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Harvesting of wild Alaska pollock, the nation’s largest sustainable fishery, will begin Sunday, January 20 Juneau, Alaska (PRWEB) January 18, 2013 The harvest season for Alaska pollock, the nation's largest fishery, opens Sunday, January 20. The 2013 Alaska pollock Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska is 1,387,146 metric tons, 3.8% higher than last year's TAC of 1,335,944 metric tons. Alaska pollock accounts for approximately 30% of...

STONY BROOK, N.Y., March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Stony Brook University's 2012 "Stars of Stony Brook" Gala will honor actor-writer-director and four-time Academy Award nominee Ed Harris and The Pollock-Krasner Foundation on Wednesday, April 25 at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City. "This will be one of the most exciting and meaningful events of the year-long celebration marking the 100th anniversary of Pollock's birth," states Richard L. Gelfond, CEO of IMAX...

Less expensive species are labeled and sold as cod while environmental impact of purchases is concealed by product labels28% of cod products in Ireland are mislabelled, as compared to 7% in the UK, according to research published today in the journal Fish and Fisheries.This is the first time that researchers have compared the labelling of cod products sold in Ireland and the UK. Both countries operate under the same EU policies for seafood traceability and labelling.Using a DNA barcoding...

Despite a 30-year warming trend, the last three years in the Bering Sea have been the coldest on record. A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist says that the cold temperatures have helped produce larger zooplankton in the Bering Sea, which may be changing the way Walleye pollock are feeding.Alexei Pinchuk, research professional at the UAF Seward Marine Center, has spent the last three years gathering zooplankton samples in the Bering Sea. He and his colleagues have been looking at how...

SEATTLE, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Alaska pollock, the largest U.S. commercial fishery and one of the top five seafoods eaten in the United States, has been deemed sustainable under the criteria developed by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) by the certification body, Moody Marine, and a team of three independent experts. The evaluation of the fishery was conducted as part of the five-year recertification of Alaska pollock under the MSC sustainability program and was submitted...

A number of Alaskan rivers have been closed to king salmon fishing after considerable numbers of the fish failed to return to spawn.The king salmon is a favorite meal for many Alaskans, but the fish's low population has left many Yukon River smokehouses without their signature dish."It is going to be a tough winter, no two ways about it," said Leslie Hunter, a 67-year-old store owner and commercial fisherman from Marshall, Alaska.State and federal biologists are studying the...

A British supermarket says it now calls pollack colins after bosses determined shoppers were avoiding the fish because they didn't like the name. Sainsbury's said the member of the cod family was renamed colin because the word is French for a similar variety of fish, hake, The Sun reported Monday. Officials with the grocery chain hired fashion designer Wayne Hemingway to design new packaging for the fish. Image really is everything, Hemingway said. As a keen fisherman it seems daft that...

JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The North Pacific Fisheries Management Council (NPFMC) announced December 13 the 2009 Alaska pollock total allowable catch (TAC) of 815,000 metric tons, an 18.5% reduction from 2008. The decision follows the recommendations of scientists to ensure the ongoing sustainability of the stock due to the cyclically lower abundance of Alaska pollock. "We manage Alaska's fisheries with a steadfast commitment to science. That's affirmed by the...

By Russ Keen, American News, Aberdeen, S.D. Jul. 19--MOBRIDGE -- With the water of Indian Memorial Bay around him, fishing guide Denny Palmer of Mobridge sat on the pier of the bay connected to the Missouri River. Two years ago, the bay northwest of Mobridge was bone dry. "You could drive a truck across it," Palmer said. This year, boats launch off Indian Memorial Ramp, which for six years before had been unusable because it was nowhere near water, he said. On Friday, the section of...

For fish-lovers on a budget, pollock has always been top of the menu but now its popularity is growing thanks to the endorsement of celebrity chefs. Gordon Ramsey and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall have both been strong supporters of the fish over recent months and it seems consumers have got the message. A recent survey by Seafish, the Government's sea fish industry authority, found pollock sales have increased by 171 per cent over the past 12 months, not only due to a growing celebrity fan...