Fish Factor: Company promotes farmed fish to save wild seafood
Recurring news headlines that have widely circulated about alarming declines of Pacific salmon have spawned a savvy new marketing strategy that tells consumers they...
ASMI offers space at Seafood Exposition Global
Alaska’s wild seafood promotion entity, the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, has extended an invitation to industry participants to share space at ASMI’s pavilion at...
Webber offers paradigm for direct marketing
Veteran fisherman Bill Webber is out to change the fortunes of harvesters of wild caught salmon who want more value for their product with...
Trident will invest in APICDA subsidiaries
An agreement in principle has been reached between Trident Seafoods and the Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Corp. for joint ownership of APICDA’s processing...
Juvenile red king crab project nears completion
The Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery and the NOAA Fisheries Lab in Kodiak are partnering again this year for the final experimental release of juvenile...
Stakeholder comment sought on crab fisheries
Draft reports for reassessment and initial assessment of several Alaska commercial crab fisheries under the Alaska Responsible Fisheries Management Certification program are now available...
Skill building is key to Young Fishermen’s Summit
The biggest year classes of Alaska fishermen are phasing out of the business and fewer young cohorts are recruiting in. The Alaska Young Fishermen’s...
Young fishermen’s summit set for Dec. 6-8
Veteran Bristol Bay harvester Fritz Johnson is slated to deliver the keynote address on Dec. 6 as the Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit gets underway...
Ocean acidification impacts olfactory functions of salmon
Researchers at the University of Washington are observing in laboratory studies that ocean acidification affects a fundamental sensory function of coho salmon, which may...
Early reports suggest resurgence in salmon fisheries
Early reports on the 2017 Alaska seafood harvest show record catches and large value increases for salmon harvests, suggesting resurgence in salmon fisheries that...
