 -- SkeenaWild throws flag on the Alaska Intercept ... with Alaskans said to be scooping up huge volumes of Canada bound species   NCR

January 11 -- New study finds Alaska responsible for Intercepting Countless Canadian bound Salmon

January 11 -- UFAWU-Unifor looks to work ahead in 2022 to address range of recent DFO moves  NCR



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Alaska Fishery

January

January 19 -- The state has set a record harvest for Sitka herring this spring. But a weak market will keep many of those fish in the water 

January 14 -- Biden Administration pledges $500,000 to design new mariculture facility on Prince of Wales Island 

January 11 -- Board of Fish Southeast meeting moved to Anchorage in March

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