Friday, October 10, 2025

Alaska ‘You go from 2022 to 2025, and it's unreal’: Alaska's salmon market remains tight Alaska’s sockeye salmon market has undergone a dramatic reversal in recent years, swinging from surplus to scarcity. Intrafish by Rachel Sapin - October 8, 2025 US retail and foodservice buyers hoping for a reprieve from high Alaska sockeye salmon prices are not likely to see one this year. https://www.intrafish.com/salmon/-you-go-from-2022-to-2025-and-its-unreal-alaskas-salmon-market-remains-tight/2-1-1879785 Government shutdown creates uncertainty for fisheries management in waters off Alaska Managers and advocates worry about getting adequate information in time to set the 2026 harvest levels for Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska groundfish Alaska Beacon by Yereth Rosen - October 9, 2025 For the organization that oversees commercial fisheries in federal waters off Alaska, the most significant impact of the federal government shutdown might materialize in December. https://alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/09/government-shutdown-creates-uncertainty-for-fisheries-management-in-waters-off-alaska/ Snow crab fishery quota rises to 9.3 million pounds Cordova Times by Margaret Bauman - October 9, 2025 Bering Sea crab harvesters setting out on the 2025-2026 fishery are allocated nearly double the quota from a year ago – now allotted 9.3 million pounds, up from 4.72 million pounds. https://thecordovatimes.com/2025/10/09/snow-crab-fishery-quota-rises-to-9-3-million-pounds/ Gradual improvements in Bering Sea crab stocks allow for Alaska harvest increases Catch limits are up for snow crab and Bristol Bay king crab, which crashed in recent years, but an abundance of snow-tanner crab hybrids adds a new twist Alaska Beacon by Yereth Rosen - October 7, 2025 Snow crab stocks in Alaska’s Bering Sea, which crashed a few years ago, have recovered enough to allow a modest harvest starting in mid-October. https://alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/07/gradual-improvements-in-bering-sea-crab-stocks-allow-for-alaska-harvest-increases/ National US government shutdown marks the latest challenge in a string of pressures affecting nation’s restaurants Seafood Source by Christine Blank - October 9, 2025 U.S. restaurant operators who have faced various economic pressures all year long are now dealing with complications arising from the U.S. government shutdown. https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/foodservice-retail/us-government-shutdown-marks-the-latest-challenge-in-a-string-of-pressures-affecting-nation-s-restaurants *Requires Subscription Environment/Science In a changing Arctic, how much noise is too much? Alaska’s bowhead whales can hear the climate changing. Scientists are listening in, too. Alaska Beacon by Caroline Van Hemert - October 7, 2025 Aline of pink lingers above the horizon, the April sun offering a welcome dose of brightness after the months-long polar night. A dozen miles off Point Barrow, Alaska’s northernmost tip, the sea is still frozen except where inky tendrils of open water spiderweb across the pack ice. On the surface, the scene feels hushed by the cold. But if you were to dip a hydrophone beneath the ice — like biologist Kate Stafford did this past spring — you might be surprised by what you hear. https://alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/07/in-a-changing-arctic-how-much-noise-is-too-much/ FYI’s GSA Honors the Career Achievements of Jeff Regnart Global Seafood Alliance - October 8, 2025 The Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) is proud to announce that Jeff Regnart is the latest recipient of the Wallace R. Stevens Lifetime Achievement Award. Regnart accepted the award during GSA’s Responsible Seafood Summit, held last week in Cartagena, Colombia. https://www.globalseafood.org/blog/gsa-honors-jeff-regnart/

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