Consequences of Soviet-style economics For the 64 years since Alaska Statehood, commercial fishermen and salmon processors have dictated the management of salmon in this 49th state, and this is where the business […]
Flailing fish biz
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 […]
An economic plague
As the day’s lengthen in the north and Alaska warms toward another season of salmon bounty, the problems stalking the state’s commercial fishing industry seem to be ever growing. Even before […]
Stormy seas
The problems for Alaska’s commercial fishing industry – once the state’s largest employer but now second to tourism – are growing by the day. Seafood News today reported the lastest survey by […]
Fishery chaos
As the Alaska Board of Fisheries meets in Anchorage to discuss the fate of Cook Inlet salmon fisheries, the potentional bombshell that has been but a rumor since fall has finally slid […]
The Humpocalypse
This story has been updated with some Alaska catch information. If “The Blob” was responsible for Alaska’s faltering salmon runs this year as some have suggested despite a lack of any real […]
Oscillations
As Alaska’s 2018 commercial salmon season slides toward its end, 2018 is looking a lot like 2016 – the year of the big bust after the bonanza of 2015. Twenty-fifteen was the […]
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 […]
Where the hell?
As a smattering of Alaskans armed with dipnets today headed for Chitina – a tiny community made once famous for the bumper sticker “Where the hell is Chitina” – the failing run […]
