By SeafoodSource staff
17 May, 2013 - Alaska forecasts banner year for pinks, but don't expect the state's production to bring prices down.
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By Jason Holland, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from London
15 March, 2013 - A trade agreement allowing Scottish seafood products to be sold in China was reached by the two countries’ governments in 2011 and is already bearing rich fruit.
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By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
01 January, 2013 - Spain's consumption levels of Atlantic salmon are up, despite fluctuations in farmed salmon prices forecasted for this year while Norwegian salmon exports set a record for the month of October.
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By Jason Holland, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from London
21 December, 2012 - It’s been a tough year for Atlantic salmon producers, but China’s growing appetite for the fish has buoyed the industry’s spirits.
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By SeafoodSource staff
05 October, 2012 - Sparse supply of king salmon has prices reaching USD 7 per pound, but overall the Alaska sockeye season has been 'OK.'
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By SeafoodSource staff
14 September, 2012 - The Chilean farmed salmon industry continues to rebound from the infectious salmon anemia (ISA) virus crisis and trade association SalmonChile anticipates farmed salmon exports this year will surpass those of 2011.
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By Chris Loew, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Osaka, Japan
06 July, 2012 - Russia’s salmon catch will come in at just 275,000 metric tons this year, a 45 percent reduction from last year, which is affecting Japan’s salmon market.
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By Jason Holland, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from London
09 March, 2012 - The formidable return of Chile’s Atlantic salmon farming industry from the infectious salmon anemia outbreak in 2007 that decimated the country’s salmon output for three years has created considerable volatility in today’s market. A strong biomass is expected to contribute to a 37 percent increase in global Atlantic salmon production this year.
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By SeafoodSource staff
02 March, 2012 - New laws requiring salmon farms to be more spread out from each other, improved sanitary measures and the use of more coastline with new farms in the Magallanes region of Chile have helped put Chilean salmon back on the map. As a result, the total production volume for 2011 hit a pre-ISA high of more than 500,000 metric tons.
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By SeafoodSource staff
09 December, 2011 - There is no sign of whether infectious salmon anemia (ISA) is impacting production or sales from farms in British Columbia, Canada, but growers and buyers are watching for clues as to whether any impacts — real or imagined — will cause marketplace disruption.
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By SeafoodSource staff
26 October, 2011 - After ignoring the United States for the most of this year, Norway apparently has rediscovered America as a market for its farmed salmon.
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By Ben DiPietro, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Seattle
30 September, 2011 - A slower-than-expected Alaska sockeye season put a dent in the plans of the region’s fishermen and processors, but not enough to ruin the year. A low sockeye catch in Bristol Bay forced producers to scramble to amend their sales and marketing plans when the run didn’t materialize as forecast.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
02 September, 2011 - There’s no shortage of Alaska pink salmon out there, but a series of market influences may prevent prices from receding as the state’s 2011 season wraps up.
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By Ben DiPietro, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Seattle
29 July, 2011 - While the United States and France will continue to be the largest markets for Scottish farmed salmon, China is expected to become another major destination as Scottish producers chart their growth for the next decade. Earlier this year, Scottish salmon producers outlined a plan to increase production 4 percent annually, from 144,000 metric tons in 2010 to 210,000 metric tons by 2020.
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By Ben DiPietro, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Seattle
17 June, 2011 - Depending on where one lives in the United States, the glut of Copper River salmon this year means lower prices. With more than 781,000 pounds of salmon — 760,000 pounds of it sockeye — pulled from the Copper River since the start of the fishing season in mid-May, suppliers say they have been able to satisfy demand from traditional customers and expand into new markets.
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By SeafoodSource staff
27 May, 2011 - Now that Chilean salmon is returning to market after two years of battling infectious salmon anemia, the United States may still be the No. 1 market. But it has competition, particularly Brazil and Japan.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
22 April, 2011 - The Alaska Department of Fish & Game in early April reported that this year’s Bristol Bay sockeye salmon processing capacity should be adequate for what looks to be a strong harvest.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
08 April, 2011 - After years of having no season at all, fishermen on the West Coast are expecting a robust salmon catch. Fishery biologists are reporting a big increase in the Pacific salmon population after several lean years when populations plummeted, prompting regulators to cancel or severely restrict chinook fishing off the northern California coast.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
22 November, 2010 - Alaska fisheries officials are predicting an “excellent” harvest of pink salmon in the Southeast next year. Projections are set at 55 million pinks, more than double this year’s total.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
16 August, 2010 - As Alaska’s Bristol Bay sockeye harvest wrapped up in early August, landings amounted to 28.6 million fish, shy of the 30.5-million-fish projection set by the Alaska Department of Fish & Game. As a result, the market is strong, and prices are higher than in previous years.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
19 July, 2010 - The state's king salmon season is off to a late start, but it's expected to be a promising one. The late run is likely because of late coastal ice breakup. There's no sufficient data yet to make comparisons with previous years, but fishermen are reporting "nice, healthy looking, big fish."
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By Nicki Holmyard, SeafoodSource contributing editor
11 January, 2010 - Change is afoot in Alaska's frozen sockeye salmon market. Export patterns are shifting, and sales patterns are transitioning. What remains unchanged is the health of Alaska's sockeye fisheries; the 2010 Bristol Bay sockeye catch, by far the state's largest sockeye harvest, is projected to reach 30.5 million fish.
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By SeafoodSource staff
19 October, 2009 - Due significantly to the year’s lower-than-anticipated pink salmon catch, Alaska’s summer salmon harvest looks like it’s going to come in at less than 160 million fish, shy of the 175-million-fish pre-season projection.
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By SeafoodSource staff
17 August, 2009 - It could take months, perhaps years, for Chile's farmed salmon industry to rebound. The infectious salmon anemia outbreak is taking a toll on the country's production, which, according to one executive, is forecasted to plunge by as much as 67 percent, to 120,000 metric tons, in 2009.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
29 June, 2009 - While Copper River sockeye are plentiful, kings are scant.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
28 May, 2009 - For the farmed salmon market, the first quarter of 2009 was marked by declining production in Chile and rising prices worldwide.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
05 May, 2009 - Prices of kings, reds, silvers to fall this year.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
12 February, 2009 - Salmon production in Chile is expected to decline in 2009 due to disease outbreaks and accelerated harvesting in 2008.
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By SeafoodSource staff
23 March, 2009 - The Alaska Department of Fish & Game has forecasted a 28.7 million increase in the state's salmon landings in 2009, largely due to an anticipated 34 percent jump in pink salmon landings.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
01 March, 2010 - The number of chinook salmon returning to California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin river system to spawn reached a record low last fall, which could lead to a situation similar to 2008, when NOAA shut down the California and Oregon fisheries.
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By John Snyder, SeafoodSource contributing editor
04 May, 2010 - If all goes according to forecast, the 2010 Alaska sockeye salmon season could become the eighth consecutive Bristol Bay harvest to break records. The Alaska Department of Fish & Game is predicting a statewide sockeye run of about 40 million fish. For Bristol Bay, which accounts for two-thirds to three-quarters of the state’s total sockeye catch, the run is expected to be about 30.5 million fish this year.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
03 September, 2010 - While some of the stronger, larger fisheries have been weaker than normal, the real story for this year’s Alaska pink salmon harvest was found in Prince William Sound (PWS). The fishery was strong from the start, landing more than 3 million fish the first day of fishing and more than 4 million fish the second.
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By SeafoodSource staff
18 May, 2012 - When it comes to Alaska’s famed Copper River salmon season — the first 12-hour opener occurred on 17 May — some buyers have to have those first fish off the plane. Others don’t want to pay those first-fish-of-the-season prices, which can top USD 50 a pound for king fillets at some Pacific Northwest retailers.
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By Chris Loew, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Osaka, Japan
26 October, 2012 - Supplies of Atlantic salmon from Norway and Chile have led to a boost in prices in Japan. Prices are recovering in Japan due to a decrease in Chilean imports, but that may not last.
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