ADF&G stocks Chinook salmon in Fleming Spit Lagoon
The Alaska Department of Fish & Game stocked 107,441 Chinook salmon in the Fleming Spit Lagoon in Cordova on Thursday, June 7, 2018. This year the salmon smolt weighed an average of 0.5 ounces and measured on average 4.2 inches. ADF&G plans to stock salmon at the Fleming Spit Lagoon from 2018 to 2022, with an objective of producing...
PWSSC 19th annual Copper River Nouveau
Scallop and halibut ceviche and salmon croquettes resting on silver trays bounced quickly from group to group, as hors d'oeuvres were snarfed down.Sunlight pierced through the tall windows at the Cordova Center on Saturday, June 9 during the Prince William Sound Science Center’s 19th annual Copper River Nouveau benefit gala.PWSSC co-founder R.J. Kopchak walked down the long staircase, sunbeams...
60° North Seafoods delivers first fish to Anchorage
While the first Copper River salmon hit markets and tables in Seattle on May 18, the first fish arrived in Anchorage on time for dinner on the day of the first opener, thanks to processing newcomer 60° North Seafoods.Out on the Copper River flats, F/V Genevieve Rose captain John Derek Wiese and deckhand Robert Silveira harvested the Chinooks and...
Copper River salmon makes splash in Seattle
Cordova’s docks bustled with activity the day before the first Copper River salmon opener, with fishermen mending nets, gathering supplies and prepping boats.The hum of engines filled the air as bowpickers left for the flats on Wednesday, May 16, disappearing into tiny dots lining the horizon.Fishermen filled the Copper River flats for the season opener, and by 6:30 a.m....
Cordova High School presents the class of 2018
Eighteen high school seniors, led by valedictorian Corrine “Cori” Pegau and salutatorian Joscelyn “Josi” Moffitt, received their Cordova High School diplomas on May 19, in an auditorium packed with family, friends and other well-wishers.The high school band played the opening processional, followed by the high school choir, singing the Star-Spangled Banner.High school Principal Kate Williams welcomed the class and...
Copper River fresh: first fish meets fanfare in Seattle
This year's first commercial Copper River salmon opener was on Thursday, May 17. By Friday, May 18, those in Seattle received their first Copper River salmon of the season, sparking excitement, tradition and signaling the start of summer.Keep checking back with us for more photos and a story from Seattle's Pike Place Market, Alaska Airlines' annual Copper Chef Cook-Off...
Catch 49: A boat to place program
Several dozen consumers turned out on May 11 in Anchorage to pick up direct from harvester orders of Prince William Sound spot prawns, Homer halibut, Kodiak rockfish and Norton Sound king crab from Alaska Marine Conservation Council’s Catch 49 program. The vacuum sealed, ready for the freezer packets of frozen seafood, shown here by publicist Cassandra Squibb, with Jason...
