Month: January 2012

The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) has been notified that Alaska salmon processors are phasing out their funding for certification of the Alaska salmon fishery to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard. It is important to note that all Alaska salmon harvested during the 2012 fishing season will remain eligible to carry the MSC logo and be sold as certified as long as the participating entities maintain valid MSC Chain of Custody certification. Alaska officials also note that the MSC certification did not make Alaska salmon sustainable. In fact, Alaska is not new to sustainability – all seafood from Alaska is sustainable, regardless of certification, thanks to Alaska’s long track record of both state and federal management. …

Good Harbor Fillet, a homegrown, value-added, fish processor-distributor operating in a 67,000 square foot plant in Blackburn Industrial Park, has been acquired for integration into American Seafoods, a privately held conglomerate, that describes itself as "one of the largest integrated seafood companies in the U.S. in terms of revenues." …

The employees at the Cooke salmon operation in Harbour Breton have been using some of the most modern processing equipment in the world since the operation resumed production in December 2011. Bill Carter, the manager of the Cooke facility, said that the plant’s capacity has increased as the new equipment allows the operation to process what the market might demand on any given day. …