by Laine Welch | Sep 6, 2021 | Fish Radio Programs, Pollock, Trawlers
Crew members on the Commodore walk over a full trawl net full of pollock after a harvest in 2019. (Nat Herz, Alaska Public Media) A new $350 million Bering Sea fish fight could hinge on a...
by Laine Welch | Jan 13, 2021 | Fish Radio Programs, Fisheries updates, Pollock
There’s lots of fishing going on throughout the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea. January 1 saw the start of cod and other groundfish fisheries and the nation’s biggest catch – Alaska pollock – gets underway on January 20. Over three billion pounds will come...
by Laine Welch | Sep 17, 2020 | Fish Radio Programs, Health & Nutrition, Pollock
Whitefish jerky made from Alaska pollock attracted the attention of big backers starting at a buffet table at Fish 2.0, a global gathering of innovators and investors hosted by Stanford University to grow the sustainable seafood sector. “I knew that they would have to...
by Laine Welch | Nov 13, 2019 | Co-products, Economics, Fish Radio Programs, Health & Nutrition, Pollock
Fish Radio likes to spotlight fish parts that go well beyond dinner plates and can add up to more value than fillets. Pollock, for example, Alaska’s largest fishery which opens Jan. 20, produces millions of pounds of fish sticks, surimi, and roe – but...
by Laine Welch | Feb 28, 2019 | Fish Radio Programs, Pollock
Trident Seafood’s protein packed noodles made from Alaska pollock was a quadruple winner at last week’s Alaska Symphony of Seafood competition in Juneau. “They were a four time winner at this event. That’s never happened before. It really speaks to the...
by Laine Welch | Feb 6, 2019 | Cod, Fish Radio Programs, Halibut, Pollock
In recent years, halibut scientists have included ecosystem impacts in their assessments of the Pacific halibut stock. At the forefront – fish are behaving differently due to warming oceans. Ian Stewart is lead scientist for the International Pacific Halibut...
