Alaska state lawmakers mull task force to boost seafood industry
A dedicated Seafood Industry Task Force is the latest push by the Alaska State Legislature to come up with fixes for the state's seafood sector
OBI, Peter Pan, Channel Fish are big winners in USDA’s nearly $150m salmon, pollock payout
The purchases will be used to support The Emergency Food Assistance Program, meaning the seafood will be sent to food banks throughout the nation rather than schools
New Alaska pollock group aims to promote fishery’s management
The Alaska Pollock Fishery Alliance says it will promote the responsible management of the US' largest fishery
Alaska pollock marketing agency gets biggest budget ever
The Seattle, Washington-based Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers has received approval to spend $4.6 million in fiscal 2025
Alaska’s pollock roe auction begins in Seattle with 10% larger output
Alaskan fleets have already harvested 48% of the allocated quota in Alaska's Bering Sea, while 40% of the TAC was taken in Russia's Sea of Okhotsk
Russia ups January-February wild catch of pollock, Pacific herring
In the first two months of 2024, the Far Eastern wild catch of pollock and Pacific herring has increased significantly across the main fisheries in the Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Sea
New Gorton’s Indiana plant to involve $89.3m capital investment
Nissui's Gorton's Seafood has committed to creating 163 full-time permanent positions in Lebanon, Indiana, adding to its current workforce of over 470 employees across North America
Alaska’s Peltola delivers high praise for Russian seafood ban
US representative Mary Peltola is the latest from Alaska's congressional delegation to praise the move as a win for the state's seafood industry
US senator touts Russian seafood ban, ‘Freedom Fish’ in address to Alaska legislature
'Our fishing community is going through a really, really, really rough time, and a lot of this was driven by the Russians' -- US senator Dan Sullivan
Climate change complicates Alaska coast pollock surveys
Researchers say later spawning periods match up with marine heat waves in the Gulf of Alaska