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Fishing industry
After a difficult year, Alaska's salmon industry is back
Jul 28, 2021
Last year, Alaska's sockeye salmon industry suffered from a worker shortage. This year, salmon are plentiful and selling at robust prices.
Fishing industry says offshore wind projects could sink its business
Jul 5, 2021
Commercial vessels say they may need to quit some areas altogether as turbines are constructed.
Can American seafood survive the COVID-19 tidal wave?
May 6, 2020
The seafood industry has long relied on the export market and food service to keep it afloat.
Commercial fishers struggle to find customers amid COVID-19 closures
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Brad Racino
Apr 7, 2020
Fishers scramble to find new markets as its traditional markets close.
For small commercial fishermen in Alaska, the business can be boom or bust
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Sean McHenry
Aug 22, 2018
Why one fisherman in Alaska won't leave the industry, despite the ups and downs.
Cornwall's fishermen face up to post-Brexit realities
Nov 16, 2017
People working out of Britain's largest fishing port wonder what lies ahead.
In the catfish economy, things are hopeful
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Kai Ryssdal
Jun 21, 2017
Correcting trade balances is good for business and the country, says catfish farmer Townsend Kyser.
For public good, not for profit.
California fishermen, once blocked by conservationists, now work with them
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Andy Uhler
Jun 19, 2017
Environmentalists in Morro Bay focus on getting fishermen back in the water with more sustainable practices.
Illegal fisherman are trawling the GDP in Sierra Leone
Jun 2, 2016
Unreported and unregulated fishing is threatening Sierra Leone's local economy.
Salmon runs hit records, even as drought threatens future
Oct 22, 2014
Salmon are returning to the Columbia River at levels not seen in nearly a century.