USDA buys $6.4M in pollock products from Trident

Here's the purchase announcement.

Trident among winners in huge USDA pollock buy

The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the purchase of 34.7 million pounds of Alaska pollock products — frozen fish sticks, nuggets and fillets — for $84.2 million.

USDA awarded contracts to three companies including Seattle-based Trident Seafoods Corp., which sold 5.6 million pounds for $14.7 million.

The pollock purchase is "in support of child nutrition and other related domestic food distribution programs," the USDA said.

Epic government pollock buy

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking to buy a huge volume of Alaska pollock products — more than 43 million pounds of frozen fish sticks, nuggets and fillets, according to this 127-page solicitation.

USDA seeks another big bite of pollock products

Details in this solicitation.

USDA to buy 21M pounds of Alaska pollock products

Here's the announcement.

Climate and fish sticks

Here's an intriguing article from NOAA examining the effects of a warming climate on Alaska's huge Bering Sea pollock fishery.

"Warmer conditions could force fishery managers to lower Alaska pollock quotas over the long term, which means by mid-century, fish sticks — at least as we know them today — might become less economical," the article says.