Friday, August 8, 2025

Alaska

Alaska has finally recovered its pandemic job losses, but the seafood industry is headed the other way

KUCB by Theo Greenly - August 7, 2025

Alaska has finally regained the jobs it lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new report from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development shows the state has rebounded in jobs and wages, which have lagged behind the national average.

https://alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-desk/2025-08-07/alaska-has-finally-recovered-its-pandemic-job-losses-but-the-seafood-industry-is-headed-the-other-way

Alaska’s wild salmon season at 50% of forecast with more than 106m fish landed

Undercurrent News by Jacob Resneck - August 7, 2025

The salmon harvest in Alaska is at its halfway point of its projected 2025 landings with strong sockeye production in Bristol Bay fueling the US state's wild harvest...

https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/08/07/alaskas-wild-salmon-season-at-50-of-forecast-with-more-than-106m-fish-landed/

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National

US retail, restaurant groups express grave concerns with new tariff rates

Seafood Source by Christine Blank - August 6, 2025

U.S. retail and restaurant trade groups are urging President Donald Trump to lower tariffs and pursue other measures to achieve his trade goals after he recently issued an executive order implementing new duty rates on 69 countries and the European Union.

https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/foodservice-retail/us-retail-restaurant-groups-express-grave-concerns-with-new-tariff-rates

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FYI’s

The icebreaker cometh: Juneau’s new Coast Guard cutter arrives in Auke Bay

KTOO by Clarise Larson - August 7, 2025

The U.S. Coast Guard’s new polar icebreaker Storis arrived in Auke Bay on Wednesday afternoon. It’s the ship’s first visit to its future home port of Juneau.

https://www.ktoo.org/2025/08/07/the-icebreaker-cometh-juneaus-new-coast-guard-cutter-arrives-in-auke-bay/

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