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Superior. Sustainable. Selective.
With every product we offer, Kwikpak Fisheries gives their customers an unparalleled assurance of quality. You get top tier catches, caught with the most careful standards, and receive choice selections with every product. For our customers, it's only the best.

Kwik'pak Fisheries

Kwik'pak was formed in 2002 and is a buyer and processor of salmon from the Lower Yukon River in a remote area of western Alaska. Kwik'pak is solely owned by Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association, a non-profit CDQ (Community Development Quota) group. Over the past quarter century, there have always been many salmon buyers in the Lower Yukon area, with up to 12 separate companies buying fish yearly during the 1980s. However, with the downturn in the fisheries business in Alaska, the number of fish buyers had decreased to only two. Thus, Kwik'pak was formed. This one operation guarantees a long-term buyer, processor and market for the salmon caught by over 700 lower Yukon River area residents.

The goal of Kwik'pak is to not only provide the highest price to the fishermen, but to provide for the community by increasing income and the standard of living to Yukon Delta households. Kwik'pak's goal is to process salmon in the local villages which will provide jobs for local residents and stimulus for the local economy. In addition, there are many other programs in place to benefit the Lower Yukon region, a great many of which are sponsoroed by YDFDA. YDFDA provides fishing jobs, internships, scholarship awards, training classes, help in starting businesses and development of other fisheries as well as investing in the future of the area.