Fisheries
Seafood is one of Alaska’s major exports and connects us to major world markets. Alaska fisheries are rich with a variety of species and the state is known for its world-class fisheries management. The industry provides jobs to rural residents who often don’t have access to other opportunities. At Alaska Business we examine the fishing industry, looking at long-term trends as well as pending policies and fishing industry forecasts.
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Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro Returns to Kodiak Following 2 Month Fisheries Enforcement Patrol
Douglas Munro’s crew began their patrol just south of the Aleutian Islands and spent fifty-nine days enforcing fisheries regulations while traveling 12,500 miles throughout the Pacific Ocean.
Alaska Congressional Delegation Welcomes Tariff Relief for Alaska Fishermen
Approximately $530 million of federal funds has been approved for fishermen and the US seafood industry, including fishermen and processors in Alaska, which have been impacted by retaliatory tariffs from foreign governments.
Salmon across Alaska Getting Smaller, Impacting People and Ecosystems
A study published in the journal Nature Communication shows that body sizes are declining in four species of Pacific salmon because the fish are returning younger than they used to.
From Sea to Sale
Like Alaska’s oil industry, Alaska’s seafood industry supply chain moves most of the state’s seafood out of state as an unrefined product, creating a persistent challenge for fishing communities that seek to keep more value and more Alaska fisheries jobs in state.
Bears Alert Scientists to Secret Salmon Streams
Until recently, scientists did not know salmon swam up some of these waterways, nor that grizzlies were fattening up on them before entering hibernation.
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October 2020
One factor that contributes to successful business operations is the ability to adapt to new situations; rare is the organization that flourishes without changing at all. This year, as we are all acutely aware by now, will go down in history for many, many things including the wide range of methods implemented by businesses as they adapted to the new landscape presented to them by COVID-19.