Tough times continue for Alaska fishing industry As the commercial salmon fishing in Alaska heads into the heart of its summer season, the 49th state would appear to be reliving the […]
Trainwreck fishery
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 […]
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 […]
Transparency
Bay commercial fishermen want transparency Commercial fishermen in Bristol Bay were today protesting the low prices being paid for their catches of wild sockeye salmon this year and demanding the state to […]
The propagandist
The woman who filled the roll of “fisheries reporter” for Alaska’s largest newspaper for years has retired with an admission of what was obvious to fishery-educated readers a long-time ago: She was […]
Winning losers
The global pandemic is causing problems for salmon farmers, but that is far from good news for Alaska commercial fishermen, processors or the few 49th state communities with economies still heavily dependent […]
COVID-iness
As fish processing companies working in Alaska try to come up with plans that will allow for summer operations in the new world of the coronavirus COVID-19, food production facilities across the […]
Floundering
News analysis For the Alaska fishing industry, the second largest employer in the 49th state, the coronavirus pandemic shutting down the country brings good news, bad news and hints of an even […]
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 […]
