Laine Welch
Laine Welch has covered the Alaska fish beat for print and radio since 1988. She also has worked “behind the counter” at retail and wholesale seafood companies in Kodiak and on Cape Cod. She retired in April 2022 from her Fish Factor reports, but now produces a blog at alaskafish.news.
IPHC boosts halibut catch limits for 2017
More Pacific halibut will be going to market this year due to an overall boost in the harvests for the West Coast, British Columbia...
Fish Factor: Seafood Symphony attracts eclectic entries
Candied salmon ice cream … poke snack kits … salmon bisque baby food … fish skin tote bags and pet oils ...Those are among...
Fish Factor: Fishery advocates seek more habitat protections
Fishery advocates are hoping for the speedy delivery of a letter to state lawmakers that asks them to dust off a law pertaining to...
Fish Factor: Fishing picks and pans for 2016
The start of 2017 marks the 26th year for this weekly column that targets news for and about Alaska’s seafood industry. The goal is...
Fish Factor: $1 translates to seafood dinners for eight
Giving to the less fortunate is the true meaning of the Christmas season, and giving Alaska seafood has never been easier.A single dollar donated...
Fish Factor: Bristol Bay harvest impacts salmon prices elsewhere
With so many salmon fisheries occurring across Alaska each year, why is there always so much hoopla about Bristol Bay?It can be summed up...
Bristol Bay harvest impacts salmon prices elsewhere
With so many salmon fisheries occurring across Alaska each year, why is there always so much hoopla about Bristol Bay?It can be summed up...
Fish Factor: Groundfish allocation in GOA will be mixed bag
Bering Sea fish stocks are booming but it’s a mixed bag for groundfish in the Gulf of Alaska.Fishery managers will set 2017 catches in...
Fish Factor: Salmon prices were tops dockside for 2014-2015
Alaska seafood goes to roughly 120 countries around the world and competes in a rough and tumble commodities market. Looking ahead to next year,...
Fish Factor: UA adds degrees to fisheries, ocean programs
Alaska’s university system is ramping up programs to train the next generations of fishery and ocean specialists - and plenty of jobs await.Since 1987,...
