Is Alaska next? As if the Alaska commercial salmon fishing business didn’t already have enough problems, now some Michelin chefs have the knives out. WildFish, a charity based in the United Kingdom, […]
War on farmers
Salmon subterfuge
How America stole Canada’s fish HOUSTON, British Columbia, Canada – Here in the “Steelhead Capital of the World” along the banks of the Bulkley River, the fish still come back from the […]
No-farm farm
In one of the stranger twists in the strange world of global salmon marketing, Alaska’s non-farm fish farmers played a role in convincing the Canadian city of Ottawa to order removal […]
Fall of the kings
Are Alaska salmon farmers to blame? A news analysis The Seattle-area-based Wild Fish Conservancy has dropped a bomb on the Alaska commercial fishing industry with a petition to the federal government demanding […]
Carnage
The victims of convenience EASTERN KANSAS – The carcasses of the dead littered the shoulders of Interstate 70 heading west through the tree-covered Flint Hills on the road toward the prairie. There […]
Two-legged stool
Tourism rebounding as fish fade If federal economists are to be believed, a resurgent tourism industry in the state’s national parks might make the tourist hordes more valuable than the state’s […]
Angry Canadians
Along the Pacific coast of Canada, where salmon runs are struggling so badly that there are fears they are dying, the finger of blame is being pointed at ocean harvests to the […]
Disaster, take two?
UPDATED – Feb. 4, 2021 Canada appears to have now torpedoed a big chunk of the Alaska cruise business. A Canadian federal government order out of Ottawa today prohibits cruise vessels carrying […]
Bell curves
The bell curve that no Alaskans wanted to see flatten started late, peaked early and is now falling fast as state fishery managers begin to worry about whether they will be able […]
AK leads way to #1!
The annual report from the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission is out and the United States, led by Alaska, is the 2017 world leader in hatchery-salmon ranching. Almost 1.9 billion immature salmon […]
