Peter Pan’s largest plant will bypass the 2024 A fishing season, set to begin January 20.

The organization announced that Wink left on December 18. Board President Fritz Johnson will serve as interim director.

Some seafood processors say fine dining restaurants are selling dishes to fewer customers for higher prices, and that the shift impacts their bottom line.

The Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association says setnetters rejected joining by just 19 votes.

Dan Barr, a retired Bristol Bay fisherman, spent his nearly 40-year career advocating for the fishery by connecting people to push for change, including helping pass federal legislation.

KDLG’s Christina McDermott sat down with economist Gunnar Knapp to discuss the market dynamics between processors and fishing fleets, and how they developed.

Bristol Bay’s setnet fleet will decide by October whether to join the Regional Seafood Development Association. A ‘yes’ vote would provide funding for setnetters and unify the set and drift fleets, according to the association. But some setnetters are concerned the association’s 1% tax on their catch isn’t worth the investment.

That’s according to the preliminary preseason forecast from the Fisheries Research Institute in Aleknagik. The forecast reports on Bristol Bay as a whole, and researchers say it gives members of the fishery perspective two months before the formal forecast is announced.

In late July, roughly 100 fishing vessels joined together on the Naknek River to protest this year’s sockeye price of 50 cents per pound. Now, fishing crews are calling for greater price transparency, including through a petition.

In this episode of Waypoints Radio, the BBRSDA explores not one but two different ways it can support getting more Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon into the marketplace: The Alaska Symphony of Seafood, and healthy retail partnerships.