Afognak Board Chair to Lead Fisheries Development Foundation
Kristy Clement, currently board chair of Afognak Native Corporation, is the new CEO of the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation.
Kristy Clement, currently board chair of Afognak Native Corporation, is the new CEO of the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation.
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing is an international problem that has local consequences. AI may be the key to addressing the issue.
A new federal rule allocates Pacific cod harvest quota shares to license holders and requires participants in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands trawl fishery to form cooperatives.
Alaska Seafood Company—a retail and wholesale provider of salmon, halibut, black cod, and caviar since 1987—has been purchased by the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
Federal and state agencies are embarking on a three-year process to identify Aquaculture Opportunity Areas where Alaska waters would be opened to new permits for farming marine resources.
The US Department of Commerce allocated nearly $216 million to benefit Alaska crab and salmon fishermen, their crews, and seafood processors who have struggled through economic disasters in the last few years.