Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Alaska

The June salmon harvest in the southern Alaska Peninsula was the worst in 4 decades

KUCB by Theo Greenly - July 15, 2025 

Last month’s commercial salmon harvest in the southern Alaska Peninsula was the lowest in four decades, according to the state’s preliminary data for the management region known as Area M.

https://www.kucb.org/industry/2025-07-15/the-june-salmon-harvest-in-the-southern-alaska-peninsula-was-the-worst-in-4-decades

King salmon harvest restricted for commercial and sport fishermen in Kodiak area

KMXT by Terry Haines - July 14, 2025

Historically low numbers of chinook, or king salmon have been returning to their natal streams in the Gulf of Alaska and Cook Inlet to spawn this year. As a result, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has taken steps to restrict both sport and commercial fishing opportunities.

https://www.kmxt.org/news/2025-07-14/king-salmon-harvest-restricted-for-commercial-and-sport-fishermen-in-kodiak-area

National

Fresh, frozen seafood sales volumes drop in June, but price inflation keeps values up

Seafood Source by Christine Blank - July 14, 2025

Sales by volume of both fresh and frozen seafood at U.S. retail stores fell in June, while shelf-stable seafood realized both value and volume sales growth.

https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/foodservice-retail/fresh-frozen-seafood-volume-sales-suffer-declines-at-us-retail-in-june

Frozen salmon sales surpass $1 billion in US supermarkets

Sales in the segment outpaced the fresh sector in terms of percentage growth.

Intrafish by John Fiorillo - July 14, 2025

Both fresh and frozen seafood sales at US supermarkets lost ground in June, slipping 1.5 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively, in volume sales compared to June 2024, according to new data from Circana, analyzed by Texas-based 210 Analytics.

https://www.intrafish.com/markets/frozen-salmon-sales-surpass-1-billion-in-us-supermarkets/2-1-1846031

US lawmakers back creation of USDA seafood liaison, raising industry hopes for more government fish purchases

More representation within the federal food distribution agency is high on the industry's agenda.

Intrafish by Rachel Sapin - July 14, 2025

A long-running effort by US seafood executives took a key step forward as the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced a sweeping agriculture bill for fiscal 2026, with a provision to establish a new seafood liaison within the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

https://www.intrafish.com/markets/us-lawmakers-back-creation-of-usda-seafood-liaison-raising-industry-hopes-for-more-government-fish-purchases/2-1-1846029

International

"We are going to be hitting Covid-level prices soon" – US crab importer warns of tariff-driven cost increases

Seafood Source by Erin Spampinato - July 15, 2025

Though container prices between Asia and the U.S. are down slightly from the highs importers saw in May and June, continued economic uncertainty is likely to drive price increases among some seafood species, Supreme Crab CEO Troy Turkin told SeafoodSource.

https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/-we-are-going-to-be-hitting-covid-level-prices-soon-us-crab-importer-warns-of-tariff-driven-cost-increases

Federal Register

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher/Processors Using Trawl Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska

A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 07/16/2025

NMFS is prohibiting retention of Pacific cod by catcher/processors using trawl gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the 2025 total allowable catch of Pacific cod allocated to catcher/processors using trawl gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA has been or will be reached.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/16/2025-13303/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-pacific-cod-by-catcherprocessors-using-trawl

FYI’s

Kelp from millimeters to feet long, a look inside Kodiak's sole operational kelp hatchery

KMXT by Davis Hovey - July 15, 2025

Alaska’s kelp industry has been growing for at least a decade with the help of an increasing number of hatcheries around the state. These facilities nurture kelp seeds to juvenile plants before they are transplanted into the ocean and ready for large-scale cultivation.

https://www.kmxt.org/news/2025-07-15/kelp-from-millimeters-to-feet-long-a-look-inside-kodiaks-sole-operational-kelp-hatchery

Coast Guard’s Alaska region gets new commander and name amid funding surge

Alaska Beacon by James Brooks - July 14, 2025

President Donald Trump recently signed a budget bill with almost $25 billion for new Coast Guard construction, including almost $9 billion for new icebreakers and $300 million for new Coast Guard facilities in Juneau.

https://www.ktoo.org/2025/07/14/coast-guards-alaska-region-gets-new-commander-and-name-amid-funding-surge/

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