The single biggest hit to fishermen from the COVID-19 virus is lower dock prices, according to Alaska and West Coast harvesters, and 98% said their businesses have been badly bashed by the pandemic.
A study funded by the CEO of Wild Alaskan Co. will look at the potential effects of mining on the navigation abilities of marine life.
Here’s my annual no-holds-barred look back at some of the year’s best and worst fishing highlights.
The Dunleavy administration now recognizes that “commercial fishing more than pays its own way,” said Sam Rabung, commercial fisheries division director in the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Alaska coastal communities will get a bit of an economic boost in 2021 from increased catches of Pacific cod.
Founder Arron Kallenberg spent two decades working on internet startups in New York City before taking his expertise back to Alaska, where his family has fished for generations.
With COVID crippling the food service sector, farmed fish has flooded into retail outlets and forced a downward press on salmon prices.
Bambino’s is filling a void by America’s baby food makers who continue to completely snub seafood in their protein lines, despite its proven health benefits.
A summary of the preliminary harvests and values shows that Alaska’s total 2020 salmon catch came in at just under 117 million fish, a 44% decrease from last season’s haul and the 13th lowest on record.
Alaska’s harvesting sector ticked downward by 848 jobs from 2015 through 2019.
After a salmon season that successfully fished its way through a pandemic and upturned markets, the value of Alaska salmon permits is ticking up in two regions while toppling in others.
Many fishermen are likely to be involved in regulatory meetings next spring instead of being out on the water.
