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Monday, July 20, 2020

At-sea outbreak

The coronavirus has raced through the crew of an American Seafoods factory trawler.

COVID-19 hits Juneau processor Alaska Glacier Seafoods

Bristol Bay Borough: The not-so-hot COVID-19 hotspot

Bristol Bay salmon catch exceeds 35 million fish

Petersburg to spend CARES Act money on testing resident seafood
processing workers

Warmer water, rainfall tied to Cook Inlet king salmon decline, study suggests

Northwest Farm Credit Services pays mid-year cash patronage dividend


Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Alaska and the virus

Fishing communities feared contagion from industry, but it
hasn't happened.

Kodiak sockeye harvest reported to be 'as bad as it gets'

Copper River Seafoods announces opening of new Anchorage cold-
storage facility

ASMI marketing update

Fish to be euthanized at three California hatcheries due to bacterial outbreak

Rep. Huffman seeks answers on NOAA's response to COVID-19 pandemic


Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Alaska disaster relief

The state has posted distribution plans for millions of federal dollars allocated for the 2018 Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod and Chignik sockeye salmon fishery disasters.

Bristol Bay salmon processors start to post base prices and bonuses

Seward processing plant shuts down after COVID-19 outbreak

Unalaska in the clear after tsunami warning causes evacuations to higher ground

U.S. Coast Guard medevacs injured fisherman north of Kodiak Island

No Fraser River commercial sockeye fishery expected this year, DFO says

Video: Salmon shark grabbing dinner


Thursday, July 23, 2020

Setting the price

A new analysis from BBRSDA examines the connection between sockeye market factors and ex-vessel prices in Bristol Bay.

Da Yang Seafood halts processing in Astoria after worker tests positive
for coronavirus

Upper Cook Inlet eastside setnet fisheries to close due to Kenai king concerns

Alaska earthquake damages Sand Point docks, harbor road

Coast Guard Air Station Sitka holds change of command ceremony

Emerging Alaska mariculture industry takes setback from market losses


Friday, July 24, 2020

Pebble watch

A Trump administration environmental report opens the door for approval of the controversial mining project near Bristol Bay.

Shift in Alaska seafood industry virus outbreaks means they may be harder
to contain

Kodiak has no known active COVID-19 cases

Prince William Sound pink salmon harvest lags at 7.9 million fish

The iridescent ones: Visualizing California's abalone species


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