The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute is looking for a contractor to do some China market research.
Here is the request for proposals. The good stuff starts on page 11.
It appears the contractor's main task will be to evaluate the effectiveness of ASMI's marketing strategy in China.
The contract is worth up to $50,000.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Collier, Palmer to stay on ASMI board
Gov. Sean Parnell today reappointed Barry Collier and Mark Palmer to the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute board of directors.
Collier is president and chief executive officer of Peter Pan Seafoods. Palmer is president and CEO of Ocean Beauty Seafoods.
Both men have served on the ASMI board since 2004, holding seats reserved for large seafood processors.
ASMI is a Juneau-based state agency with an office in Seattle and marketing representatives in several countries. It is funded largely through a tax processors pay on the value of seafood products.
Board members serve three-year terms. See the full board here.
Collier is president and chief executive officer of Peter Pan Seafoods. Palmer is president and CEO of Ocean Beauty Seafoods.
Both men have served on the ASMI board since 2004, holding seats reserved for large seafood processors.
ASMI is a Juneau-based state agency with an office in Seattle and marketing representatives in several countries. It is funded largely through a tax processors pay on the value of seafood products.
Board members serve three-year terms. See the full board here.
Icicle fined $430,000 for refrigerant violations
Icicle Seafoods Inc. has agreed to pay a $430,000 penalty to resolve Clean Air Act violations including refrigerant leaks from company vessels and processing plants, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today.
This is the second major Alaska seafood company to settle refrigerant violations. American Seafoods Co. in June agreed to pay a $700,000 penalty.
This is the second major Alaska seafood company to settle refrigerant violations. American Seafoods Co. in June agreed to pay a $700,000 penalty.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Feeling happily crabby in Nome
Norton Sound crabbers are expected to achieve their full quota of 430,540 pounds of red king crab by this weekend, when the season will close.
More details in this announcement from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
More details in this announcement from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Coast Guard medevacs crewman near Chignik
A Coast Guard helicopter today medevaced a 32-year-old crewman off the fishing vessel Cape Caution. He reportedly was suffering from "severe abdominal distress."
The boat was 69 miles southeast of Chignik. The Coast Guard said it was notified at 3:32 a.m., and the helicopter out of Kodiak hoisted the patient around 6:30 a.m.
The Cape Caution is a 90-foot pot boat out of Homer.
The boat was 69 miles southeast of Chignik. The Coast Guard said it was notified at 3:32 a.m., and the helicopter out of Kodiak hoisted the patient around 6:30 a.m.
The Cape Caution is a 90-foot pot boat out of Homer.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Trident's president, Jerry Dowd, dies suddenly
Dowd was 60 years old. Here's a company press release with statements from Trident founder Chuck Bundrant and the company's executive vice president, Joe Bundrant.
A former ConAgra and Tyson Foods executive, Dowd joined Trident in 2004. Seattle-based Trident is one of Alaska's largest seafood processors.
Monday, August 6, 2012
Longliners propose further capacity reduction
Perhaps you remember how, in 2007, the Bering Sea freezer longliner fleet took on a $35 million federal loan to buy out three vessels.
Well, the fleet is now proposing to shoulder an additional $2.7 million loan to retire a latent permit and its fishing history.
The fleet would pay for the permit buyout with a small landings fee collected over 30 years.
The permit isn't associated with a vessel, so an additional boat would not be removed from the fishery.
And why would freezer longliners want to retire a latent, or inactive, permit?
"All vessels ... would benefit from a permit buyback because there will be less potential competition for the harvest," says this notice published July 30 in the Federal Register.
The notice, so far as I can tell, does not identify the permit owner.
With more than 30 large vessels, the freezer longliner fleet is a major player in Alaska's groundfish industry. It targets predominantly Pacific cod.
Well, the fleet is now proposing to shoulder an additional $2.7 million loan to retire a latent permit and its fishing history.
The fleet would pay for the permit buyout with a small landings fee collected over 30 years.
The permit isn't associated with a vessel, so an additional boat would not be removed from the fishery.
And why would freezer longliners want to retire a latent, or inactive, permit?
"All vessels ... would benefit from a permit buyback because there will be less potential competition for the harvest," says this notice published July 30 in the Federal Register.
The notice, so far as I can tell, does not identify the permit owner.
With more than 30 large vessels, the freezer longliner fleet is a major player in Alaska's groundfish industry. It targets predominantly Pacific cod.
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