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Salmon


Overview


In the United States, Maine and Washington are the dominant producers of salmon, raising an estimated 40 million pounds of farmed salmon. Atlantic salmon account for over 95 percent of the farmed salmon produced. Other species found on the market include chinook, chum, coho, pink and sockeye.  July 2011 ... Salmon

 

Marketing

  • Aquaculture, Economic Research Service (ERS), USDA.
  • Aquaculture Data, ERS, USDA, 2011.
  • Aquaculture Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Fisheries market news and statistic summaries (aquaculture results by catch, available grants, new marine product food safety guidelines, endangered natural stocks, export guidelines for shipments to the European Union, links and addresses of many National Marine Fisheries Support Offices and other information.
  • Can Quality Revitalize the Alaskan Salmon Industry?, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, 2004 - Declining salmon prices, due primarily to expansion of farmed salmon production, have reduced revenues for Alaska’s wild salmon fisheries by roughly 62 percent over the past 10 years. One possibility for reversing this trend is to differentiate wild and farmed salmon in consumer markets through quality improvements and marketing.
  • Census of Aquaculture (2005), USDA, 2006.
  • Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 2008 Management Measures and a Temporary Rule, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), NOAA, Department of Commerce, 2008 - NMFS established fishery management measures for the 2008 ocean salmon fisheries off Washington, Oregon, California and the 2009 salmon seasons.
  • Global Aquaculture Production, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations (UN), 2007.
  • Import and Exports of Fishery Products 2010, Fisheries Statistics Division, NMFS, 2011.
  • Klamath Salmon... Or Whose Water Is It?, Market to Market, Iowa Public Television, 2008 - Those who rely on the dwindling salmon populations for their income are facing what might be called a "perfect storm" of environmental, economic and political challenges.
  • Salmon Fisheries in Alaska, Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Site includes permit information, overviews of state production and related information.

Production


Links checked May 2011.

 

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