Posts Tagged ‘seafood’
Alaska Seafood Processing Leadership Institute, Spring 2022
Do you have an employee who, with key training, could help lead your business into the future? The Alaska Seafood Processing Leadership Institute (ASPLI) offers 80 hours of intensive professional development for employees recognized as having potential to move up in your company. The institute is designed for mid-level managers in a seafood plant—production managers,…
Read MoreAlaska Seafood Processing Leadership Institute, Fall 2021
Do you have an employee who, with key training, could help lead your business into the future? The Alaska Seafood Processing Leadership Institute (ASPLI) offers 80 hours of intensive professional development for employees recognized as having potential to move up in your company. The institute is designed for mid-level managers in a seafood plant—production managers,…
Read MoreSeafood HACCP Segment 2 — April 2021
Alaska Sea Grant is now offering Seafood HACCP Segment 2 practical training session via online video conferencing, conducted at the specified time with a live instructor. The class will cover the principles of HACCP and provide the tools and training to create a seafood HACCP plan. Students will need to register for and complete the…
Read MoreCOVID-19 safety webinar for commercial fishing operations and seafood processors
As Alaska gears up for another fishing season in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Alaska Sea Grant is ready to assist seafood processors and commercial fishing operations with accessing and understanding current safety operations guidance and mandates. On April 28 from 12–2pm, Alaska Sea Grant will host a webinar “Federal and State guidance…
Read MoreAlaska Sea Grant helps solve seal oil safety concerns
For many rural coastal communities in Alaska, seal oil is a mainstay of traditional diets. It is used as a dipping sauce and to flavor stews, and as an ingredient in traditional medicines. To render seal oil, the blubber is cut into strips or chunks and placed in skin, plastic, or glass containers until the…
Read MoreSmoked Seafood School — January 2021
Time: 1–4 pm AKST This two-day online workshop is for anyone interested in smoking and processing fish, including fish–smoking enthusiasts, small smokehouse operators, fishermen interested in direct marketing their fish, and commercial operators. Seafood scientists at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center will cover the principles of fish smoking, modern smoke oven operation, safety of…
Read MoreSmoked Seafood School attracts students from Alaska and beyond
One of Alaska Sea Grant’s most popular workshops is coming up next month. Our Smoked Seafood School will be held in Kodiak on October 11 and 12. It’s the fourth time we’ve held the class and only two seats remained open as of late September. The class is taught by Alaska Sea Grant’s Chris Sannito,…
Read MorePopular online direct marketing class returning this fall
The popular class, Introduction to Starting and Operating a Seafood Direct Marketing Business, taught via distance delivery is being offered again by Alaska Sea Grant over two weeks in October and November 2018. The course, designed for fishermen who may have no previous experience in direct marketing their catch, teaches the development and management of a…
Read MoreNew technology could boost surimi profits and cut waste
Tyre Lanier has spent four decades becoming an expert in surimi, or what some call “fake crab.” The North Carolina professor knows practically everything there is to know about surimi, a gelatinous fish product he jokingly calls the “hot dog of the sea.” In Alaska, surimi is no laughing matter. In 2016, seven onshore plants…
Read MoreAlaska Seafood Processing Leadership Institute
A training program for future leaders in the seafood industry. Hands-on technical training in seafood processing and visits with local processors.
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