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 […]
Bad messaging
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 […]
Non-farm problems
AK hatcheries oppose environmental monitoring Alaska’s self-proclaimed salmon “ranchers” are protesting a state decision to treat their salmon-filled net pens the same as the salmon-filled net pens of salmon “farmers” around the […]
Gone processing
The price of progress? As you read this, work is continuing in Bellingham, Wash., on a $40-million, federally financed, salmon-processing barge some think could revolutionize the Alaska fishing business. By spring, the […]
Eating more fish
But little of it appears to be Alaskan The National Seafood Institute has proclaimed 2021 a “Record Year for Seafood Consumption” in the U.S., which would at first blush look like great […]
Fact vs belief
The worship at the church of the mask Another in-depth analysis of masks as a defense against Covid-19 is out, and it comes with conclusions much the same as those in the […]
The takeover
Humpies invade North America’s East Coast First the pink salmon, the smallest and shortest-lived of the species, took over the Pacific Ocean, swarming with the help of Alaska ocean ranching until they […]
Pink tide rising
Both Russia and Alaska expect big pink salmon numbers this year A humpy swarm is again forming the North Pacific Ocean if fishery managers in Russia and the U.S. are to […]
They’re everywhere
Update: This story was edited on Jan. 11, 2023 to include more information from the Scottish study. Half a world away from Alaska in the North Atlantic Ocean, the salmon with which […]
A fish mining tax
Salmon farmers in Norway have proven so successful that the Norwegian government is now proposing to treat them like most other resource extraction industries in a move that is roiling the aquaculture […]
