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,...
Electronic monitoring option coming for more harvesters
Federal fisheries officials plan to integrate electronic monitoring into the North Pacific Observer Program in 2018, making it available to more harvesters who may...
Harvest of kings restricted in coast wide fisheries
Citing poor ocean survival conditions for king salmon persisting in Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is halting...
Humpy harvest in PWS jumps to 29M
Pink salmon harvests are now coming on strong, up from 19.7 million humpies through Aug. 2 to in excess of 29 million through Aug....
Fish Factor: Home Meal kits offer new market for wild Alaska seafood
Alaska aims to get in on the growing popularity of Home Meal kits that will deliver seafood directly to American kitchens.The kits typically offer...
Humpy harvest in PWS grows to near 36 M
Commercial harvests of pink salmon in Prince William Sound rose to 35.8 million fish through Aug. 15, up from 28 million a week earlier, while the...
