Bristol Bay, Alaska’s legendary salmon runs provide extraordinary economic value, a new report found. The report quantified the economic benefits of Bristol Bay’s wild salmon, which generate $2.2 billion in value, support 15,000 American jobs, and supply 57 percent of the world’s sockeye salmon. Bristol Bay’s wild salmon are also the lifeblood of Alaska subsistence culture, providing food security to the region. …
San Francisco Bay Area grocery stores and fish markets aren’t expected to be stocked with salmon this year, as fishery officials chose to delay the start of the season last week and restrict the time fishermen have on the water. …
AquaBounty Technologies, Inc., a land-based salmon farming pioneer, is donating an estimated 50,000 pounds of its conventional Atlantic salmon to Philabundance, a Philadelphia-based hunger relief organization committed to ending hunger for good. …
A Norwegian investor’s plan to establish two salmon farms across from Acadia National Park is meeting with resistance from local residents. …
The Santa Barbara Smokehouse, Inc. has become the world’s first smoked salmon producer to attain Fair Trade Certification and Fair Trade USA certified Seal, which signifies the products were grown, harvested, manufactured, and traded in ways that improve livelihoods and protect the environment. …
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