Alaskan pollock roe prices stay firm with greater output for A season
Trading values of pollock roe through Seattle auctions nearly doubled y-o-y, but depreciation of yen against dollar squeezed Alaskan producers' revenue
US lawmaker pushes broader Russian ban, as Alaska’s seafood sector sees big opportunity
All eyes at Kodiak's commercial fishing trade show ComFish were on potential opportunities when the expanded Russian seafood ban takes effect next month
Recap from Alaska’s ComFish 2024
Undercurrent News reported live from ComFish, held April 11-13 in Kodiak, Alaska
Maruha accelerates solar panel installation to reduce CO2 emission by 23,000t over three years
As a part of responding to climate change activities, Japanese seafood giant Maruha Nichiro has currently installed solar panels at its Shin-Ishinomaki plant in Japan, with an aim to reduce CO2 emission by 30%
Alaska’s ComFish 2024: US senator to travel abroad in effort to expand ban on Russian seafood
Undercurrent News reported live from ComFish trade show in Kodiak, Alaska
Alaska fisheries managers inch closer to action on Bering Sea chum salmon bycatch
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's latest action comes after days of testimony from hundreds of people over bycatch in the Bering Sea commercial pollock fishery
Pollock A season winds down in US, Russia
For the 2024 A season, Alaskan harvesters have taken 94% of the quotas in the Bering Sea, while major fishing zones in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia finished on April 9
FAO: Fisheries, aquaculture production hit new global record in 2022
Global fisheries and aquaculture production hit 223.2m metric tons in 2022, marking the highest levels since 1950, according to the latest FAO figures
Alaska seafood processing workforce shrinking, state study shows
New data from Alaska's Department of Labor and Workforce Development shows a dip in the number of workers at the state's seafood processors following a 2015 peak
USDA comes in with another big Alaska pollock bid, this time for nuggets
The US Department of Agriculture is going back for more Alaska pollock