The U.S. Department of Agriculture launches a new round of large-scale procurement of salmon and hake products.

According to the announcement, the USDA plans to purchase 97,280 cases of pink salmon canned goods (each case containing 24 cans, each can weighing 14.75 ounces) as well as 324,000 pounds of frozen wild salmon fillets. The procurement list also includes 316,800 pounds of frozen Alaskan pollock blocks and 646,000 pounds of Alaskan pollock strips, bringing the total to nearly 1 million pounds. Craig Morris, CEO of the Alaska Pollock Producers Association (GAPP), stated in an interview that this is "the first pollock procurement in the USDA's 2026 fiscal year plan," driven entirely by market demand. "Schools and federal food assistance programs across the country are choosing to replace protein sources such as chicken or beef with seafood, incorporating domestically caught Alaskan sea fish into their daily menus." According to the plan, the delivery time for the procured products is from January 16 to June 30, 2025. This tender continues the $84.2 million procurement project ...