Industry Information

If you're in the business of harvesting or processing Alaska Seafood, here's a wealth of information on how to maintain top quality, where to sell your catch and up-to-the-minute information on pricing and demand.

Technical and Quality Information
   
  Publications and resources to help harvesters and processors get the most out of their catch, year after year.
   
  Visit our on-line versions of the Wild Alaska Salmon-Salmon Buyer's Guide, Whitefish Buyer's Guide and Alaska's Harvest - Natural, Sustainable, Pure.
 
Industry Profiles
   
  Braving the Elements to Put Alaska Whitefish on the Table: a profile of Kodiak fisherman Jay Stinson. (Adobe Acrobat .pdf file)
   
Seafood Market Information Service
   
  A monthly bulletin on the Salmon Market, plus up-to-date pricing information. In PDF format.
   
"A Village Fish Processing Plant: Yes or No?" A planning handbook and summaries produced by the Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, available on line. This is a useful planning tool for anyone contemplating entering the fish business in Alaska.
   

Harvesting Alaska Halibut


Halibut Harvest Clip (Click inside the video window to Play 142kb QuickTime movie
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Johnny Rice (on the roller), Ron Olson (orange rain gear) and Jim Moody (green rain gear) harvest Alaska Halibut aboard the F/V Viking Maid, skippered by Russ Cockrum. The vessel home port is Ketchikan, Alaska. Nice fish, guys! (Video clip courtesy of Johnny Rice, all rights reserved.)

ASMI Helps Independent Marketers

ASMI resources can help your Alaska seafood marketing effort:
Technical support
Research
Graphic images
Full line of materials to help you boost sales
Catalog of literature and sales aids
Directory of Alaska Seafood Suppliers
Expertise on quality assurance programs, FDA regulations, product labeling

Some information to help marketers just getting started may be accessed through the links below.
USDA Export Guidebook
Village Fish Processing Handbook

The Alaska Fisherman's Direct Marketing Manual, 2003 Update - This book will help fishermen decide whether to direct-market their catch, and tell them how to avoid potential pitfalls of direct marketing. Chapters address strategies for distributing seafood, finding domestic and international customers for the catch, packaging and shipping seafood products, the basics of business planning, and other important topics. Based on an earlier edition, the Alaska Fisherman's Direct Marketing Manual, this book has updated information and a much wider geographic focus for fishermen in Washington, Oregon and California.
Download a copy on-line (66 pages, 770 KB):
http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/Pubs_Videos/pubs/MAB-53.pdf
(Requires Adobe Acrobat to view file)
Order a copy ($3 shipping) on-line from Alaska Sea Grant:
http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/bookstore/pubs/MAB-53.html

Click here to download the Approved Basic Business Rules for Regional marketing. (Requires Adobe Acrobat to view file)