JUNEAU, ALASKA. Nov. 6, 2006.  Alaska Seafood drew a crowd this week at Asia’s largest seafood show; seafood traders were queuing up at the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute booth to receive premium quality tasting samples of Alaska black cod, king crab, smoked sockeye salmon and salmon roe, together with information about the products and Alaska suppliers. “The China Fishery and Seafood Expo 2006 here in Qingdao has drawn thousands of seafood trade members from all over Asia, and it’s a tremendous international trade event for Alaska Seafood,” explains Ray Riutta, Executive Director of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI).

During the three-day trade show, the ASMI booth collected trade leads and dispensed literature, offering samples of Alaska Seafood together with Alaskan Amber beer generously donated by the Alaskan Brewing Company. “The Alaskan beer was a perfect complement to our Alaska seafood products,” commented ASMI international program director KC Dochtermann. “This is always a great opportunity to promote the superior flavor of a multitude of offerings from Alaska.”

ASMI Executive Director Riutta points out the increasing interest among Chinese traders in Alaska’s most highly regarded seafood products, noting, “Our industry’s king crab and black cod appear to be in high demand, and we hope that our exporters will be able to take advantage of this emerging opportunity.”

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For more information please contact  Laura Fleming, ASMI Communications Director, lfleming@alaskaseafood.org, 1-800-478-2903 or (907) 465-5563