NSEDC started supporting the local fisheries in the region in 1993. This support included joint ventures with Glacier Fish Company (GFC) in buying and processing pink salmon and herring, and NSEDC-run operations for buying, processing and marketing other species of salmon, red king crab, bait, and halibut.
In 1995, NSEDC established Norton Sound Seafood Products (NSSP). NSSP conducts NSEDC's commercial seafood activities in the greater Norton Sound region including salmon, herring, halibut, king crab, bait fisheries, and pink salmon with GFC. In the years 2001 and 2002, NSSP spearheaded the effort, at some financial risk, to bring up a sac roe herring buyer for the seasons, since it appeared that no buyers were planning to come to Norton Sound. In the year 2000, NSSP expanded its activity to purchase, process, and market Norton Sound king crab. NSSP conducts their red king crab and halibut activities in the newly constructed Norton Sound Seafood Center (NSSC) in Nome, AK beginning in the 2002 season. The NSSC is intended to create more stable markets and better ex-vessel prices for the fishermen in the region and will enhance the overall presence and capability of NSEDC and its subsidiaries in the fisheries of the Bering Sea and in the region.
NSSP also operates facilities throughout the region including the Unalakleet plant, Savoonga halibut processing plant, Nome plant, and buying stations at Elim, Golovin, and Shaktoolik.
In 1995, NSEDC established Norton Sound Seafood Products (NSSP). NSSP conducts NSEDC's commercial seafood activities in the greater Norton Sound region including salmon, herring, halibut, king crab, bait fisheries, and pink salmon with GFC. In the years 2001 and 2002, NSSP spearheaded the effort, at some financial risk, to bring up a sac roe herring buyer for the seasons, since it appeared that no buyers were planning to come to Norton Sound. In the year 2000, NSSP expanded its activity to purchase, process, and market Norton Sound king crab. NSSP conducts their red king crab and halibut activities in the newly constructed Norton Sound Seafood Center (NSSC) in Nome, AK beginning in the 2002 season. The NSSC is intended to create more stable markets and better ex-vessel prices for the fishermen in the region and will enhance the overall presence and capability of NSEDC and its subsidiaries in the fisheries of the Bering Sea and in the region.
