Southeast Alaska Seiners Association Blog
Get the latest news here! The Southeast Alaska Seiners Association was formed in 1968 by a group of concerned Ketchikan commercial salmon purse seiners. As time wore on in the early 1980's, SEAS expanded to include all of Southeast Alaska. Today the board of directors is from multiple towns throughout Southeast Alaska. Board members hail from Sitka, Petersburg, Ketchikan, Bellingham, Seattle and Burlington-Anacortes.
Monday, April 09, 2018
Southeast Alaska Purse Seine Salmon Capacity Reduction “Buyback”
Wednesday, April 04, 2018
ANITA AND DEEP INLET ROTATIONS - VIEW LINKS BELOW
For the complete Anita Bay news release for the season click on the link below-
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oV8EH7jmpj7ZYZR3F8lvVTevys-WFR8z/view?usp=sharing
For the complete Deep Inlet news release for the season click on the link below-
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14YmRskqcRMHZ9DXQkXyqJW5exb86ASZN/view?usp=sharing
Sunday, January 21, 2018
BOARD OF FISH ACTIONS CONCERNING SEINE FLEET
SEAS/USAG BOF 2018
Agreement Summary
Hawk Inlet
USAG Proposal 157
was amended to remove all Amalga sockeye from counting in 15,000 Hawk Inlet
cap and the time period was shortened to through July 22nd only.
Effective 2018-2020
SEAS pulled - 155, USAG pulled 156, both agree to
oppose 158
Additional
Opportunity Common property and Terminal
Additional Gillnet Opportunity D2, D6, D10 - USAG
pulled (154, 169, 170)
THA rotational changes SEAS pulled (140, 143, 145, and
153)
Terminal Rotation changes-
Deep Inlet Anita Bay
2018 1:2 G/S 2018 1:1 G/S
2019 1:1 2019 1:1
2020 1:1 2020 1:1
New
THA Areas
SEAS agrees to not oppose 139 SE Cove and 150 Crawfish
language to include Gillnet
Both
agreed to oppose
142 NSRAA Deep Inlet proposals
146 Enhanced
allocation plan removing DIPAC from value
167 Closing waters
in D12 D14 past ½ mile of the shoreline due to sockeye concerns
168 Closing waters
in D12 D14 due to king salmon concerns
166 Creating an
index fishery in D12
Saturday, November 25, 2017
SPOTTER PLANES! HAVE AN OPINION ON SPOTTER PLANES USED DURING AN OPENING?
HAVE YOU PAID SEAS DUES FOR 2017? BOF
PROPOSAL 159
SEEKS TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF AIRCRAFT TO LOCATE SALMON DURING OPEN PERIODS - The
SEAS Board met on November 20th
to review and draft comments on Board of Fish Proposals that will be deliberated
during the January 15-23rd BOF Finfish meetings in Sitka. Our
membership is divided on this issue, so we are conducting a poll on whether you
are for or against this proposal. If you are a paying member, you should receive an email or phone call in
the next days or weeks asking for your vote. One of the benefits of membership
is that SEAS advocates in numerous
ways on your behalf. Only members in good standing will be counted. SEAS will endorse the position of the
majority of our members. The Board of
Fish process is one of the single most expensive activities SEAS does on behalf of the SE seine
fleet. To ensure your opinion is considered renew your membership now! Because
this is a time sensitive issue, we must have your vote and membership payment
by December 21st. We have the ability to take credit cards- call
(907) 220-9466 or email info@seiners.net.
Members, if you have not received an
email by November 27th, it means your registered email is no longer
valid and you will receive a phone call or you can contact the SEAS office at the above mentioned
contact avenues.
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
NEW FORMAT
The
Web site has been updated so the format is compatible with cell, IPAD, or
computer formats. Please be patient while we rebuild or provide other
ways to access fisheries information links that are important to the fleet.
Please feel free to contact the SEAS office if you have some suggested links you
would like to see linked.
Tuesday, September 05, 2017
More Area Open for Wednesday!!!!!
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/ |
Click the above to view the additional areas open tomorrow!!
Sunday, August 27, 2017
Deep Inlet- Troll fish the day before, please be courteous
Deep Inlet is open to Seiners on Wednesday, August 30th. Troll is open the day before Tuesday, August
29th. Please be courteous and respectful of their opportunity on
Tuesday to make their intended drags. Troll is open each Saturday after this
first week, so they are always fishing the day before the seine opening on Sunday. Please
keep this in mind each week, and allow them to fish unobstructed. Thanks to
NSRAA for this opportunity for all gears. Good fishing!
Friday, August 11, 2017
BOF Proposal packet available
BOF proposal books are
available on line http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/ index.cfm?adfg=fisheriesboard. proposalbook.
Southeast and Yakutat Finfish & Shellfish
January 11-23, 2018
Harrigan Centennial Hall, Sitka
Comment deadline: December 28, 2017
Tuesday, August 08, 2017
More Bad News
This just in from Troy after flying yesterday
It looked like the run was going to develop well early on but didn’t. Water levels are low in a lot of the non-mainland smaller systems that don’t have a glacier or snow field above them. Not crisis mode yet, but I wouldn’t be surprised to start seeing some die-offs where fish are already up the system. As a result of concerns for escapement in just pure number fish, is the reason why I closed all of upper 9-B and portions of District 10. Escapement is lagging and downright poor in a few systems. D10 and upper 9-B are at the tail end of the Chatham Strait corridor and returns to these areas have taken a hit by the harvest in northern Chatham and Icy Straits.
Monday, August 07, 2017
Too Much Sun Is Bad For Fish!!
Weather the weather
Hopefully we won’t lose a significant number of the early escaped fish in systems that are prone to drying up. I’ll try to keep you updated as information is provided. Love the sun, but love the fish more!! I don’t see any forecast of rain until Saturday.
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