Alaska Pollock

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

New analysis released by the Alaska Marine Community Coalition and Ocean Conservancy has raised concerns about the scope and conclusions of two studies commissioned by the pollock fishing industry in 2025, arguing that the research understates environmental impacts and overstates…

5th February 2026

Analysis questions pollock industry studies, highlights economic leakage and environmental gaps

5th February 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Alaska’s pollock fishermen wrapped the 2025 A season with strong harvests, low by-catch rates, and tangible benefits for coastal communities, thereby underscoring the success of science-based management across both the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska fisheries, reported the Alaska Pollock…

14th May 2025

Alaska’s pollock A season concludes with strong yields

14th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The ‘A’ season for wild Alaska pollock officially opened on 20 January 2025, with the industry stating that the stakes couldn’t be higher for thousands of Alaskans as the fishery, one of…

28th January 2025

Stakes high for Alaska communities as ‘A’ season for wild pollock opens

28th January 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

As well as being the world’s biggest seafood market, the European Union is also one of its leading processing regions, with a large proportion of an estimated 10.1 million tonnes of raw…

23rd March 2023

‘Give us fish’

23rd March 2023

SPECIAL REPORTS

SPECIAL REPORTS

Three years ago, Starbound’s owner, Aleutian Spray Fisheries Inc, decided to cut the then 240-foot vessel in half to expand its processing operations and to add a meal plant, oil plant and…

23rd March 2023

Case study: Separating meat and oil onboard

23rd March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

FISH Standard for Crew Inc has confirmed that the Phoenix Processors Limited Partnership’s (PPLP) two processor vessels have been awarded the third-party certification. 

22nd December 2022

FISH for Phoenix

22nd December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fourteen catcher-processor vessels of the At-Sea Processors Association (APA) have achieved the FISH Standard for Crew, an independent third-party certification programme for labour practices on fishing boats.

30th August 2022

FISH for pollock boats

30th August 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Fish sector faces a perfect storm of export restrictions, a lack of equipment and the logistics chaos – all caused by sanctions from the west

10th August 2022

Russia in turmoil

10th August 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

US fishermen and fish catches were hit hard in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic, two new fishery status updates released by NOAA Fisheries have confirmed.

16th May 2022

US counts cost of COVID

16th May 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

NovaNam (Pty) Ltd, a Namibian-based subsidiary of the Nueva Pescanova Group, the At-Sea Processors Association (APA), representing US-flagged Alaskan pollock catcher-processors, and the Fishing Industry Association – Papua New Guinea (FIA-PNG) have…

26th April 2022

First FISH crew audits

26th April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers (GAPP) Board of Directors has approved a new strategic plan and associated budget to undertake the association’s first-ever national marketing programme.

8th March 2022

Alaska pollock campaign

8th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Japanese seafood company Maruha Nichiro Corporation (MNC) has confirmed that its consolidated subsidiaries, Maruha Capital Investment Inc (MCII) and Westward Seafoods Inc (WSI) are to acquire assets for Alaska pollock operations from…

2nd February 2022

MNC invests in pollock

2nd February 2022