Conservationists and wildlife experts say the Mount Polley mine spill occurred on Aug. 4 in BC poses a threat to sockeye salmon and wildlife that depend on them

Chinese processing plants have dramatically upped purchases of frozen pink and sockeye salmon, at the expense of chum

By Tom Seaman

Although close to $3bn larger in overall turnover, Maruha Nichiro lags behind Nissui in international sales. It is making plans to catch up, however, as Nissui’s global links businesses contribute more profits to the group

Strong performance from Maruha Nichiro’s plants in Thailand and its North America division see double-digit growth in Q1 operating income, with profits in Japan soft

Statewide sockeye catch exceeds 2013 total by 10 million fish, as much anticipated Fraser River fishery kicks off in Canada

The Fraser River sockeye salmon season kicked off Saturday night in what is expected to be  a record run, but so far fish are coming in close to or slightly below expectations

Industry observers predict that Alaska’s Bristol Bay sockeye H&G product output is around 18,000-20,000 metric tons for the 2014 season, a nearly 200% increase y-o-y

The federal inquiry into the Fraser River sockeye fishery, in British Columba, Canada cost at least CAD 37.3m, according to a public disclosure this month

Fishing industry in British Columbia, Canada has been building capacity to handle this year’s forecast big sockeye run after being caught off guard by the 2010 record run

With 39m sockeye harvested as of Thursday morning, the sockeye harvest exceeds last year's 29.5m harvest by nearly 10m fish, or 32%