Trident did not name who will buy the plants. Company officials say both Trident and the buyers are bound by non-disclosure agreements.
Fisheries
Leading Alaska legislators propose task force to help rescue a seafood industry ‘in a tailspin’
The Joint Legislative Seafood Industry Task Force, modeled after a state salmon task force formed 20 years ago, would present findings and recommendations by January.
Alaska’s mariculture industry expands, with big production increases in recent years, report says
Alaska seaweed production went from almost nothing in 2017 to nearly 900,000 pounds in 2022.
Climate change is making it harder to survey pollock in the Gulf of Alaska
Between 2017 and 2019, pollock surveys in the Gulf of Alaska produced wildly different estimates.
Attorneys argue scope of Metlakatla’s off-reservation fishing rights in federal court
Metlakatla Indian Community sued Gov. Mike Dunleavy and his administration in 2020, claiming the state’s fishing permit system infringes on rights guaranteed to the tribe by Congress.
3 seafood processors announce closures, selloffs following historic price collapse for Alaska fishing industry
Trident, Peter Pan Seafood Company and most recently OBI Seafoods – just last month – have all cited turbulent market conditions for their decisions.
Listen: Peltola touts Willow Project, defends ranked choice voting
Peltola spoke with KTOO about her first term, why she thinks FEMA needs an overhaul, and more.
Case brought to Supreme Court by herring fishermen may gut federal rulemaking power
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case Wednesday that could eviscerate the way the federal government regulates, well, everything. A system in place for decades has governed how judges review curbs on air and water pollution, gun safety measures and workplace protections. But all of it could be upended by a conservative supermajority on…
Tribal groups applaud Alaska Native appointments to federal fisheries advisory panel
Amid alarmingly low salmon returns in Western Alaska, calls have grown for tribes to have a greater say in the way fisheries are managed.
US Supreme Court rejects Alaska’s attempt to litigate Pebble case
The Dunleavy administration’s legal fight against EPA’s decision to block the controversial mine will now move to the lower courts, attorney general says.