Friday, May 2, 2025

Alaska Alaska pollock producers land government funding to help break into emerging markets The group will examine the potential in Brazil, India and Colombia. Intrafish by Drew Cherry - May 1, 2025 An association representing Alaska pollock producers was awarded US government funding to help the sector move deeper into emerging markets, including Brazil, Colombia and India. https://www.intrafish.com/whitefish/alaska-pollock-producers-land-government-funding-to-help-break-into-emerging-markets/2-1-1813898 Sullivan, Booker reintroduce Keep Finfish Free Act Cordova Times by Margaret Bauman - May 1, 2025 Legislation to prohibit federal agencies from issuing permits or taking other action to authorize or facilitate commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the exclusive economic zone was reintroduced in the U.S. Senate on April 30 by Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J. and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska. https://thecordovatimes.com/2025/05/01/sullivan-booker-keep-finfish-free-act/ AMCC calls for small boat fisheries protections from executive orders Cordova Times by Margaret Bauman - May 1, 2025 Small boat fishermen are working to assure benefits for coastal harvesters under new executive orders earmarked to restore American seafood competitiveness. https://thecordovatimes.com/2025/05/01/amcc-small-boat-fisheries-protections-executive-orders/ FYI’s Alaska’s Silver Bay Joins GSSI as Funding Partner SeafoodNews.com by Peggy Parker - May 1, 2025 The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) recently announced that Alaska-based Silver Bay Seafoods joined GSSI as a Funding Partner. “Sustainable fishery management is critical to the success of our fishermen, and company, and the enduring strength of our partnerships with fishermen, communities, and industry across Alaska,” the company said in a statement yesterday. “Silver Bay Seafoods is enthusiastic about this new partnership with GSSI. The GSSI benchmark plays a critical role in seafood certification by extending formal recognition to robust, effective, and credible seafood certification programs.“Relying on the FAO Guidelines for its underpinnings, the benchmark is a very useful tool for anyone looking for reliable and responsible sources of seafood. By providing transparency to the complicated world of seafood certification, the benchmark facilitates clarity and choice among seafood certification programs,” reads the statement."Partnering with GSSI is a key step in strengthening the integrity of our industry,” said Rich Riggs, Co-Founder of Silver Bay Seafoods.“As we keep improving our sustainable practices, GSSI offers a trusted benchmark that helps guide us and empowers our customers to make informed choices. GSSI’s work to standardize and push seafood sustainability forward is invaluable to the whole supply chain, and we’re excited to be part of that journey,” Riggs added.Silver Bay is an integrated processor of frozen salmon, herring, whitefish and squid products for domestic and export markets. Founded in 2007 as a single salmon processing facility in Sitka, AK, the company has grown to one of the largest seafood companies in Alaska with 13 processing plants. The firm is owned by 600 fishermen who deliver wild-caught, sustainably harvested seafood that is then marketed worldwide.GSSI is one of the world’s largest pre-competitive collaborations, aligning businesses, NGO’s, governments, and international organizations to “turn seafood into a driver for good to preserve oceans for future generations and drive forward more sustainable seafood for everyone.” https://www.seafoodnews.com/Story/1304910/Alaskas-Silver-Bay-Joins-GSSI-as-Funding-Partner

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