Fish Factor: Higher prices offered for commercial salmon catch
As predicted, Alaska fishermen are getting higher prices for their salmon this year.It’s good news following a 2016 season that saw lackluster catches in...
Festival goal: music, food, less trash Aug. 4-6
Festival goers eyes will be on all four stages Aug. 4-6, as Salmonfest 2017 gets underway at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Soldotna, but behind the scenes...
Sitka festival supports fishing communities
Storytelling, films, lectures, tours and an ocean treasure hunt are all on the agenda for the Sitka Seafood Festival, beginning on Aug. 10, Wild...
UFA Sweepstakes underway
As state lawmakers mull ways to update permitting laws to protect salmon habitat, a dual sweepstakes is using text messaging and social media as...
Deadline nears for state fisheries agenda change requests
A reminder issued on Aug. 1 by the Alaska Board of Fisheries notes that all agenda change requests for the board’s 2017-2018 meeting cycle...
Fish Factor: Alaska’s seafood sales top $3 billion annually
Seafood is Alaska’s top export by far, usually topping $3 billion in sales each year to 120 countries around the world, and comprising 55...
Processor plans to freeze whole sockeyes
Two enterprising fisheries veterans are planning to take the chilling challenge head on, by delivering slush to harvesters in Bristol Bay, receiving their catch...
Marsh will retain harvest seat on ASMI board
Gov. Bill Walker has reappointed Tomi Marsh, of Ketchikan, to the harvester seat on the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute’s board of directors.Her new term...
PWS commercial harvest tops 28 M
Processors in Prince William Sound processed in excess of 28 million wild salmon through Aug. 2, up by nearly 5 million fish from a...
Fish Factor: ‘Time for a checkup from the neck up’
“It’s time for a checkup from the neck up” – meaning an industry time out to evaluate fishing operations and behaviors, advises Jerry Dzugan,...
