Harvesters give back to community elders
In what has proven a tough year so far for local harvesters, 109 fishermen came together to donate 255 sockeye salmon for Cordova’s elders in the community’s annual Senior Salmon Day.
Copper River harvest hits 102,008 fish
Commercial harvesters got another shot at the Copper River on Monday, June 6, and delivered to processors some 13,663 fish, the bulk of them sockeyes.
Fish Factor: Pandemic hits to seafood industry demand and pricing will be long lasting
The global seafood industry will experience lasting impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, including reduced demand and pricing.
Virtual format set for wild Alaska Pollock meeting
It will be business as usual for the Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers’ second annual wild Alaska Pollock annual meeting in October, but with a pandemic twist.
Halibut setline survey gets underway
Pacific halibut caught and sampled during the first of International Pacific Halibut Commission’s 2020 Fishery-Independent Setline Survey were expected to be up for sale this week, to offset costs associated with conducting the survey.
Copper River gets another opportunity
Commercial harvesters were granted another shot at the Copper River salmon, with a 12-hour opener on Thursday, July 16, in an effort to boost their estimated preliminary catch of sockeyes above the 94,631 counted to date.
Fish Factor: Hearing set over controversial Board of Fisheries nominee
Governor Mike Dunleavy’s controversial selections to the state Board of Fisheries will get a legislative hearing in early fall and the call is out for public comments.
Humpy catch on the rise
An estimated 800,000 pink salmon were harvested in Prince William Sound on Sunday, July 19, boosting the cumulative pink salmon harvest to an estimated 5.6 million common property fish,
Comment deadline looms for P-cod, sockeye relief funds
Written comments are still being solicited by federal and state fisheries officials on the draft plan for fishery participants impacted by the 2018 Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod fishery disaster and for research.
Fish Factor: Seafood, Alaska’s top export, omitted from federal trade data
Most Alaskans are surprised to learn that seafood is by far Alaska’s top export, the source of the state’s largest manufacturing base and its No. 1 private employer. More surprising is that those simple-to-find facts are not included in the official trade sheet for Alaska provided by the office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
