Fisheries

January 20, 2021 by Hope McKenney, KUCB – Unalaska The four cases mark the first confirmed COVID-19 outbreak at any of Trident’s Alaska facilities. (Laura Kraegel/KUCB) A second seafood processing plant in the Aleutian Islands has been hit with COVID-19 infections as the busy winter pollock fishing season is set to kick off. The U.S. Coast Guard evacuated a Trident Seafoods worker …

By Joe Viechnicki, KFSK – Petersburg -January 19, 2021 Long-line caught halibut await unloading in Petersburg. (Angela Denning/KFSK) A federal agency has put dollar amounts on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for commercial and charter fishing industries nationwide. On Friday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a report on the virus’ economic impact on seafood and charter fishing through August …

Four employees at the Trident Seafoods processing plant in Akutan have tested positive for coronavirus, the company said in a press release yesterday (Monday). The plant has about 700 employees on Akutan island in the Aleutian Chain. The Seattle Times reported that the four employees who tested positive were roommates. They tested negative for the virus before flying to Akutan …

By Sabine Poux–KDLL • Jan 15, 2021 A fisherman at the mouth of the Buskin River. (Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS) Alaska sport fish permit prices are slightly lower this year, after the Alaska Department of Fish and Game removed a 15-year surcharge. Fish and Game raised the price of permits in 2005 to pay off a $68 million bond debt. …

By Sabine Poux, KDLL – Soldotna – January 15, 2021 Cook Inlet oil platforms are visible from shore near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska’s Energy Desk) The federal government has released a draft environmental impact statement on an oil and gas lease sale in Cook Inlet, tentatively scheduled for late 2021. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is planning …

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By ISABELLE ROSS • January 13, 2021 One of the largest seafood companies in the world has sold Peter Pan Seafoods to three private equity groups. The sale comes after years of struggle for the seafood processor, which has a big footprint in Alaska. But the new owners are optimistic. The Peter Pan Seafoods plant in Dillingham.PHOTO: PETER PAN SEAFOODS. Peter Pan, …

by Sabine Poux–KDLL District O Sen. Peter Micciche prefiled SB 29 Friday. The 32nd legislative sessions starts next week. Soldotna Republican Sen. Peter Micciche is again moving to establish a buyback program for set-net permits in Cook Inlet. The program would reduce the number of commercial set-net fishermen on the east side of the inlet. Proponents of the bill, like …

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