Japanese firms’ outlook on China shifting from processing hub to fast-growing sales destination
Japanese seafood companies are shifting their point of view on China, as the country’s middle and upper class can increasingly afford high-quality seafood
Pacific halibut chief says lull in landings is temporary
Alaskan fishermen might be taking a break from halibut, but they'll be back soon, maintains the head of the International Pacific Halibut Commission
Shining Ocean hires culinary veteran in push outside surimi
True World Group’s surimi-focused subsidiary takes on Ron Steckler, a former vice president at International Seafoods of Alaska with four decades' experience in food
Salmon offsets pollock, snow crab slump at Maruha’s US division
Full-year profits and net sales were both forecast higher for the North American business of Maruha Nichiro, the world’s largest seafood company
Alaska trade mission to Korea reaffirms need to confront ‘fierce’ Russian competition
In South Korea, consumers are increasingly thinking healthy and concerned about food quality -- trends that bode well for seafood, and particularly for Alaska seafood
Through-the-roof black cod prices expected to hold
Yet with supply expectations high for this year, it remains to be seen whether those expectations come true when the season starts March 11
New Trump policy puts sablefish pot-fishing rule on hold
A recently announced 'regulatory freeze' from the Donald Tump administration means that a plan to allow pot fishing for Alaska sablefish is on hold until at least March
China claims 69m tons of fish produced in 2016
Ministry of Agriculture estimate means an increase of 3% from 67m metric tons in 2015, and about 40% of global production; but are the figures accurate, or sustainable?
Alaska sablefish fishery re-certified under RFM
The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute's Alaska Responsible Fisheries Management program has re-certified the state's sablefish fishery as sustainable
Observers seen as more effective than cameras for Alaska sablefish fishery
Human observers are sometimes more effective than on-board cameras for detecting the whale depredation that plagues Alaska's sablefish fishery