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Post date:  Mon, 05/10/2021 - 11:48am Trident Seafoods President of Alaska Operations Vic Scheibert, left, and CEO Joe Bundrant hold up one of the first Copper River king salmon of the 2020 season. Depressed demand amid pandemic restaurant closures and a poor return contributed to a rough season a year ago, but interest is picking up with the season set to begin May 17. (Photo/Courtesy/Alaska Airlines) Alaska’s 2021 salmon officially starts on May 17 with a 12-hour opener for reds and king...

Cordova, Alaska. Cheryl Ess photo Alaska’s 2021 salmon season officially starts on Monday, May 17, with a 12-hour opener for reds and kings at the Copper River. All eyes will be on early Cordova dock prices for Alaska’s famous “first fresh salmon of the season” as an indicator of wild salmon markets. Covid-forced closures in 2020 of high-end restaurants and seafood outlets tanked starting prices to $3 per pound for sockeyes and $6.50 for king salmon, down from $10 and $14, respectively ...

Anticipation builds for official start of Alaska’s 2021 salmon season Published 5 days ago Share on Facebook Print article Alaska’s 2021 salmon season officially starts on Monday, May 17, with a 12-hour opener for reds and kings at the Copper River. All eyes will be on early Cordova dock prices for Alaska’s famous “first fresh salmon of the season” as an indicator of wild salmon markets. COVID-forced closures in 2020 of high end restaurants and seafood outlets tanked starting pr...

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By May 10, 2021 15:09 BST Undercurrent News is now featuring Fish Factor, a weekly column featuring the reporting and perspective of Alaska seafood journalist Laine Welch Alaska’s 2021 salmon officially starts on Monday, May 17, with a 12-hour opener for sockeye and Chinook at the Copper River!  All eyes will be on early Cordova dock prices for Alaska’s famous "first fresh salmon of the season" as an indicator of wild salmon markets. In 2020, COVID-19 forced closures of high-end restau...

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Share Alaskan Salmon has launched a new direct-to-consumer online business that offers a VIP waitlist for Americans who want to be the first to have Copper River king and sockeye salmon delivered directly to their homes. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cordova, Alaska-based Alaskan Salmon supplied Copper River salmon solely to foodservice buyers. “Business had been going very well, but then we lost a ton of our restaurant business,” Founder Kyle Lee told SeafoodSource. “Then, we saw a h...

Green up is getting close Tracy Sinclare © Provided by Anchorage KTUU-TV Trees are getting ready to sprout leaves. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Anchorage is on the verge of “green up,” that period of time when the trees and grass shift from brown to green. Rick Thoman, climate specialist with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, has forecasted green up for some time between May 6 and 10. Fairbanks is just a day or two behind that. Green up was defined by for...

Share this article CORDOVA, Ala., May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, fishermen-led and owned Alaskan Salmon becomes one of the only online providers in the world to offer direct-to-consumer waitlist access to the prized Copper River king salmon season, available May - September. Alaskan Salmon is a fishermen-owned e-commerce company specializing in sustainably sourced wild Copper River salmon from Cordova. Consumers can pre-order rare Alaskan salmon online that most people have not tried...

Ivar’s Salmon House [Official Photo] Something troubling is going on with the size of salmon coming in from Alaska. According to a new Bloomberg report, several species of the fish have shrunk in size so rapidly that two major food companies are altering their business plan. Whole Foods redid its guidelines on salmon purchasing, and Ivar’s — the iconic Pacific Northwest seafood chain — is increasingly sending more salmon back to the restaurant’s supplier because they are too small. �...