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
Nissui’s JPK ramps up processing of salmon in Lithuania, Argentine shrimp in Peru
Denmark-based seafood supplier J.P. Klausen is expanding its contract processing capacity for farmed and wild salmon in Lithuania and Argentine shrimp in Peru
Morris takes president role at quiet North American salmon giant Canfisco
Morris has taken over from Dan Nomura as president of Canfisco, the largest fishing company in the Canadian province of BC and also a major player in the US salmon fishery in Alaska
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
NESI plans £15m investment to combine Grimsby plants into ‘whitefish center of excellence’
UK's New England plans to link its current cod and haddock plant with an adjacent site purchased last year and be operational by Q4 of 2023, at a cost of around £15m
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'
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
Court paves way for expansion of COVID-related worker lawsuit against OBI Seafoods
This means other employees of the processor who allegedly faced the same conditions will be able to join the class-action lawsuit
NFI joins wave in opposition to Pebble Mine on last day of comment period
'If fully developed, Pebble Mine would generate billions of tons of toxic mining waste that would feed into the Bristol Bay waters'