Seafood Recipe

Alaska as a state ships fish all over the World often traveling thousands of miles. It is kept frozen in warehouses and even comes back to Alaska to be sold. A community supported fishery in Sitka Alaska aims to supply locals with fresh wild Alaskan seafood, as sometimes locals struggle to get fresh fish before [...]

The following recipe comes from Chow and Chatter:
Ingredients:

2 pieces of mahi mahi
about 3 tablespoons of Peri Peri,
olive oil
a little lemon juice
a pack of cous cous
1 cup frozen mixed vegetables

Method:

mix the Peri Peri with olive oil and marinate the fish in it for 2 hours, be careful gets very spicy if you use a lot!
then [...]

The Alaska Marketing Institute has just launched a sandwich cookbook for the food service industry titled “Between the Bread and The Blue Sea” the book includes recipes such as Alaska Sole Meuniere, Salt and Pepper Alaska Cod and Salmon Deli Sandwich. Consumer reports indicate that sandwiches are a big trend right now with people eating [...]

The following recipe comes from EZ Recipes:
Ingredients:

1 cup sour cream
1/3 cup chopped fresh dill
3 Tablespoons finely chopped onion
2 Tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 1/2 pound center-cut salmon filet with skin
2 teaspoons minced garlic

Method:
1.  Whisk sour cream, dill, onion, garlic and mustard in small bowl to blend. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper.
2.  Let stand at [...]

The following recipe comes from Nasi Lemak Food lover a wonderful Malaysian food blog:
Stir-fried butter sauce shrimp

500g medium shrimp
Enough oil for deep-frying
2tbsp butter
150ml Evaporated milk
5 sprigs curry leaves
3 small chilies, cut into small pieces
5 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2tsp sugar
1/2tsp salt

Method:
1. Wash prawns well and drain. Keep shells intact. Season prawns with light soy sauce and pepper [...]

Sadly the chum salmon return to the Yukon river is not looking good this year. Only 143,000 fall chums have been seen with sonar this is half of last years number. The communities around the Yukon river have been hard hit with poor returns in the last few years and have received emergency funding from [...]

The following recipe comes from Chow and Chatter:
Nicoise Salad with an Asian Twist!
Ingredients:

about 6 big lettuce leaves
5 chopped potatoes – cooked
1/2 a cup of cooked peas and 1/2 a cup of cooked edamame
4 lychee
8 cherry tomatoes chopped
one cup of flaked tuna or a fresh tuna steak
1/4 of a cucumber chopped
6 quail eggs boiled and halved

Dressing

2 [...]

Opponents of the proposed pebble mine in the Bristol Bay area of Alaska have approached the Federal Environmental Agency to stop the building of pebble mine. Local communities want EPA to ban pebble mine from dumping waste into major river drainage systems. Fisheries, locals, and environmental groups have concerns that the waste will damage the [...]

Former Senator Ted Stevens had a huge impact on the Alaskan fishing industry his work affected schools, ports, airports and every town. In the 1970’s he negotiated with Canada and Russia for America to have larger fishing boundaries and set the 200 mile rule. Then in 1985 he introduced The Pacific Salmon Treaty and then [...]

New restrictions have just been proposed to protect sea lions in the Aleutians. The Federal National Marine Fisheries Service proposes to close all commercial fishing for mackerel and pacific cod. These are remote areas but valuable to fisherman. However it is important that Alaska not only ensures sustainable fishing practices but protects other marine mammals. [...]