logo
[Log In]
Find us on
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn
Skip Navigation Links
logo 9/26/2024 4:26:09 PM     
A new $350 million Bering Sea fish fight could hinge on a miniature Canadian railroad 
By Nat Herz CA Source: Alaska Public Media 9/5/2021
Nat Herz
 A high-seas legal fight is causing havoc for one of Alaska’s biggest commercial fisheries, the Bering Sea pollock harvest out of Dutch Harbor.

The quickly escalating saga involves hundreds of millions of dollars in fines, a miniature Canadian railway and Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and it stems from the way that one of Alaska’s biggest fishing companies, American Seafoods, is using an exemption in the federal law that typically allows only U.S. ships to move cargo between U.S. ports.
 

American Seafoods’ shipping subsidiary and an affiliate company, Kloosterboer International Forwarding, sued U.S. Customs and Border Protection in federal court Thursday.

They’re challenging $46 million in fines issued directly to American Seafoods, plus more than $300 million levied against industry partners over the past month — some of which are holding American Seafoods’ subsidiary liable.

  
Continue...
News Id SourceStampcountry
5401Russia learning to live with less pollockseafoodsource2019-05-01RU
5402Canada closer to allowing Asian carp as lobster bait, depending on test outcomesCBC News2019-04-29CA
5403They’re biting at this Peterborough fishing derbythe peterborough examiner2019-04-27CA
5404Fishing derbies feel sting of new salmon rulessooke news mirror2019-04-26CA
5405Freshwater fish species richness has increased in Ohio River Basin since '60sPLOS2019-04-24US
5406Small fish, big goalshouston-today2019-04-24CA
5407Comox Valley fishing charters feel pinch of restrictionscomoxvalleyrecord2019-04-22CA
5408Former pulp mill town ground zero in Nova Scotia fish farms debateCBC News 2019-04-17CA
5409Government of Canada takes action to address Fraser River Chinook declineFisheries and Oceans Canada2019-04-16CA
5410New Fisheries Act could mark a turning point for Canada’s depleted fisheriesHill Times2019-04-15CA
5411Estonia warns anglers off thin iceBBC Monitoring2019-03-19ES
5412Kenora based angler Jeff Gustafson joins BassmasterCBC News2019-02-07US
54132019 Lake Erie fishing outlook is great news for anglersOther News2019-04-12US
5414Atlantic mackerel stocks down 86% over past 20 years, says new DFO reportCBC News2019-04-10CA
5415Environment Canada approves genetically-modified salmon raised in P.E.I.THE CANADIAN PRESS2019-04-11CA
5416Governments of Canada and Nova Scotia fund projects to boost innovation and productivity in the fish and seafood sectorFisheries and Oceans Canada, Maritimes Region2019-04-10CA
5417Scientists are split on whether a virus is killing B.C.’s salmonStar Vancouver2019-04-06CA
5418Spring fish kill is natural phenomenonThe Associated Press2019-04-08UK
5419Small rebound for N.L.'s northern cod, but stock still in critical zoneThe Canadian Press 2019-04-02CA
5420Alberta guides encounter exceptional fishing, hospitality while filming documentary in OmanCTV Calgary 2019-03-14CA
5421Considerable number of Wascana Lake fish dead in apparent case of winterkillGlobal News2019-04-04CA
5422Fishing for fun, not food: Study takes stock of recreational fishing impactsYale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies2019-03-19CA
5423Lake Erie walleye quotas up but 'devastating' drop for perch, says commercial fisheryWindsor Star2019-04-02CA
5424Warming lakes affecting fish behaviour in Northwestern Ontariotbnewswatch.com2019-04-01CA
5425Wow! Man hooks 50-pound fish in small lake 2019-02-25US
◀ ← ♠ 214 215 216 → ▶ 216 of [217 - pages.]
© MB Co 2017-2024. All rights reserved. Developed by S@Shishkina