On behalf of the nation’s largest supply of untamed home seafood, the Alaska Seafood Advertising and marketing Institute (ASMI) has introduced a first-of-its-kind partnership with Holland America Line. The partnership will certify the road’s eating and galley staff members for his or her understanding of the species, advantages, and accountable fishing practices of the Alaska fishing business through ASMI’s proprietary Seafood U instructional course.
Seafood U is a brief digital course that may be taken from anyplace, even on a cruise ship. It offers training on the varied Alaska seafood species, well being advantages, fishing strategies, and total sustainability practices of the state, which provides over 60 p.c of the nation’s wild seafood.
Seafood U coaching for Holland America’s culinary staff members started earlier this 12 months, forward of the 2024 Alaska cruising season. Roughly 2,500 staff members on six ships will bear the coaching.
Serving Alaska seafood on Holland America ships has lengthy been part of the model’s culinary experiences and dedication to sustainability. On any Alaska cruise, the road serves over 2,000 kilos of Alaska salmon, 1,000 kilos of Alaska cod, 800 kilos of Alaska halibut, 500 kilos of Alaska rockfish, and extra. Friends take pleasure in dishes like an Alaska salmon chop salad and roasted fennel crusted Alaska halibut.
In 2022, Holland America was awarded Accountable Fisheries Administration certification for all six of its ships that sail to Alaska, making it the primary cruise line to realize this credential by serving solely licensed sustainable and traceable wild Alaska seafood.
Seafood from Alaska consists of 5 species of untamed salmon, cod, halibut, wild Alaska pollock, sablefish, rockfish, sole/flounder, crab, and extra which are out there year-round.
Alaska is the one state with sustainable fishing written into its structure and the Alaska seafood business goes to nice lengths to make sure they solely harvest what the atmosphere can assist.
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