Tracy Welch grew up in Petersburg and has a background in commercial fishing, gillnetting and long-lining.
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OBI Seafoods won’t be processing salmon at Southeast Alaska cannery this summer
The Haines Borough is preparing for a dramatic reduction in raw fish tax revenue as a result of OBI Seafoods’ decision not to process salmon at its Excursion Inlet plant.
For Alaska’s seafood processors, COVID-19 has cost tens of millions of dollars
Garrett Everidge, an economist at the McDowell Group, says processors have spent $50 million dollars on COVID-19 mitigation plans so far.
Alaska fishing communities feared getting COVID-19 from industry. They haven’t.
In Bristol Bay, the seafood industry has succeeded in keeping its seasonal workers and fishermen from infecting Alaska residents.
Commercial fleet highlights economic impact of Sitka Sound herring catch
Petersburg fishermen and processors joined with other commercial interests to remind the board of the economic importance of the annual springtime export.
Business as usual for marine mammal deterrence
It’s still business as usual when it comes to dealing with protected marine mammals in Southeast waters.