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.
Demand for Togiak herring is way down
Gillnetters took a pass on the 2022 Togiak herring fishery and the eight seine vessels that did participate harvested less than 25% of the 52,086-ton purse seine guideline harvest level, said Tim Sands, area management biologist at Dillingham for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game,
Skipper Science program is back and aims to engage fishermen as scientists
Skipper Science is back for a second year! Last summer (2021) marked the pilot season for a new effort to engage fishermen as citizen scientists by encouraging participants in the program to log ecological observations and document changes in fisheries and ocean conditions.
All signs point to good demand for wild Alaska salmon
Weekly bulletins for Alaska salmon catches by region and species are available for free starting in early June. The bulletins are compiled by McKinley Research Group for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. At a glance, a teaser out this week shows 2021 dock price trends for fishermen (ex-vessel), prices for key products compared to previous years, 2022 harvest forecasts by area and more.
BBRSDA offers classes for green crew
Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association will offer crew training by seasoned fishermen at Naknek June 4-5 and June 7-8 and at Dillingham June 10-12, to prepare new deckhands for what is expected to be a robust harvest season in the world’s biggest wild sockeye salmon commercial fishery.
PWSSC honors McCune contributions to fisheries resources
Commercial fisheries veteran Jerry McCune, a gillnetter and lobbyist who recently retired as president of Cordova District Fishermen United, has been honored as the 2022 winner of the Prince William Sound Science Center’s Fisheries Achievement Award.
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.
Silver Bay Seafoods will pay fine for water quality violations
Silver Bay Seafoods has agreed to pay a $467,469 penalty determined by state environmental officials for water quality violations at its Naknek River processing facility in Bristol Bay.
