Sac Roe Herring Archives

As Japan’s consumer tastes change, marketers hope to create the next hot herring product

by Katherine Rose | Oct 3, 2024 | Japan Reporting Series, Local News

While Japan's obsession with seafood may never change, it's tastes are evolving. Alaskan herring roe -- kazunoko -- is finding its way snack foods, and other non-traditional products. But there is strong competition from domestic herring, too. This is Part 4 of "Phantom Fish: The return of Japan's vanished herring industry." Read More

While local herring are more affordable and accessible in Japan, some still look to Alaska for eggs

by Katherine Rose | Oct 2, 2024 | Japan Reporting Series, Local News

Japanese consumers are readily adjusting to the improved size and quantity of domestically-produced herring. But Alaska herring has niche in sushi -- and an alluring wild "brand" that still sells. Part 3 of KCAW's "Phantom Fish: The return of Japan's vanished herring industry." Read More

After two days of testimony before the Board of Fish, Sitka Tribe and herring seiners step away from their contentious proposals

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Mar 13, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

The six proposals were withdrawn in a handwritten letter to the Board of Fish, signed by representatives of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska and by the industry group, the Southeast Herring Conservation Alliance. The note read, "The undersigned hereby withdraw proposals 156-161." Read More

Board of Fish hears passionate testimony on both sides of the Sitka herring question

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Mar 11, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

Public testimony on the opening day of the Alaska Board of Fisheries Southeast finfish meeting split along predictable lines, with subsistence advocates speaking in favor of three proposals prepared by the Sitka Tribe of Alaska, and commercial fishing advocates speaking against them. Read More

Herring spawn enters the digital age with interactive mapping

by KCAW News | Apr 3, 2020 | Local News, Syndicated

The Alaska Department of Fish & Game has developed a pair of interactive tools to help the public stay on top of where herring are spawning in Sitka Sound. The "Sitka Sound Daily Herring Spawn" is a step up from the diagrams that the department has published in the past. The "Sitka Sound Herring Survey" identifies where the major predator groups (whales and sea lions) are congregating, and shows the gps track of the ADF&G aerial survey. Read More