Seafood Processing

It’s our final show of the season. Marine safety programs rely on a database that tracks commercial fishing deaths, but after mass layoffs at multiple federal agencies, it’s unclear if anyone is updating that info. Economist Gunnar Knapp shares history of seafood processors in Bristol Bay.

Efforts to launch local processors in two Bristol Bay communities may finally be coming to fruition.For decades, many of the processors in Bristol Bay…

KDLG's Molly Dischner has June 2's Bristol Bay Fisheries Report. Listen here for a conversation with ADFG Area Manager for the Naknek-Kvichak District…

A new, large seafood processing plant will be constructed this summer in Naknek and its expected to be processing herring and salmon by next year. KDLG's…

U.S. Senator Mark Begich has proposed a solution to the restrictions to the J-1 visa program that will impact Alaska's seafood processing companies.…