Halibut prices decline as season wraps up
As with other high-end Alaska seafoods such as salmon and crab, halibut also is facing tough market headwinds.
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As with other high-end Alaska seafoods such as salmon and crab, halibut also is facing tough market headwinds.
Landings of Pacific halibut in Alaska are down by more than 1 million pounds from the same time last year, while dock prices remain high.
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Salmon returning home to Alaska hatcheries again accounted for nearly one-third of the 2021 statewide catch for commercial fishermen at 64 million fish. It was the eighth largest hatchery homecoming since 1977 and, at a payout of $142 million, the salmon produced 25% of the overall value at the Alaska docks. An additional 220,000 salmon that got their start in a hatchery also