Sitka Salmon Shares 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

Sitka Salmon Shares’ Marsh Skeele wins ‘Food Hero’ award

by Erin McKinstry, KCAW | Nov 13, 2020 | Local News, Syndicated

The Alaska Food Policy Council has awarded Sitkan Marsh Skeele an Alaska Food Hero Award. Skeele is a co-founder of the successful community supported fishery, Sitka Salmon Shares. 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 graduates to new plant

by Katherine Rose, KCAW | Jul 1, 2016 | Local News, Syndicated

If you’ve spent any time enjoying a drink at Baranof Brewery, you may have glanced across the street and wondered what’s going on behind the doors at Sitka Salmon Shares. It’s been over a year since the company purchased the Big Blue processing plant and, slowly but surely, they’re turning the space into one that suits their needs. Read More