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Delicious Omega-3's Anyone?

Jessyka Dart-Mclean — 2012-05-17T19:04:55Z

Today, March 17th, is the opening day for Copper River Salmon Season up in Cordova Alaska. What! Never heard of Copper River Salmon? Copper River Salmon is some of the most desired salmon in the entire world! These salmon have to travel up the 300 mile Copper River too reach their spawning grounds, which means they need to keep an extra storage of omega-3 fatty acids to survive. Yum!

There is a list a mile long when it comes to the health benefits Omega-3's bring to you. Copper River Salmon has got it goin' on baby! And I can't wait to try it!

Delicious Omega-3's Anyone?

Jessyka Dart-Mclean — 2012-05-17T19:03:25Z

The Salmon are Coming, the Salmon are Coming!

Jessyka Dart-Mclean — 2012-05-15T22:42:23Z

Fresh Copper River Salmon will be available this week. Let me repeat:Fresh Copper River Salmon is coming! Opening day is this Thursday at 7 am. The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute forecasts 1.4 million sockeye and 27 thousand chinooks this year, which is about the same as last year. Chefs across the country are already working on new menus and, of course, there will be a big production as the fish is flown into Seattle for dinners either Thursday or Friday night. I spoke with executive chef Dan Enos from The Oceanaire in Boston, he said he plans serve it with just a little bit of salt and pepper, lemon and olive oil. “When the Alaska salmon comes in it’s a no brainer, it flies off the menu.”

Copper River Salmon Could Hit Alaska Plates This Week

Jessyka Dart-Mclean — 2012-05-15T22:17:41Z

Copper River fishermen will hit the water at 7 a.m. Thursday to bring back the taste of summer -- and the salmon they catch could reach local markets as early as Friday. Channel 2's Rebecca Palsha reports. (Dan Carpenter/KTUU-TV)

In Season, May 16-22

Jessyka Dart-Mclean — 2012-05-17T18:55:10Z

Copper River salmon season starts with the first 12-hour, commercial fishing “opening” Thursday. That’s the first window of many set by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to regulate and sustain the state’s salmon population. Copper River isn’t the only place where seasonal salmon are found; it’s just one of the best-marketed and a primary source of the large, highly prized king salmon.

Alaska's prized Copper River salmon are on their way

Jessyka Dart-Mclean — 2012-05-17T18:04:41Z

Upscale seafood markets and restaurants in Alaska and around the country are getting ready to go wild to buy up and cook wild Copper River red and king salmon in a tasty rite of spring.

The first 12-hour commercial fishing opener begins at 7 a.m. Thursday, just 41 hours after the Alaska Department of Fish and Game opens the Copper River district for a seven-hour subsistence fishing opening.

As usual, pomp and circumstance are planned for the arrival of the first reds and kings, including a media event in Seattle marking the first delivery of the popular fresh salmon to gourmet restaurants around town.

Ready, set, sockeye ... and king salmon too

Jessyka Dart-Mclean — 2012-05-11T17:20:14Z

In upscale seafood markets and restaurants in Alaska and around the country, they’re getting ready to go wild, buying up and cooking up that wonderful affirmation of spring, wild Copper River sockeye and Chinook salmon.

The first 12-hour commercial fishing opener begins at 7 a.m. on May 17, just 41 hours after the Alaska Department of Fish and Game opens the Copper River district for a seven-hour subsistence fishing, from midnight until 7 am. On May 15.

As usual, much pomp and circumstance is planned for the arrival of the first run reds and kings, from a media event in Seattle with delivery of the first delivery of the popular fresh salmon to gourmet entrees in a number of restaurants.

Fork Dork: These Kings are Wild

Jessyka Dart-Mclean — 2012-05-11T17:03:19Z

Seafood consultant Jon Rowley is the king of Copper River King Salmon.

It was Rowley who, in 1983, transformed how Copper River King Salmon was treated, raising it from frozen and canned salmon for export to a delicacy anticipated every spring like school children anticipate the end of the school year.

“(In 1983) the quality was horrible,” Rowley said.

Today, Rowley puts it simply, “Copper River King Salmon is the best fish in the world.” He refers to the fish as fat-bellied thoroughbreds.

Ottawa-raised chef Hugh Acheson wins best American cookbook

Jessyka Dart-Mclean — 2012-05-11T17:52:54Z

Salmon with Marinated Vegetables and Salmoriglio

“This is a very colourful, beautiful and healthy dish that shows off so many of the things that I love about spring: salmon and vegetables. My kids love salmon so we eat a lot of this dish come salmon season. I usually wait for the season to be open for a while before I buy. Late April or May is a good time. Those early prices are often pressured by excitement and the price usually comes down after a couple of weeks. There is nothing better than a true Copper River King salmon from Alaska.” Hugh Acheson writes in A New Turn in the South.

Copper River Salmon Season Set to Open May 17

Jessyka Dart-Mclean — 2012-05-11T16:35:45Z

With the countdown on for the much-celebrated opening of the Copper River wild salmon season set for May 17, the delicious fish will be easier than ever to find this year with the new Copper River Salmon Locator app.

By logging on to www.findcopperriver.org, shoppers can FIND IT by simply inputting their location (city, address or zip code) or TAG IT if they want to share the name and address of a grocery store or restaurant that carries Copper River salmon with other salmon lovers. In addition to helping shoppers find their way to Copper River salmon, the app will also help the region’s fishermen connect with where their product is being sold.

Spawning simplicity in salmon dishe

Jessyka Dart-Mclean — 2012-05-01T21:38:12Z

For many years, Copper River salmon has been touted by chefs, in part because the king salmon that return to that river to spawn are some of the first of the season, according to representatives from the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. They are caught by commercial fishing boats near the town of Cordova, Alaska, at the mouth of the Copper River, and shipped to chefs who have been waiting for them all year.

Alaska Copper River Salmon Skewers with Quinoa

Jessyka Dart-Mclean — 2012-04-30T17:46:55Z

Ingredients

	Quinoa
1 cup	uncooked whole grain quinoa
2 cups	Nature’s Basket^® low-sodium chicken broth
	Salmon Skewers
12 8 inch	wooden skewers — soaked*
1	red bell pepper — cut into 1-1/2-inch pieces
1 lb.	fresh Alaskan Copper River salmon fillets — cut into 1-1/2 inch pieces
6 oz. package	crimini mushrooms — cleaned and halved
1	small red onion — cut into 1-1/2 inch pieces
3 Tbsp.	Market District^® extra virgin olive oil
2 tsp.	Market District^® bulk Yakima^®
	applewood sea salt
	Market District^® bulk pink peppercorns for seasoning — cracked
	cooking spray or vegetable oil

Salmon From Alaska's Copper River — The Best

Jessyka Dart-Mclean — 2012-04-30T18:02:32Z

The richest Alaskan salmon, of all types, comes from the Copper River, a 300-mile-long torrent that drains the Wrangell and Chugach mountain regions in the central portion of the state.

Kitchen Careers: Jen Pickett, Commercial Fisherman

Jessyka Dart-Mclean — 2012-05-01T19:37:49Z

Jen Pickett is a freelance writer, poet, and commercial fisherman. She has spent nearly two decades in Alaska’s commercial fishing industry. Starting as crew, she’s worked seiners, gill netters and long liners, to name a few. She’s fished Alaska’s waters for herring, salmon, and halibut from Southeast to Bristol Bay and most places in between. At age 28, she became one of the few women to own and operate her boat on one of Alaska’s most dangerous waters, the Copper River Flats. She shares tales about the fishing life, talks about how dangerous it really is, and how commercial fishing has changed over time.

Who has authority to assess Pebble mine risks: Alaska or EPA?

Jessyka Dart-Mclean — 2012-04-05T17:14:08Z

As fishermen organize nationally to protect the Bristol Bay watershed from potential adverse affects from mining, the state of Alaska is blasting a federal watershed assessment that could justify prohibitions against mine wastes in the watershed.