Anchorage students clear marine debris from PWS beach
Forty-two students from Anchorage’s Dimond High School on a recent environmental field trip cleaned up 122 pounds of marine debris from a Prince William Sound beach, including Styrofoam blocks water bottles, oil cans and buckets.
Jerry McCune retires as board chairman of Cordova District Fishermen United
Jerry McCune has retired as chairman of the board of Cordova District Fishermen United after 32 years with the historic fishermen’s advocacy group, and members will vote on Tuesday, May 24, on future leadership of CDFU.
Cordova’s Tom Carpenter joins Alaska Board of Fisheries
In Alaska Board of Fisheries meetings beginning this fall and for the next three years, Cordova’s own Tom Carpenter, a veteran commercial harvester, will be on board to give the board a fresh perspective on an area that the board hasn’t had in decades.
ADF&G approves third 12-hour Copper River opener
Even as the first harvests of wild caught Copper River salmon were being celebrated in Seattle and Anchorage, with just 30,360 fish landed in the first two openers, fishermen and processors alike were hoping for a better catch in the latest 12-hour opener on Thursday, May 26.
New leaders join Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation
Hannah Wilson and Julie Cisco have joined the staff of the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation, to serve as development director and executive administrator respectively.
Salmonfest 2022 announces evening including Shakey Graves, Kyle Hollingsworth and Umphrey’s McGee
Organizers of Salmonfest, the iconic annual festival of fish, love and music on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, have announced nationally known evening headliners for 2022, ranging from the blues folk and rock-n-roll of Shakey Graves to Kyle Hollingsworth’s classical ragtime and bebop.
Copper River kings, sockeyes continue to command top dollar
Colorful displays of fresh Copper River sockeye salmon fillets were front and center at seafood counters in Fred Meyer supermarkets in Anchorage, priced at $38.99 a pound at the end of May and fishmongers there said they were getting snapped up.
Fourth opener yields robust sockeye harvest
A robust fourth opener on the Copper River commercial salmon fishery, heralded in some retails shops as the Rolls Royce of the salmon world, brought in an estimated 85,579 salmon, mostly sockeyes, promptly a slight dip in prices as retail demand remained high.
GAPP seek proposals for next round of Partnership Program funds
Cutting-edge proposals for product innovation are due by Aug. 12 for the latest found of partnership funding from the Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers in Seattle.
Copper River commercial harvest nears 313,000 fish
Seven commercial openers on the Copper River have landed harvesters nearly 313,000 salmon to date, and given the demand for Copper River salmon, retail prices are holding, with shoppers reminded that the season is a short one and to buy now.
