Legislation introduced by Lower-48 senators would scale back Clean Water Act provisions, jeopardize Bristol Bay salmon industry, says fishermen's group

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

The Alaska Department of Fish Game (ADFG) is forecasting the 2015 Copper River sockeye salmon run could produce 3.19m fish

Media blitz will target in particular the UK, Japan and Canada

By Neil Ramsden

Belgian processor, which has just doubled its capacity and spent big on a new line for just such an occasion, aims to become a key player in both foodservice and retail there

Japanese company Uoriki Fresh is supplying Wegmans with wild-caught seafood used in sushi, including the Alaska salmon used in grocer's new wild rolls

Alaska sockeye prices are going down due to the unexpectedly big Bristol Bay run, which caused processors to produce "way more" headed and gutted (H&G) fish than planned

By Minato-Tsukiji

Alaska’s Bristol Bay sockeye processors could be in for another tough year in 2015, with the forecast of the largest return and harvest in 20 years and weakening demand for major product forms in key markets

Post-season ex-vessel value adjustments could make 2014 most valuable even-year harvest since 1990s

Researchers expect harvest to reach 400,000-420,000t, roughly in line with the 405,500t caught in 2013, the last comparable year