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Laine Welch: Pollock show promise as bait

Bait is often a big expense for fishing businesses. Pollock could help cut some of that cost for halibut longliners who fish in the Gulf of Alaska.Click to Continue »

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Laine Welch: CO2 charged waters destroying Pacific shellfish stocks

Just as Nero fiddled while Rome burned, U.S. policy makers are quibbling over climate issues as bivalves dissolve in an increasingly corrosive Pacific Ocean.Click to Continue »

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Laine Welch: Ash Wednesday is the seafood industry's Black Friday

Last Wednesday marked the start of Lent, a time of fasting, soul searching and repentance for hundreds of millions of Christians around the world. And what the burst in holiday…Click to Continue »

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Laine Welch: Food expert uses grant to turn pollock into pet treats

"Co-products" is the big new buzz word in the seafood industry as more companies move toward "head to tail" uses for fish.Click to Continue »

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Laine Welch: Hatchery-reared salmon set record

Alaska's salmon catch of 273 million salmon set a record last year -- and so did the number of salmon returning to state hatcheries.Click to Continue »

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Laine Welch: Board of Fisheries decision nears

Nine individuals are vying for three seats on the state Board of Fisheries, including six newcomers.Click to Continue »

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Laine Welch: Seiner pollock fishery debuts in Gulf

Kodiak seiners will be scooping up pollock starting this week.Click to Continue »

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Laine Welch: Fishery managers foresee decrease in pinks driving salmon...

Alaska's total salmon catch for 2014 is projected to be down by 47 percent from last year's record 283 million fish. State fishery managers are calling for an all-species harvest…Click to Continue »

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Laine Welch: Salmon permit prices up

Alaska salmon permits in many fisheries have tripled in value since 2002, and the upward trend continues.Click to Continue »

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Laine Welch: Roe herring fishery begins in Kodiak

Kodiak's roe herring fishery began April 15 with little notice and rumors of fire sale prices. The fleet of 22 seiners was down a bit; they are competing for a…Click to Continue »

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Laine Welch: Prices up for halibut, black cod

The basic laws of supply and demand are resulting in a nice payday for Alaska halibut and sablefish harvesters. Prices for both fish are up by more than a dollar…Click to Continue »

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Lynne Curry: BP and the Challenger -- Why did they happen?

Almost immediately after the gas alarms sounded, there were two explosions. Flames roared into the night sky as an inferno swallowed the rig. Dozens of dazed, injured people converged on…Click to...

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Laine Welch: Commercial fishing is the big catch

The debate over which sector -- commercial or recreational fishing -- provides the bigger economic punch can finally be put to rest.Click to Continue »

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Laine Welch: Copper River salmon

Trollers in Southeast Alaska provide fresh king salmon nearly year round, but the runs of reds and kings to the Copper River mark the "official start" of Alaska's salmon season.Click to Continue »

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Laine Welch: It's back to the future with canned pink salmon

Salmon season is just starting, but seafood companies are still selling last summer's record catch of 226 million pink salmon, which has prompted some creative thinking.Click to Continue »

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Laine Welch: Murkowski blasts genetically modified salmon

If genetically modified salmon gets a green light from the federal government, it will be labeled as such if U.S. senators on both sides of the aisle have their way.Click to Continue »

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Laine Welch: Salmon buyers push back against high prices

Buyers of wild sockeyes and farmed salmon are pushing back a bit on high prices, according to John Sackton, who publishes the Seafood.com website. That's reflected in the $3.50 paid…Click to Continue »

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Laine Welch: Candidate websites reveal positions on fisheries

You've heard it before and you'll hear it again: The seafood industry is Alaska's largest private employer, putting more people to work than any other sector. The revenue the seafood…Click to Continue »

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Laine Welch: Bristol Bay salmon fishermen on pins and needles as iffy season...

Uncertainty captures the mood as fishermen and processors await the world's biggest sockeye salmon run at Bristol Bay. In fact, it's being called the riskiest season in recent memory in…Click to...

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Laine Welch: Salmon is king but other fisheries are swimming along

Salmon takes center stage in Alaska every summer but many more fisheries also are going on all across the state.Click to Continue »

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