Skiffs sit on shore in the Southwest Alaska fishing town of King Cove. (James Brooks via Flicker under Creative Commons license)
Skiffs sit on shore in the Southwest Alaska fishing town of King Cove. (James Brooks/Flickr)

Consumers think of seafood as a premium purchase, which is not a good image when household budgets are tight and shoppers are worried about inflation.

“The problem is not the fish,” said Jeremy Woodrow, executive director of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. “The challenge is in the global marketplace.”

Woodrow in February called the 2023 market for Alaska salmon…