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 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 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 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 Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
29 June, 2009 - While Copper River sockeye are plentiful, kings are scant.
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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 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 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 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 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 Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
05 May, 2009 - Prices of kings, reds, silvers to fall this year.
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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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