By SeafoodNews.com

Russia's fishery head Ilya Shestakov says he expects total Pacific salmon production to reach 430,000t this year in strong year for pinks

By Jeanine Stewart

Hatchery fish can have a negative impact on wild salmon, but the jury is still out on whether the practice of releasing hatchery fish into the wild is negative or positive overall

Lawyer for two set netters says Extreme Salmon is likely to agree to settlement to make good on 2014 season

By Tom Seaman, Jeanine Stewart and Matt Whittaker

Keep coming back to Undercurrent News for all the news from the NFI Global Seafood Markets Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

US salmon processor Silver Bay Seafoods inked a deal to buy land from the Alaskan city of Sitka

Vertically integrated US seafood giant launches salmon, whitefish products in Alaska and Washington stores under a new brand, ‘The Alaskan’

By Tom Seaman

Dongwon-owned Starkist would see tough competition from a combined Thai Union and Bumble Bee, but would stand to benefit if government forces sale of assets, say sources

By Jeanine Stewart and Matt Whittaker

Their purchasing power may be small in comparison to tipped frontrunner Pacific Seafoods, but Alaska’s community development quota groups are in expansion mode and at least some can’t be written off as the Icicle sale process unfolds

Alaska  Department of Fish and Game is carrying out a multi-year research project on hatchery salmon and its potential impact on wild populations

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