Alaska pollock producers are continuing their upward climb in global markets, with a solid A season in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and the Bering Sea, and strong demand anticipated for most major forms except some surimi.

Rough weather, along with a high chinook bycatch, made for a challenging start to the A season, according to an executive with one harvesting company, but things have now settled down with fishing progressing well and ice moving down Alaska's Bering Strait past St.