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
Bank sees Alaska crabbers holding off on investment though 2017 looks brighter
A lender to Alaskan crabbers and salmon fishermen believes those sectors are holding off on new investments right now even though the prospects for 2017 look brighter
Pacific council to allow electronic monitoring for west coast trawl fleets in 2017
A US government body that oversees fishing in the Pacific will allow three types of commercial fleets to replace human observers with electronic monitoring
Sablefish season in Prince William Sound opens next week
The pot and longline fishing season for sablefish in Alaska's Prince William Sound starts on April 15 and 46 permit holders have been awarded nearly 8,000 pounds worth of quota
ComFish 2016 to be held in Kodiak March 31
Alaska's upcoming fishing conference, ComFish 2016, will discuss challenges in Alaska fisheries access, climate change, salmon markets among other topics