New push working to bring attention to underutilized salmon species

Panelists at the 2025 GSMC salmon panel
Increases in the supply of pink and keta salmon in 2025 have companies working on how to utilize the species in product offerings | Photo by Chris Chase/SeafoodSource
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With the current projected catch of sockeye salmon indicating a lower supply in 2025 and an odd-numbered year bringing increases in the supply of pink and keta salmon, multiple companies are working to bring more attention to underutilized salmon species.

Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association Executive Director Lilani Dunn, speaking at the 2025 Global Seafood Market Conference in Palm Desert, California, U.S.A., said the Alaska sockeye fishery will likely see lower volumes in 2025. 

“The numbers are a little bit lower in quantity, but in size, they are expected to be bigger – which is great to hear,” Dunn said.

The past year was marked by shortages in wild salmon compared to the demand for the product, with global supplies down 55 percent compared to 2023. The decrease wasn’t entirely unexpected as pink salmon return in two-year cycles on odd-numbered years, but it was still a bigger decrease than it was in years past.

Jason Driskill, the vice president of seafood, sushi, and meal simple for H-E-B, said the decreases in sockeye salmon in particular had the company ...


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