March 9, 2021 โ The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute has been diving into the effects of COVID-19 on the seafood industry for a while now.
Mainly, itโs been using interviews, anecdotal evidence and market research to compile briefings about how fishermen and other industry stakeholders have fared.
Now, the association is looking for more quantitative data about the effects of the pandemic. Itโs sending out two surveys โ one for fishermen and one for processors.
โWe wanted to conduct this survey to really, fully measure the scale and breadth of the pandemic impacts on Alaskaโs commercial fishermen, as well as processors,โ said communications director Ashley Heimbigner. โWhich hasnโt really been done yet, on a broad scale.โ