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Alaska Pollock Fishery Alliance was created on 7 March to provide unified industry representation of Alaska's pollock trawl fishery in public forums.
Two Alaskan groups and Maruha Nichiro have added to their holdings in Alaska's pollock fishery, buying nine fishing vessels and additional quota.
Coastal Villages Region Fund, Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation, and Maruha Nichiro are expanding their partnership to grow Alaska’s shoreside pollock business. The partnership includes the purchase of nine fishing vessels.
”Ouch," CVRF CEO Eric Deakin said was his reaction. "Before we did the deal in 2020, the projections were really high that the crab was headed up. And this was a total surprise.”
Buyout nets coastal Alaska villages first direct ownership of Bering Sea crab quota Grant Robinson © Provided by Anchorage KTUU-TV Crab pots stacked in Adak, Alaska. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Fishing rights and vessel ownership are transferring from a Seattle-based fishing company to two Alaskan regional economic development organizations and 30 communities. Popular Searches The seller is Mariner Companies, owned by pioneering Bering Sea crabbers Kevin Kaldestad and Gordon Kristjanson. Two Community Development Quota organizations have purchased the company’s crab boats,...