...Chuck Schumer, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Sen. John Kerry and Rep. Peter DeFazio, have repeatedly petitioned Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco for emergency measures to increase catch quotas. NOAA enforcement...

...s an uphill battle,? he said. Carter also said there will be an all-out effort to try to talk with the commerce secretary in the hopes of finding a viable alternative plan. Hal Spence can be reached at harold.spence@peninsulaclarion...

...saltwater species could occur in federal waters from three to 200 miles offshore. In announcing the plan last week, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said aquaculture is a $70 billion business that acco 0s as competition from farmed fish ballooned...

...a Cook Inlet commercial fishing group. The lawsuit, by the United Cook Inlet Drift Association against U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, was filed in U.S. District Court on March 18 seeking to have the federal government take over management...

...support their local economies. Shawn Dochtermann of the Crewmen's Association has penned a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, whose department supervises the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that administers catch...

...award. The district won the 2001 Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award for education. It's named for former Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldridge. Chugach has 214 students scattered in villages throughout Prince William Sound. The award is...

...saltwater species could occur in federal waters from three to 200 miles offshore. In announcing the plan last week, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said aquaculture is a $70 billion business that accounts for almost half the seafood consumed in...

...independent Atlin man reveals details of meteorite discovery Fisheries Service studies surge in salmon sharks Commerce secretary rejects appeal to reopen crab fishery State, feds prepare for tourism increase in Prince William Sound ...