Questions swirl around Silver Bay’s potential MSC nod
'Will-they-or-won’t-they' conversations surrounded the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute’s two stands at the Brussels seafood show this week
‘Business as usual’ at Icicle as complex salmon season approaches
At up-for-sale Icicle Seafoods’ booth, the tone was ‘business as usual’, in the words of one company source, speaking on condition of anonymity
PWS Alaska salmon no longer pursuing MSC
As major Alaska salmon processors go after re-entry into the MSC program, a major portion of Alaska salmon supply is done with the process for the foreseeable future
Alaska salmon MSC re-join facing logistical maze if Silver Bay won’t play ball
A major question looms over Alaska salmon processors’ attempt to rejoin the MSC certification program: will client group leader Silver Bay let them back in?
Icicle wild salmon business a tough sell, say sources
Multiple bids on Icicle’s whitefish and farmed salmon operations, sources say, but much less interest in wild salmon, in which business climate is tough
Alaska salmon processors in talks to re-join MSC group ahead of massive sockeye, pink forecasts
With predictions of a massive season for both sockeye and pink, the Alaska salmon companies who left the MSC program are now in talks to get back into the client group
Copper River purchases Bristol Bay plant from Extreme Seafoods
Company enters Bristol Bay for the first time with the deal, insider tells Undercurrent News
Alaska salmon forecast: Sockeye up 33%, overall run up 39%
Pink salmon harvest's projected 46% increase y-o-y for 2015 pulls the state-wide harvest forecast up as sockeye goes through the roof
Fraser River’s sockeye run estimated at near 7m
Estimations are a big improvement from the dismal 1.6m return of 2009 that triggered a federal inquiry
Russian salmon fishery enters MSC assessment
The Russian VA-Delta Western Kamchatka salmon fishery for pink, chum and coho has entered assessment for sustainability