Gulls flock to the Trident Seafood plant in Kodiak on Oct. 3, 2022. Job and wage data indicates that seafood processors faced difficulties in finding enough workers in 2023. (Photo by Yereth ...
Gov. Mike Dunleavy made waves recently when he proposed that Alaska get into the fish farming business. Here’s a better idea: Use more of every fish that crosses Alaska’s docks. All other U.S. protein ...
Boats offload to Kodiak’s myriad of shoreside processing plants. (Brian Venua/KMXT) Alaska waters produce the most seafood in the country, and many of the state’s coastal communities depend on ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 5—The number of commercial fishing jobs in Alaska plunged to a new low last year as the industry struggles with disrupted ...
Alaska’s fishing industry has faced major challenges this past year. Low fish prices and high overhead costs have led some of the industry’s biggest players to sell or shutter their processing plants, ...
The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) has been around since 1981, and is held up as an example of how fish marketing should be done. They have drawn the harvesting and processing industries ...
It was always important for Sara Erickson to stay in Alaska, start her business in Alaska, and find a way to give Alaskans a stable, year-round employment opportunity in-state, which is why she ...
Alaska relies on J-1 visas to fill teacher positions, H-1B visas for highly skilled workers and the H-2B program for ...
Alaska seafood processors hired fewer people in 2023 but paid them more and relied more on nonresidents to fill the jobs, a state analysis shows. The employment trends are what would be expected in an ...