Silver Bay ventures downstream with deal to buy value-added processor Orca Bay
The deals positions Silver Bay Seafoods as a much larger vertically integrated player in Alaskan seafood processing, much like larger rival Trident Seafoods
As forecasts come in, Alaska harvesters look to a busy 2023
Guest columnist Laine Welch, a longtime Alaska fisheries journalist, takes a look at what 2023 is expected to bring for the US state's fisheries
Alaska snow, king crab fishery disaster declarations set up race for last-minute relief effort
'Now, we need Congress to match that swift action and provide funding for these fishery disasters ... ' -- Jamie Goen, Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers
British Columbia salmon harvesters critical of Canada’s license buyback plan
'DFO's vision for our future is still unclear, which makes it very difficult for harvesters to make confident decisions' -- James Lawson, United Fishermen & Allied Workers' Union
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
Trident parts ways with global sales head brought in from Hershey
Trident Seafoods has parted ways with its most senior sales executive, who has previously worked for Hershey Company, Carlsberg, Mondelez and Coca-Cola
Watch: Northline CEO Blakey talks $62.5m Alaska salmon processing plan
The processing barge he expects to launch by summer 2024 will revolutionize his business and help other Alaska salmon harvesters
Northline hopes to revolutionize Bristol Bay salmon harvesting with new boat
The vessel is part of Northline's $62.5m self-investment, which, says CEO Blakey, could never have happened without the Biden administration's 'Build Back Better' initiative
ASMI keen to lessen Alaskan dependency on Chinese reprocessing
'I think the industry recognizes we got a little too comfortable with China. It took us 20 years to build that market. We can't pivot overnight' -- ASMI's Jeremy Woodrow