“The Karluk River Chinook salmon escapement through July 25 is 66 fish which is the lowest on record.” “The Ayakulik River Chinook salmon escapement through July 25 is 327 fish, which is […]
Disaster brewing
More, more, more
Feral pinks add to hatchery returns After decades of straying hatchery salmon trying to turn Alaska’s Prince William Sound into one giant salmon farm, a group of Alaska scientists are out with […]
Mandated inefficiency
The benefits and the cost Twenty-five-years ago economist Steve Colt wrote an “economic history” of “Salmon Fish Traps in Alaska” that ended with this line: “It may be time for Alaskans to […]
Ever smaller
Alaska’s littlest sockeye salmon Already struggling Alaska salmon processors are facing yet another problem in the fishery this year: shrinkage. And, no, not that involving the plummeting prices for both wild-caught […]
Negative profits
AK fish farm bleeds state money The Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association may have become the Alaska leader in putting the “non” in non-profit. Having lost an average of about $1.5 million per […]
Falling prices
Copper River salmon prices nosedive After Alaska’s 2023 commercial salmon season from hell, the 2024 season is underway with more whimper than bang. Gone is the traditional early season show that […]
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 […]
Grand illusion
The sales pitch for a state bailout A news analysis The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute is out with its latest propaganda, and the Alaska legacy media is parroting the pitch as representative […]
Unseen salmon
Study shines light on secret lives A news analysis While the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been busy outlining a long, involved and financially unrealistic plan for research aimed […]
Bad messaging
Alaska salmon, the poor folks’ seafood! Why, oh why, do the political leaders of the 49th state want to portray Alaska salmon as a commodity the market doesn’t want? First it was […]
