OBI stands ready to purchase Kenai Peninsula salmon
OBI Seafoods officials say all their buying stations on the Kenai Peninsula will be open, paying competitive prices and offering fishermen support services as well for the upcoming salmon fishery.
Gift of wild caught salmon fills food bank’s freezers
An unanticipated gift of over 95,000 pounds of individually portions wild caught Alaska salmon from the Wild Alaskan Company has filled their freezers to near capacity, says Mike Reusser, chief operating officer for the Food Bank of Alaska.
NPFMC wants more information on decline in king crab stocks
Two decades into the decline of Bristol Bay red king crab, with stocks now too low for a commercial fishery, the fight continues at the North Pacific Fishery Management Council over what protections to take for the crab in danger and how soon to do it.
Fifth vessel joins 2022 Pan-Pacific winter high seas expedition
A fifth vessel has joined the fleet for the 2022 Pan-Pacific Winter High Seas Expedition, the latest major research effort of the International Year of the Salmon, to learn more about the lives of salmon during the marine phase of their life history during winter in the North Pacific Ocean.
Additional H-2B visas will help fill fishing, tourism jobs
A federal decision to allow 35,000 additional H-2B nonagricultural worker visas for the second half of fiscal year 2022 visas is expected to help fill Alaska jobs in commercial fisheries and the tourism industry, says Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska.
Dockside exams set for April 22-27 in Cordova
Area residents can sign up now for free dockside exams for commercial fishing vessels and uninspected passenger vessels April 22-27 in Cordova.
Alex Haley crew saves five lives during Bering Sea patrol
Crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley are back in Kodiak, after a 35-day Bering Sea winter patrol during which they saved five lives, including a 20-month-old King Cove child suffering from respiratory distress.
Cordovan among 3 named to Alaska Board of Fisheries
Three new appointments to the Alaska Board of Fisheries, plus one appointment and one reappointment to the Alaska Board of Game were announced on Monday, March 28, by Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
Fish Factor: Herring harvesters anticipate record catch, but shortage of buyers
The arrival of herring signals the start of Alaska’s spring fisheries and this year’s catch levels from each of the three main areas are record breakers.
Grant program will aid seafood processing sector
A grant program of the state Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development will distribute $30.6 million to Alaska’s seafood processing sector, including those who are processors of shellfish.
