Alaska seafood processors hired fewer people in 2023 but paid them more and relied more on nonresidents to fill the jobs, a state analysis shows. The employment trends are what would be expected in an ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy made waves recently when he proposed that Alaska get into the fish farming business. Here’s a better idea: Use more of every fish that crosses Alaska’s docks. All other U.S. protein ...

Trident Seafoods’ plant in Kodiak features a retired boat as a major part of its facility, right next to the ferry dock. (Brian Venua/KMXT) Trident Seafoods, one of the biggest seafood processors in ...

This conference explores the business side of Alaska’s seafood economy, from harvesting and processing to shipping, export ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Skiffs sit on shore in the Southwest Alaska fishing town of King Cove. (Photo by James Brooks via Flickr under Creative Commons ...

'Seafood processing, and by extension fishing, saw a lot of disruptions throughout the industry, so we had a lot of losses' -- Karinne Wiebold, Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development ...

As a commercial fisherman based in Sitka and the executive director of the Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association (ALFA), I’ve spent decades navigating Alaska’s challenging waters and the headwinds ...

It was always important for Sara Erickson to stay in Alaska, start her business in Alaska, and find a way to give Alaskans a ...

A Bellingham seafood processing company has been purchased by Wild Alaskan Company, a seafood direct-to-consumer company in Alaska. Monty Rakusen Getty Images Home Port Seafoods, a Bellingham seafood ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alaska pollock, shown here from a harvest, make up the nation's top-volume single-species commercial seafood catch. Alaska pollock ...

Gulls flock to the Trident Seafood plant in Kodiak on Oct. 3, 2022. Job and wage data indicates that seafood processors faced difficulties in finding enough workers in 2023. (Photo by Yereth ...