Alaska lawmaker introduces legislation to ban Pebble Mine
The bill, introduced by US representative Mary Peltola, comes after a string of attempts by the state to revive the controversial mining project
Nissui to sell more Chilean ‘Five Star’ salmonids in Japan after processing investment
The Japanese seafood giant has a sales target of 14,000t each of farmed coho and trout, with more sashimi-grade products due from Chilean subsidiary Salmones Antartica
Japan’s yen drops to 34-year low against dollar, further hurting purchasing power in global market
The Japanese yen briefly dropped to a 34-year low against the US dollar, and hit an all-time low against the euro on April 29, sending the country's buyers to struggle with their purchase of seafood products from overseas
Japanese giant to market 57,000t of salmon, trout products this year
As a leading marketer of salmon and trout products in Japan, Kyokuyo intends to increase sashimi-grade product sales during 2024
Japan’s salmon supply likely to drop below 400,000t for first time in years
The total supply of salmon and trout -- both domestic production and imports -- should reach just over 385,000t for the 2023/24 season (from May to April)
Maruha Nichiro plans to market 7,000t of Chilean farmed coho this year
Those 7,000t of farmed coho salmon from Chile will be imported alongside some 2,000t-3,000t of trout from Chile, Turkey, and other regions
Canadian challengers to Alaska salmon MSC status to get review
'The decision to accept the notice of objection signals an acknowledgement that there may be flaws in the assessment of Alaska's salmon fishery' -- Misty MacDuffee, Raincoast Conservation Foundation
Alaska’s overall commercial salmon harvest likely to shrink this year
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game points to a steep drop in pinks and fewer Bristol Bay sockeye as bringing down this year's anticipated commercial harvest
Alaska Senate would provide $7.5m to help shaky in-state processors
Most of the cash would go toward buying out what SeaShare calls an 'oversupply' of seafood from last year's harvest
Bristol Bay sockeye run expected to be among smallest in decade
The last time an even-year sockeye harvest was around 30 million fish was in 2012, when the statewide salmon total was 127m fish