Russian conglomerate founded by billionaire nets another wild salmon harvester in Far East
AFK Sistema, a large Russian conglomerate founded by billionaire Vladimir Yevtushenkov, has expanded its roster of seafood companies to four
US Native groups meet with Biden administration over downstream BC mine pollution
'Canada's mining in our shared rivers is one of the biggest threats to our wild salmon and our indigenous way of life' -- Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson, Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Tough recommendations from Alaska governor’s bycatch taskforce cut across pollock, salmon, crab sectors
The task force's recommendations will not be received warmly by all of Alaska's different commercial fishing sectors but there should be few surprises, one task force member told Undercurrent
2022 ASMI meeting: Promotion of H&G sockeye seen as needed ‘pretty much everywhere’
Undercurrent News is covering the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute's 'All Hands' meeting, the first held live since 2019
GAO finds big variation in stock assessment frequencies across US regions
The GAO reported one NMFS regional science center performing assessments on 78% of the stocks it's charged with monitoring, while another was assessing just 10%
High farmed prices open European doors to Alaskan salmon
Limited supply and a significant rise in farmed salmon prices could mean higher demand for wild-caught Pacific salmon species, industry experts agree
Salmon is seafood’s biggest winner in FDA’s new ‘healthy’ labeling proposal
'Any successful plan to highlight and promote 'healthy' food should have an effect on seafood consumption in order to be called a success' -- Brandon Phillips, National Fisheries Institute
Alaska incumbent governor Dunleavy unable to defend fish policies as debate no-show again
Democratic candidate for Alaska governor Les Gara called the Bycatch Review Task Force created by Michael Dunleavy last year 'powerless'
NZ King Salmon counts cost of summer die-off, eyes offshore decision
New Zealand King Salmon recorded a net loss after tax after of NZD 24.5m following a challenging start to the year with sea farm mortalities, lower harvest and a decline in biomass at sea
New Alaska representative Peltola to play key role in MSA reauthorization debate
'The Bering Sea is warming significantly faster than oceans in temperate zones, and the Arctic is warming two to three times faster than the rest of the planet' -- Mary Peltola