Nic Mink Archives

A pandemic success story, Sitka Salmon Shares closes plant as sales tumble during the recovery

by KCAW News | Jun 10, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

Sitka Salmon Shares closed its Sitka plant on three days' notice on June 6, but will continue to sell fish packaged by other processors. The expansion in the direct-to-consumer seafood market during the pandemic faltered during the pandemic. Read More

North Pacific fish council enters Pebble debate, over state’s objections

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Jun 6, 2019 | Local News, Syndicated

The state of Alaska believes the North Pacific Fishery Management Council is overstepping its bounds, by weighing in on the Pebble Mine Project in Bristol Bay. A proposed comment letter drafted by the Council prompted a strong reaction from the state, during the Council’s June meeting in Sitka. Read More

Sitka processor to open ‘transformative’ facility in Madison, Wisconsin

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Jan 3, 2018 | Local News, Syndicated

A boat-to-table seafood processor in Sitka is expanding its retail footprint in the Midwest. Sitka Salmon Shares has just completed a deal to join some other high-end food retailers and manufactures in a renovated mill in downtown Madison, Wisconsin. Read More

Sitka Salmon Shares buys plant, expands its direct sales model

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Apr 27, 2015 | Local News, Syndicated

Launched 5 years ago, Sitka Salmon Shares now has over 2,000 customers who buy seafood across the midwest. The company just purchased Big Blue Fisheries in order to expand its operations. Read More

Sitka Salmon Shares: A real-life lesson in food sustainability

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Jan 3, 2013 | Local News

A college professor who studies food systems is putting his money where his brain is. Nic Mink has spent the past two summers in Sitka meeting fishermen and learning about the economy salmon trolling. Now, he’s launched a business to connect individual fishermen (like Marsh Skeele, pictured above) with consumers in the Midwest. Read More