Norwegian salmon is flooding into China and the first, farmed Chinese salmon are due to hit the market to help grace the traditional Yee Sang prosperity salad as the lunisolar calendar officially welcomes […]
Future years
Chinese bargains
Alaskans embracing the idea of Chinese investment in a massive, $44 billion project to transport natural gas from the North Slope to Cook Inlet and liquefy it for shipment to Asia […]
Market realities
News analysis The hand-picked, natural-gas czar of former Alaska Gov. Bill Walker continues to tout his belief in a $43 billion liquified natural gas (LNG) project in the 49th state, but global […]
Tokyo goes; LNG woes
Scratch Tokyo Gas as one of the candidates for the purchase of Alaska North Slope LNG. A variety of sources are reporting the company, a major Japanese importer of liquified natural […]
Bad to worse
More bad news for Alaska’s third-largest industry is coming out of Europe. Dutch-based banking and financial powerhouse Rabobank, a global leader in food and agriculture financing, says the aquaculture business has grown by […]
It’s the economy
Economists are forecasting Alaska could finally break out of its recession next year or may already have done so, but that doesn’t mean the economic future for the 49th state looks all that […]
Future fish
A News Analysis If Alaska commercial fishing interests think they now have problems with tariffs stemming from the simmering trade war with China, they best not look too far into the future […]
Don’t worry
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker is convinced President Donald Trump’s trade war with China is just a negotiating ploy, and every thing will work out fine in the end, an aide said Thursday. […]
Wild fish lost
For the first time in Alaska history, the state Board of Fisheries has voted to put the interests of the fishing industry ahead of wild salmon. The action came Tuesday after biologists […]
AK fish truce?
A Chinese desire to avoid economic self-mutilation might protect most Alaska salmon from the crossfire of a rumbling trade war between the Asian nation and President Donald Trump, multiple sources have told […]
