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Please consider SeaShare in your end of year donation plans: SeaShare’s seafood partners are working harder than ever to keep markets supplied, shelves filled, and families fed. Despite all the challenges, these same partners — fishermen, processors, distributors, and others — have donated over 6 million seafood servings to food banks across the country so far this year. Our collective response to the unprecedented need has been incredible. Together we are supplying the best protein to families who can really use a good meal. Please consider donations to SeaShare as you finalize your end-of-year donation plans. Just $1 helps provide 8 servings of seafood to hungry neighbors nationwide. We at PSPA and SeaShare hope you have a safe and happy holiday season!
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Alaska
ADF&G: Taku and Stikine kings not projected to rebound in 2021
KFSK by Jacob Resneck - November 30, 2020
State biologists have again predicted under-performing king salmon runs in the Taku and Stikine river systems. That means Southeast Alaska’s troll and gillnet fleets can expect restrictions for sockeye and king salmon harvests in areas around Juneau and Wrangell.
https://www.kfsk.org/2020/11/30/adfg-taku-and-stikine-kings-not-projected-to-rebound-in-2021/
Largely insulated from COVID-19, Unalaska is watching its wastewater for signs of trouble
KUCB by Hope McKenney - November 30, 2020
Unalaska and Dutch Harbor sit 800 air miles away from Anchorage. And the community of about 4,500 year-round residents more than doubles during peak fishing seasons.
https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/11/30/largely-insulated-from-covid-19-unalaska-is-watching-its-wastewater-for-signs-of-trouble/
West Coast
Seafood Company Among First Approved for FDA’s Voluntary Qualified Importer Program
Urner Barry by Ryan Doyle - December 1, 2020
Oregon-based Pacific Seafood was one of the first approved participants in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP).
The VQIP falls under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and is a voluntary fee-based program providing importers, who achieve and maintain control over the safety and security of their supply chains, an expedited review and importation of human and animal foods into the country.
The FDA said Pacific Seafood and the other two initial approved participants Costco and Sovena USA “successfully demonstrated management of the safety and security of their supply chains.”
The aforementioned participants will be able to import products into the U.S. at a quicker speed and predictability, allowing them to avoid unexpected delays at the point of import entry.
Other benefits of the program, as shared by the FDA include limited examination and sampling of food covered by VQIP, for entires where the FDA will conduct examinations, VQIP products will receive priority, including FDA lab analysis.
Back in February, Costco became the first participant to be approved in the program.
The FDA noted that companies looking to participate must meet certain eligibility requirements including, “ensuring that the facilities of their foreign suppliers are certified through the FDA’s Accredited Third-Party Certification Program, also part of FSMA.
Those interested will have access to the VQIP application portal on January 1, 2021 until May 31, 2021.
https://www.seafoodnews.com/Story/1186371/Seafood-Company-Among-First-Approved-for-FDAs-Voluntary-Qualified-Importer-Program
National
Demand for Salmon and Halibut Increases Amid Tight Supplies Heading into Holidays
Seafood News by Laine Welch - November 25, 2020
This is Alaska Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch…Demand for salmon and halibut amid tightening supplies. More after this –
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Market watchers say get your Pacific salmon and halibut now as supplies tighten heading into a big lineup of holidays.
Alaska salmon competes in a tough global market and supplies are down by all producers.
Even wild salmon supplies from Russia, Alaska’s biggest competitor, have come in well below forecast at 845 million pounds, the lowest poundage since 2009. By comparison, Alaska’s total salmon catch for 2020 totaled about 518 million pounds.
The overall supply of frozen sockeye is considered low, with Alaska’s catch coming in at just over 46 million and fisheries from Canada and the west coast struggling to produce any reds at all.
Watch for the market to remain short says Kyla Ganton of Tradex, a global seafood trading company based in Canada for over 30 years.
“With a strong fresh market and continued consumer demand, we don't believe there will be much H+G Sockeyes after December and 2-4 pounders will remain short for the foreseeable future.”
Tradex says it’s even tighter for chum salmon.
Alaska’s low harvest of 8.7 million fish, compared with a catch that’s usually closer to 20 million, has combined with lousy landings of about one million fish each from British Columbia and the west coast. Ganton says that has “flipped the market on its head.”
“With Puget Sound's Chum fishery essentially finished for the year, we recommend you start thinking about your future buys and the outlook of using another species. The market will hit a point where Chums will be unavailable.”
Undercurrent News reports the US exported 2,773mt of chums worth $7.49m through September based on US trade data. Average export value rose by 4% year to year to $2.70kg ($5.94/lb)
Supplies of Pacific halibut also are tight heading into a lineup of holidays, including the two-week Chinese New Year starting on February 12, followed by Lent beginning early on February 17.
About 22.5 million pounds of Pacific halibut is available for market and Ganton says tight supplies could have buyers looking east.
“Halibut buyers that should have purchased all their needs before the season ended are about to find themselves in a predicament and may have to look for alternatives such as Atlantic Halibut. Do keep in mind the Canadian Pacific Halibut fishery has its season extended for fishing until December 7th.
With that said, we urgently advise you to get your purchasing needs in now - long enough to get you through to Chinese New Year.”
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https://www.seafoodnews.com/Story/1186091/Demand-for-Salmon-and-Halibut-Increases-Amid-Tight-Supplies-Heading-into-Holidays
Federal Register
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area; Cost Recovery Programs
A Notice by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 12/01/2020
NMFS publishes standard prices and fee percentages for cost recovery for the Amendment 80 Program, the American Fisheries Act (AFA) Program, the Aleutian Islands Pollock (AIP) Program, and the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) groundfish and halibut Programs. The fee percentage for 2020 is 1.19 percent for the Amendment 80 Program, 0.21 percent for the AFA inshore cooperatives, 3.0 percent for the AIP program, and 0.84 percent for the CDQ groundfish and halibut Programs. This action is intended to provide the 2020 standard prices and fee percentages to calculate the required payment for cost recovery fees due by December 31, 2020.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/12/01/2020-26432/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-bering-sea-and-aleutian-islands-management-area
FYI’s
IPHC Media Release 2020-034 Invitation to the 9th Special Session of the IPHC (SS09)
International Pacific Halibut Commission - November 25, 2020
SEATTLE – The IPHC is pleased to invite all interested parties to attend the 9th Special Session of the IPHC (SS09), which will be held on 8 December 2020 from 12:00-14:00 hrs (or as needed, PST).
https://iphc.int/library/documents/post/iphc-media-release-2020-034-invitation-to-the-9th-special-session-of-the-iphc-ss09
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