China’s Pacific salmon processors in a ‘post-pandemic malaise,’ says top exec
'Between January and May, China's wild salmon processing and export businesses struggled a lot, mainly due to the sluggish international market' -- Deng En Tang, chairman of Dalian Rich Group
Peter Pan seeks to reassure fishermen ‘cash crunch’ under control
Peter Pan is seeking to reassure fishermen that it has a 'cash crunch' under control, just as the main Alaskan season in Bristol Bay gets underway
Alaska ops veteran Hickman leaves Peter Pan ahead of main salmon season
US processor Peter Pan Seafood has lost its chief operating officer as companies get ready for the primary Alaska salmon season, sources told Undercurrent News
New Grobest Seafood co-prez Risher brings Alaska roots to growth plan
Ron Risher, former international sales manager at Alaskan giant OBI Seafoods, has joined Grobest Seafoods Global as co-president
Peter Pan’s May confirms Silver Bay JV talks off table
'It looks like nothing will happen regarding a joint venture between Peter Pan and Silver Bay in Prince William Sound,' Peter Pan president Rodger May confirms to Undercurrent News
Alaska state bill would temporarily close fishery to allow chum salmon recovery
A bill introduced in the state Senate would restrict one of the reported impediments to chum escapement numbers: commercial fishermen
Russia claims to be outpacing Alaska for pollock fillet output
For the first time, 2022 saw Russian enterprises produce more pollock fillets than businesses in Alaska, the government has claimed
Alaskans reconsider hatcheries to offset Yukon River salmon fisheries crash
'There was also this kind of confession that maybe hatchery salmon are better than no salmon' -- Elizabeth MacDonald, fisheries manager, Yukon First Nations Salmon Stewardship Alliance
US North Pacific council seeks greater study of Alaska pollock fleet’s salmon bycatch
The wait for analysis could effectively delay further North Pacific Fishery Management Council action on bycatch by the pollock fleet until June 2024
Lawsuit by nearly 100 Alaska Native groups challenges pollock TAC over bycatch concerns
'The federal government continues its 'business as usual' deliberate and ineffective management style as our people suffer and our waters are forever harmed' -- Vivian Korthuis, Association of Village Council Presidents