More Peter Pan personnel news

Details here.

Longtime Peter Pan CEO Collier steps aside

Here's the press release.

More COVID dollars coming

Looks like Alaska is in line for another $40 million in federal fisheries assistance related to the coronavirus pandemic. Details here.

Sitka Sound herring harvest gets underway

Here's the latest update from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

Save halibut, or save observers?

A number of businesses are coming to the defense of a trawl fleet possibly facing tighter halibut bycatch limits in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.

Among them is Saltwater Inc., an Anchorage provider of fishery observers.

Should Alaska seafood qualify as organic?

Industry organizations are pushing to make Alaska seafood eligible for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's organic label.

Here's a letter the organizations just sent stating "we believe there is truly no more organic product than wild-caught Alaska seafood."

Sitka herring watch

The Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery will go on two-hour notice effective at 8 a.m. Saturday.