The downside of salmon factories The time has come for Alaskans to accept the reality that a state-backed program began in the 1970 to use salmon hatcheries to farm the sea was […]
Failing success
Alaska salmon 2025, modern history III
Never bet against tech Part 3 of a 4-part series Now semi-retired Alaska economist Gunnar Knapp, the nation’s foremost authority on the economics of the Alaska fishing business, offered a blunt warning […]
Unseen disaster
The costs of social engineering salmon harvests Part II of II To begin to understand how Alaska has so devalued salmon – once one of the state’s most valuable resources – one […]
The bonanza
Who got the money? A news analysis One of the greatest Alaska stories never told centers on the multi-billion dollar bonanza that the combination of global warming and open-ocean salmon farming has […]
A business in crisis
Alaska salmon processors paint a grim picture After years of choking on record runs of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon and near-record runs of heavily farmed, low-value pink salmon, the Alaska fishing industry […]
Bristol Bay bust
Bristol Bay salmon prices hit rock bottom
Reality bites
Alaska squeaked back in front of California in September to regain its position as the nation’s sixth-largest oil producer, but as U.S. oil production has grown in this decade it is stunning […]
No growth
The Cook Inlet sport fishing business – its overall value marked by the opening of Cabela’s and Bass Pro Shops in Alaska’s largest city – remains a more than $800 million monster […]
Salmon passions
Seldom if ever has a more than two-year-old op-ed in an Alaska newspaper attracted the kind of attention the Alaska House Resources Committee on Monday night devoted to the jottings of retired […]
Good news bad
News analysis The bright spot for one of Alaska’s largest industries is that the prices paid to commercial fishermen for salmon look to be headed up this year and could keep trending […]
