According to the McDowell Group’s 2017 fall sockeye market analysis, in 2016, “only 34 percent of Alaska sockeye production went to Japanese or canned markets.” As outlined in the same analysis, the seafood industry struggled across the board in the early 2000s.
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Kodiak’s commercial kelp harvest begins inside a seaweed nursery
Kodiak’s seaweed industry is growing, partly thanks to the investment of one company. Blue Evolution, which is based in the Lower 48 and turns kelp into pasta products, successfully completed harvest in May with a local fisherman in the City of Kodiak.
Alaska meets global demand for sea cucumbers
The sea cucumber fishery in Southeast opened for harvest in the beginning of October. It’s now half way through its season. And, much like salmon this year, it looks like the state’s sea cucumber harvest is also finding success on the global market.
Alaska salmon season a success in global market
It was a generally good salmon season for Alaska, according to Andy Wink, a seafood economist with the consulting firm McDowell Group. Except for one species. “It was a disastrous year for chinook harvest.”
Mental health clinicians work to keep students safe in Kodiak schools
It’s been at least nine years since a student in the Kodiak Island Borough School District has taken his or her own life. The Kodiak Island Borough School District and the Providence Kodiak Island Counseling Center have partnered for years to provide mental health services to the region’s schools.
Kodiak Coast Guard hoists crewman after fall
A 42-year-old crewman, who was working on the 655-foot motor vessel Delsa, southeast of Cold Bay, fell 20 feet from the boat’s scaffolding, according to a Coast Guard news release. He suffered possible injury to his back and hip.