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Alaska trollers suffer unfair king salmon quotas amid strong returns
Alaska Dispatch News by Dale Kelley – July 7, 2015 July 1 is the most anticipated day of the year for Alaska trollers. It marks the start of the summer king season when there are usually lots...
read moreNorth Pacific Seafoods Buys Two Alaskan Salmon Processing Facilities from Inlet Fish Producers
SEAFOODNEWS.COM By Peggy Parker – July 1, 2015 North Pacific Seafoods, Inc. (NPSI) has reached an agreement with Inlet Fish Producers, Inc. to buy their Kenai and Kasilof processing...
read moreBy road, lake and river: Boats make their way to Bristol Bay
By Molly Dischner, For the Clarion – June 20, 2015 Editor’s note: This is the first of two parts in reporter Molly Dischner’s journey with a Homer fishing family to Bristol Bay on the eve of...
read moreReport: $1.2 billion of output from Southcentral fishing
By DJ Summers, Alaska Journal of Commerce Published: 2015.06.17 02:43 PM Seafood employs more people in Southcentral than mining in the entire state, pays out more in Anchorage than construction,...
read moreExamining anti-setnet group’s claims about ‘bycatch’
By Laine Welch, Fish Factor/For the Alaska Journal of Commerce Published: 2015.06.17 02:43 PM A one-handed clap best describes the reaction to the 43,000-signature drop off by anti-salmon setnet...
read moreAnti-setnet group scrubs site after submitting signatures
Posted: June 10, 2015 – 5:38pm | By By DJ Summers Alaska Journal of Commerce After the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance submitted 43,000 signatures on June 10 to the Alaska Division of...
read moreAnti-setnet group scrubs site after submitting signatures
By DJ Summers, Alaska Journal of Commerce – June 10, 2015 Editor’s note: At the bottom of this story is a response from the Kenai River Sportfishing Association regarding their inclusion...
read moreMcDowell Group Releases New Economic Report
The Economic Impact of the Seafood Industry in Southcentral Alaska Read or download the report here. (UPDATED: June 23, 2015 Please note the report has been revised with a few updated photos and...
read moreRobert Mumford appointed to Board of Fisheries
Mumford tapped for Board of Fisheries By DJ Summers, Alaska Journal of Commerce Published: 2015.05.20 03:48 PM Gov. Bill Walker’s office announced on May 20 that Robert Mumford has been appointed to...
read moreTime for Kenai-area community to cut its ties with KRSA
Alaska Journal of Commerce GUEST COMMENTARY: Time for Kenai-area community to cut its ties with KRSA By Dwight Kramer Published: 2015.04.22 02:25 PM Last weekend the Alaska Legislature voted against...
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