Low clouds hang over Kodiak's St. Paul Harbor on Oct. 3, 2022. Economic woes in Alaska's seafood industry have affected numerous fishing-dependent communities like Kodiak.
The task force is due to produce a report, with recommendations for action, at the start of the 2025 legislative session.As described by experts who testified at the task force’s most recent hearings, the causes of the crisis hitting nearly all sectors of Alaska’s seafood industry are myriad. Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang, speaking at the RDC conference, said booming supplies of salmon from new sources are among the many headwinds the Alaska seafood industry faces.
They want continued and enhanced federal trade policies to counter what they say are unfair practices by Russia and other players. Last year’sLegislative task force members have zeroed in on the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, an industry-funded state agency, as critical to any solution. ASMI’s role in fixing the industry problems may require more than funding, some task force members suggested. There could be a need for restructuring the agency or expanding its authority, they said.The first task is better data collection, which has already started, Clement said. The foundation has contracted with McKinley Research for a detailed seafood processor business model and cost analysis, expected to be completed early next year, she said.
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