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Irish fishing representatives are demanding that the European Union refuse Norway’s request for greater access to Irish quota for blue whiting.

To the eu over the past year. this means for some exporters the deal has not been zero tariff. its not true. for you here, for those suits? for us here, thats right. why would it cost you 178 euros to accept delivery in italy? so ministers would say, although it comes from this warehouse, because it was ultimately manufactured elsewhere, it doesnt count within the deal? thats right. and some places seem to be more difficult to get things sent to than others. these came back again last week. this...

Translation: we have to work, i we need it, were like everyone else we have to work, we need it, were just like everyone else needing to live, eat and raise our kids. so if nothing moves, we will move. there had been suggestions british vessels could be stopped from unloading their catches, along with tougher border checks. this fish processors says french licences to fish in the waters off the uk and channel islands are important, but so are getting supplies in from british boats. jobs depend o...

Minister McConalogue welcomes Report of Seafood Sector Task Force

The City of Unalaska has dropped its coronavirus risk level to "low" for the first time since the State of Alaska confirmed its first cases of the virus

Local public health mandates — including mask-wearing and self-quarantine after travel — are now "encouraged" instead of "required" in the City of Unalaska

Dutch Harbor has been named the nation's top fishing port in terms of volume of seafood landed for the 23rd consecutive year. And the Aleutians East

Credit Laura Kraegel/KUCB Trident Seafoods huge processing plant on the remote Aleutian island of Akutan reopened Friday after a nearly month-long COVID-19 closure.  An outbreak at the plant forced the fishing giant to close the facility in late January just as the lucrative winter season was set to kick off. Forty-five percent of Tridents 700-person workforce ultimately tested positive for the virus, company officials said Monday.   Multiple rounds of comprehensive testing brought welcome n...

Three out of four of Unalaskas fish processing plants dont operate as closed campuses, and many employees have families who live or work in the community. (Pictured here: Workers sort crab at the UniSea processing plant in Unalaska in 2018.) Credit Laura Kraegel/KUCB The city warned Unalaskans Thursday of possible transmission of the coronavirus between seafood industry workers and the larger Unalaska community.  "The community is most definitely at a high local risk factor for COVID-19, in fa...

Credit Hope McKenney/KUCB Unalaskas largest fish processing plant reopened Monday after a COVID-19 outbreak forced it to shut down for almost a month.  UniSea closed its doors Jan. 5 after a handful of workers tested positive for the virus, following a New Years gathering in company housing.  Since then, 66 of UniSeas more than 900 workers tested positive for the virus, according to UniSea President Tom Enlow. Seventeen of those were during their two-week entry quarantine, and 49 were non-tra...