Alaska’s seafood industry sprawls across dozens of communities and thousands of miles of coastline. But one common theme is that this summer’s fishing season represents uncharted waters.
Fisheries
30-bed field hospital arrives in Bristol Bay Borough, courtesy of Samaritan’s Purse
The Bristol Bay borough is the epicenter of fish processing during the short sockeye fishery, and its population grows exponentially as seafood workers and fishermen come to the region.
Sen. Murkowski pushes for an additional $1 billion in federal fisheries relief funds
Alaska’s fishing industry was allocated $50 million in CARES Act funding in early May
86 crew members on an American Seafoods trawler test positive for COVID-19
The factory trawler was most recently in Bellingham, WA, and has returned to the Port of Seattle where it is currently under lockdown.
Bristol Bay announces 3 additional cases of COVID-19 since Friday
There are now five confirmed cases of COVID-19 tied to Bristol Bay.
A seafood worker in Valdez has COVID-19, but state health officials don’t know how he got it
The case is the city’s first, and the eighth seafood worker in Alaska who has tested positive for the virus.