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After 10 years of certification, Gulf of Alaska cod will have its blue-sticker sustainability label suspended starting April 5, 2020. After a climate change-caused crash pushed Gulf cod to near-overfished status last year, the suspension of the Marine Stewardship Council blue label did not come as a surprise to the industry. A package of frozen fish fillets sold at a …

  Gulf of Alaska Cod could soon lose its blue certified sustainable label, which has proven to be an incentive for consumers to purchase the fish. The reason’s got nothing to do with fishermen—blame it on climate change. Warming waters are depleting stocks and deplete stocks puts the fishery at risk. Also this week, the heart wrenching story of the …

Take a walk past a grocery store seafood counter and you might notice the little blue stickers that mark certain types of fish “sustainably caught.” As demand for environmentally-conscious seafood goes up, sustainability certifications are increasingly important. But at the same time, climate change is threatening Alaska’s longstanding reputation for sustainable fisheries. In just a few months, Gulf of Alaska …

Vessel in Kodiak. (Photo by Gruscana / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Gulf of Alaska is seeing a Pacific cod decline just a year after a disastrous pink salmon season, and it has Kodiak representatives looking at the next steps for the community. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council recently decided to reduce the Gulf of Alaska cod quota by 80 …