Washington senator pushes for streamlining of fishery disaster relief
'Unfortunately, the industry has yet to see a single dollar of relief due to a slow and inefficient and cumbersome implementation through [NMFS]' -- senator Maria Cantwell
US harvester group presses NOAA again to expand observer exemption
'The agency is sending a particularly egregious message that fishermen are expendable while NMFS staff must be protected from contracting COVID-19'
Panoply of global seafood brands populate Alibaba’s Hema stores
Which of the global seafood giants have their brands in Alibaba Group's fast-growing chain of high-end grocery stores? Undercurrent News visited stores in Shanghai to find out
US west coast groundfish industry comes off ropes with strong left marketing hook
'The best comeback story since Rocky' is being written right now for the seafood industry, says Jana Hennig, executive director of Positively Groundfish
Alaska’s APICDA sells Cannon Fish to E&E Foods
The sale will see Cannon's Kent, Washington, operations -- to include equipment and staff -- to be moved to the nearby city of Renton at E&E Foods' existing facility
Pot-fishing becoming more important to ensure whales don’t eat catches
Whale depredation of halibut and sablefish catches continues to be a costly issue for Alaska harvesters
Banker: US West Coast new vessel builds steady, apart from king crab sector
'We bank a lot of crab fisherman, but at this point, we would not make a new undiversified king crab loan' -- Curtis Arnesen, Peoples Bank, on Alaska's Bristol Bay red king crab fishery
New Copper River processor expands fishermen’s reach
A new effort by two Alaskan salmon gillnetters and a team of investors returns control of a processing plant that serves the Copper River and Prince William Sound regions to locals
Seafood industry smart to keep eye on US-China trade skirmish
'Hopefully they’ll just leave seafood alone' -- Western Edge's Don Kelley on building trade tensions between the US and China
Alaska Airlines’ new planes a boon to state’s fresh seafood sales
Alaska Airlines' new cargo freighters should benefit the state's shipments of fresh seafood, a representative told Undercurrent News