The 2010 Kodiak area tanner crab fishery closes this weekend. This year, 52 vessels ranging in size from 40 to 100 feet set their pots on the 15th hoping to catch part of the 700,000 pound quota. With an increase of 200,000 pounds, and a newly opened fishing area, participation was up by 20 vessels. The Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game opened Chiniak Bay this season. With good fishing grounds within … Read More

Hello Seafood Lovers! Happy New Year! It has been quite some time since I have posted anything new on Today’s Catch. I have received several emails from people all over wondering what has been happening here at Island Seafoods. I appreciate the support and the overwhelming positive responses. I just wrapped up my busy Christmas shipping season and have some free time ahead of me. This past … Read More

It has been more than two weeks since my last addition to Today’s Catch and a lot has happened in that time. With the summer Sport fish season starting to kick into high gear, I am having trouble finding time to sit down and update the site. I guess it’s good to be busy. Returning customers might notice that I recently changed shopping carts for the web site. The new cart should prove to be … Read More

With the Summer solstice this weekend, Kodiak is basking in nearly 20 hours of daylight. It is so hard to go to bed when it is still light out at 11:45 PM!! It just makes you want to finish that project or pull a few more weeds out of the garden. The people in Kodiak certainly make up for lost time after the long dark days of winter. It has been rather rainy here the last few days, but that means … Read More

For the first official Sockeye salmon of 2009, I decided to share a different take on salmon preparation. Everyone loves fried fish. You can never go wrong with a big basket of fish n chips. While white fish varieties such as cod, pollock, ling cod or rock fish are the preferred fish for this cooking application, fresh sockeye salmon is simply amazing!! The oil rich flesh of the sockeye salmon is … Read More

Early this morning under a blanket of thick fog, the F/V Zachary R pulled up to the dock with the first load of the 2009 Kodiak Sockeye Salmon Season. The first 48 hour opener proved to be quite productive. Typically the beginning of the run is slow to show up in the distant bays and passes of Kodiak's West Side. Nets were in the water starting at noon on Tuesday and fishing was steady for the … Read More

In April of 2000, Island Seafoods had just moved into its current building located right next to the breakwater adjacent to St. Paul Harbor. Back then we processed sport caught fish from charter boat clients and river anglers. We had a few boats that delivered jig caught cod and every once in a while, we landed a small load of halibut. We sold crab, scallops and halibut from our small retail … Read More

Yesterday afternoon as I was winding things down in the store for the evening, I received a call on my cell phone. The reception was a bit scratchy and broken up but I was able to make out that Dr. Mark Withrow and his 26 foot sport fishing vessel SeaJay would be at our dock in an hour with some fresh sockeye salmon. At the time of the call, Dr. Withrow was heading through Ouzinki Narrows at the … Read More

Well our run of beautiful Kodiak sunshine came to an abrupt end just in time for the 51st annual Kodiak Crab Festival. The brave citizens of Kodiak didn’t let torrential down pours and gale force winds deter them from having a grand old time at the festival. My wife Rachel and I took Eydis down to the festival and treated her to her first bites of funnel cakes, Bruin Burgers and some amazing … Read More

This run of excellent fishing weather just seems like it will never end. The local Cod jig fleet has been taking full advantage of the favorable forecasts and as a result making steady deliveries of fresh cod. The McCarthy brothers each made deliveries yesterday and the night crew was busy cutting and freezing rock sole until the wee hours of the morning. The big offload of the day was a full … Read More