Friday, August 22, 2025
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Alaska
Unalaska officials prepare to process extra snow crab for second year
KUCB by Maggie Nelson - August 20, 2025
The City of Unalaska joined St. Paul in an agreement in January allowing them to process any of St. Paul’s North Region crab that was landed locally.
OBI executive hired by Alaska seafood e-commerce companyThe veteran seafood executive joins the growing US retailer that focuses on direct-to-consumer business.
Intrafish by Rachel Sapin - August 21, 2025
US-based online seafood retailer Wild Alaskan Company has hired Brian O'Leary to serve as its senior vice president of the company's supply chain.
New trade framework gives US seafood preferential access to EU markets
Seafood Source by Chris Chase - August 21, 2025
The U.S. and the European Commission have released a joint framework covering the recent trade deal between the two sides, which will see preferential market access for a range of products, including seafood.
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Russia Bets on Consistent Bering Sea Fish Catches
SeafoodNews.com by Eugene Gerden - August 21, 2025
Russia is betting on stable fish catches in the Bering Sea in the coming years, particularly around pollock and herring.This year, the total allowable catch (TAC) for pollock in the West Bering Sea and Chukchi zones was set at just above 702,000 metric tons.This section is one of the primary areas of year-round fishing in the Russian section of the Bering Sea. Concerns around current stocks of bottom-living and demersal fish are expected to lead to more research, which is expected to lead to Russian fisheries authorities better planning the TAC for the region.Implementation of these plans will be carried out with the participation of foreign partners. Last month, a joint expedition of scientists from the Ilyichev Pacific Oceanological Institute and the First Institute of Oceanography of the Ministry of Natural Resources of China began. Scientific research will be conducted in the Bering Sea and the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean with the use of some of the most modern research vessels. Despite the push for more research, Russia doesn’t plan for a major increase of fish catch in the Bering Sea nor does it plan to revise the 1990 USA/USSR Maritime Boundary Agreement, which set the demarcation line of maritime spaces between the sides in the Bering Sea (also given that it has not yet been officially ratified in Russia).This is despite the fact that earlier the Russian senators denounced the 1956 fisheries agreement with Great Britain, which allowed the British fisherman to conduct catch in the Russian zone of the Barents Sea along the coast of the Kola Peninsula. The revision of the US/USSR agreement could be associated with some negative consequences (according to some analysts, it may have an impact on Alaskan fishermen) and may not be within the interests of Russia at present, amid the recent meeting between Russian and US leaders.At present, Russian fishermen catch only 20% of the pollock in the Bering Sea, which is equivalent to 400,000 metric tons, which is several times lower than that of the US. Still, some major Russian fish companies have even proposed lowering quotas in recent months. At a meeting at the Federal Agency for Fishery last summer, representatives of the Association of Fishing Fleet Owners (ASRF), the All-Russian Association of Fishing Enterprises, Entrepreneurs and Exporters (VARPE) and the Association of Pollock Catchers (ADM) explained their initiative by the global decline in pollock prices by 23% due to its large supplies on the global market. They also believe its further increase in catch will negatively affect their export revenue. As German Zverev, head of VARPE, has earlier stated, citing on All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) in the last several years, the VNIRO has assessed the pollock stock in the Bering Sea as high and, accordingly, has increased the volume of permitted catch - in three years it has grown by 1.7 times, to 705,000mt. Still, according to some local analysts, there is a possibility that the total allowable catch for 2026 will be substantially lower those in 2025.According to Rosrybolovstvo, approximately 1.5 million mt of pollock enter the Russian western part of the Bering Sea every year, which, after growing, goes to the eastern part to the US part, where fishermen catch 1.1–1.3 million tons.
Labeling and Marketing
GAPP Annual Meeting to Feature Insights on Alaska Pollock Growth in Brazil, Colombia and India
Expana by Ryan Doyle - August 21, 2025
The Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers (GAPP) announced that market research in a trio of markets, Brazil, Columbia and India, will be presented at the group’s upcoming Wild Alaska Pollock Annual Meeting, set for September 18 at the W Hotel Seattle.“We know that some of our largest members are active—or starting to become active—in these markets and they represent a huge growth opportunity for our industry,” said Craig Morris, GAPP Chief Executive Officer. “Thanks to these significant grants from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) we are able to conduct foundational research that identifies the barriers our members hear most about and, most critically, how we as an industry can overcome them through marketing, education or outreach.”An overview of the research will be presented by Dr. Morris. Leonardo Silveira of River Global, a market research consultancy based in Brazil, will also speak about insights into the Latin American markets and the future of Wild Alaska Pollock products in the region. The consultancy has a plethora of experience in commodity promotion.“International market expansion is key to our industry’s long-term success which is why it’s always been such a key component of GAPP’s strategy,” said Morris. “We are excited to continue to partner with the USDA and our members who are paving the way in new markets for Wild Alaska Pollock in all its forms. I’m eager to share what we know now, and what we hope to learn on September 18.”
Federal Register
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
A Notice by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 08/21/2025
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Crab Plan Team will meet September 8, 2025, through September 12, 2025.
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
A Notice by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 08/21/2025
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold its 157th Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), Executive and Budget Standing Committee (SC), and its 204th Council meeting to take actions on fishery management issues in the Western Pacific Region.
Opinion: A fisheries reserve for Bristol Bay is a step in the wrong direction for our region
Anchorage Daily News by Lisa Reimers - August 21, 2025
With all due respect to recent pieces extolling the virtues of a fisheries reserve in our region that would prohibit mines like Pebble (“Strengthening the Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserve is key to protecting salmon”), the authors don’t speak for me and others like me who call the Iliamna Lake region home. We all agree that salmon are important to our lives and our culture. Where our path diverges is around the realities of living in our region and our desires for jobs.
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