Trident Seafoods restructuring plan was total surprise to Kodiak
A surprise announcement from seafood processing giant Trident Seafoods on its new plans to divest some of its Alaska processing plants and lay off...
Golden king crab, king salmon were hot holiday gifts
Seafood aficionados have stepped up to purchase their favorite wild Alaska seafood for the holiday season, according to fishmongers from Anchorage to Seattle. Sales have...
Oceana analysis shows evidence of Chinese IUU fishing for squid
Report comes as Alaska harvesters, processors fight uphill battle in global fisheries industry A new analysis from Oceana, the world’s largest advocacy entity for ocean...
Slumping seafood sales, Supreme Court decisions are on 2024 watch list for seafood industry
A new analysis of the Alaska seafoods industry by a Seattle-based marine resources public relations firm points to the global downturn in seafood demand,...
Melovidov to lead CBSFA in fisheries ventures
Board members of the Central Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association (CBSFA) have selected veteran seafood harvester Ray Melovidov as the entity’s new president, one of...
Lindoff to lead SeaShare as Harmon retires
Long-time SeaShare Executive Director Jim Harmon will retire in August after 23 years leading the nonprofit delivering seafood to food banks nationwide, with seafood...
Peter Pan Seafoods cancels A season processing at King Cove
Peter Pan Seafoods has canceled processing for the A season of 2024 at its large King Cove facility, citing “tumultuous” conditions in global seafood...
Gulf zooplankton is hot topic for AMSS keynote presenter
Oceanography professor Russ Hopscroft of the University of Alaska Fairbanks will deliver a keynote address on Monday before the 2024 Alaska Marine Science Symposium...
ADF&G forecasts strong run of sockeye salmon into Copper River in 2024
State fisheries officials are forecasting a strong run of nearly 2 million sockeye salmon into the Copper River in 2024, plus an average run...
International fisheries conference to open in Seattle this spring
Some 1,500 delegates from around the world will converge on Seattle March 3-7 for the 9th World Fisheries Congress, this year’s theme being “Fish...
