200M-plus Salmon Again, but Market Chaos A warmer ocean continues to smile on Alaska commercial salmon fishermen, but the fish market is sadly another story. The 49th state these days finds […]
Warming bonus
Farmers winning
As Alaska’s short-lived salmon season creeps toward a harvest of 200,000 tons – led by low-value pink salmon – Norwegian farmers are reporting sales of more than 100,000 tonnes of farmed […]
Threatened
After decades of opposing industrial development in the waters near the southern end of Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, the City of Homer is now going to bat for an industrial-scale fish farm the […]
The fatty fad
The year 2020 began with one of many bike publications suggesting the market for fat bikes – possibly the only international fad rooted and fostered in Alaska – is on the verge […]
Evermore competition
News analysis “We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.” Microsoft founder Bill Gates […]
Warming winners
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game believes global warming will continue to smile on the sockeye salmon of Bristol Bay and has forecast another huge return of the fish for next […]
Black gold decline
Sixty-three years ago, oil made Alaska. Now, as global markets retract, the time appears to be approaching to wonder if oil will unmake the 49th state. Ignore the millions of dollars being […]
The futurist
If you are an Alaska commercial fisherman or someone who simply cares about the fate of the state’s small, rural communities still dependent on commercial fishing as their economic reason to […]
Fish food
News analysis Ÿnsect, a French insect farm, has just raised $125 million in startup capital to mark the biggest agtech funding deal in European history, according to AgFunder News.com. And half a […]
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 […]
