Salmon Resources, Media, and Statistics

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As we've come to learn, the wholesale price of salmon affects the price we will expect in the season. Information is available on the Web about which we could only speculate four or five years ago. This has had a mixed effect on the salmon market. Fishermen now know what kind of prices their product sells for, and can quickly access information about sales prices around the country, but retailers also can monitor price and use this information to their advantage.

There are several sites that provide valuable salmon market information:

Market Volume, Trading, and Pricing: Alaska Salmon Price Report; Quarterly reporting on the wholesale prices processors receive when they sell their salmon. This report is a relatively new tool for the Alaska salmon industry and is the result of intensive lobbying from United Salmon Association.; Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute; Our own Alaskan marketing group. The ASMI site includes the valuable Salmon Market Information Service, with an archive of past Salmon Market Bulletins, prepared by the McDowell Group, and weekly price information for the past year.; British Columbia Canned Pack Bulletin; Statistics from the British Columbian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, updated weekly.; BC Marketing Council; This is a great Canadian salmon marketing site with good information for the Alaskan salmon fisherman.; British Columbia Weekly Catch Statistics; Weekly catch stats provided by the British Columbia Salmon Marketing Council.; National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Market News; Daily and weekly prices for all kinds of fish, as well as information on Cold Storage rates and Foreign Trade for the past 5 to 10 years.; National Marine Fisheries Service Foreign Trade Information; Statistics about U.S. seafood imports, including information about farmed fish imports.

Funding and Grants: Economic Devlopment Administration; Federal Agency supporting economic development initiatives.; US Dept. of Agriculture, Rural Development; USDA's rural development program.; Value Added Agricultural Product Market Development Grants; A grant program from the United States Department of Agriculture that funds development of value-added products, including fish.; Rural Cooperative Development Grant; Federal assistance for cooperative business development in rural areas, including most areas of Alaska.; Rural Business Opportunity Grant; Federal support for the development of rural businesses, including seafood-related businesses.; Economic Development Administration; A federal agency that funds and assists with Economic Development Projects, including infrastructure development. Many grants are available through the EDA.; Alaska Regional Salmon Marketing Mini-Grants from the Alaska Department of Community and Economic Development; Grants for the development of regional branding programs.; Mini-Grant Program for Economic Development/Business Development Projects from the State of Alaska, Department of Community and Economic Development; Small grants for assistance with business development ideas.

Fish News: Intrafish; An internet news server with information about wild harvest (capture) and aquaculture fisheries.; Fisheries Information Service; An international fisheries site with news from around the world, information about fishing and processing technology, and market information.; WorldCatch; News, online auctions and product links, with a West Coast emphasis.; The Peninsula Clarion; This Kenai newspaper provides great coverage on fisheries in South Central Alaska.; Anchorage Daily News; The Anchorage Daily News regularly has articles on fishing issues statewide.; Fishlink Sublegals; A weekly collection of salmon-related news, with a focus on Oregon, Washington, and California.

Resources on Research, Management, Regulation, Etc.: Pacific Salmon Commission; Established by the Pacific Salmon Treat between the U.S. and Canada, the PSC works to for equitable use of our shared salmon resource.; Alaska Department of Fish and Game; The Department's web site, with links to catch statistics, fishery announcements, research projects, and more.; Department of Fisheries and Oceans: Pacific Salmon; The Canadian government's salmon site for the Pacific region.; Alaska Department of Fish and Game Atlantic Salmon Page; The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has launched a comprehensive site about the threat that farmed Atlantic salmon pose to the Alaska's wild salmon stocks.; DCED Strategic Concepts Paper; Strategic Economic Concepts for the Alaska Fishing & Seafood Industry from the Alaska Office of Fisheries Development

Do you have any other sites to recommend? Let us know at kodiak@unitedsalmon.org.