The goal is to keep the business operating and workers employed, so Kwik’Pak Fisheries in Emmonak is diversifying its business by building greenhouses right next to its fish processing plant.
Fisheries
Nice try, pollock: How Alaska’s most prolific fish almost won the state’s ranked choice mock election
Pollock’s apparent triumph had Alaskans questioning the integrity of the election.
Record-high Copper River prices boost optimism for Bristol Bay fishery
Restaurants are welcoming more diners as COVID-19 restrictions relax, driving greater demand for salmon.
With a haul of 11 whales this season, Point Hope gears up for Qaġruq festival
Over the first two days, captains will haul the whaling boats up and show off their crews flags before cutting up the whale for the large communal feast.
Wrangell gathers for fleet blessing at nearly finished Mariners’ Memorial
As summer fishing seasons gear up and get started, Wrangell community groups gathered at the Wrangell Mariners’ Memorial to wish safety to anyone on the water and remember those who have lost their lives at sea.
On Dillingham trip, Murkowski pushes permanent protections for Bristol Bay
Murkowski said the best way to ensure long-term protection is for Congress to pass a law.
Bioengineered salmon available for the the first time in US
AquaBounty’s salmon is a genetic mixture of three different fish — Atlantic salmon, chinook salmon and the eel-like ocean pout.
Would you elect this crab? Alaska pits fin against claw to practice ranked-choice voting
Last we checked, king crab was narrowly ahead of three other Alaska seafoods in the Division of Elections’ mock primary.
Less than half of expected sockeye have returned to Copper River so far this year
The harvest may be low, but prices for Copper River salmon were high — Peter Pan said it would pay triple last year’s prices.
Dutch Harbor named nation’s top fishing port for 23rd consecutive year
In total, U.S. fishermen landed 9.3 billion pounds of seafood valued at $5.5 billion in 2019. Sixty percent was caught in Alaska.