Coastal Villages Region Fund Partners with American Honda to Open First-Ever Authorized Service Centers
Locations in Eek, Scammon Bay, and Kipnuk will support residents’ subsistence lifestyles while helping them save time and money.
Fisheries
CDQ Leaders, Western Alaskan Communities Join to Buy-Out Crab Industry Pioneers
Through the agreement, the Mariner Companies will sell crab quota valued at $35 million to thirty Western Alaskan communities.. CVRF and BBEDC have provided and facilitated structural support to the communities to purchase the quota and will support the harvest through their fishing operations.
Elliott Bay Design Group Modernizes Alaska Spirit for Optimal Performance
The Alaska Spirit has been successfully fishing Alaska’s Bering Sea since 1989 when it was converted from an offshore supply vessel to a head and gut factory trawler.
Peter Pan Seafood Becomes US-Owned, Vertically Integrated Seafood Processor
The new company combines the industry innovation and value-added sales channels of Northwest Fish Co. with the facilities, operations, and management of the legacy Peter Pan company.
US Coast Guard Works to Make Catch Less Deadly in 2021, Asks Crabbers to Double Down on Safety
The Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab fishery was widely considered the most hazardous US commercial fishery in the ’90s after seventy-three fishing-related fatalities; this gap in safety regulations was partially corrected by the Coast Guard in 1999 with the introduction of a dockside stability and safety compliance check program.
AFDF Announces 2021 Seaweed Farm Start-up Training Program
The Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation and partners have released the registration for a Seaweed Farm Start-up Training Program to be held for Alaska residents interested in starting their own seaweed farm in Alaska.