Learn to can your fish catch in this hands-on workshop

A person inserts a salmon fillet into a canning jar.
Photo courtesy of UAF Cooperative Extension Service
Canning fish such as salmon, is a tasty way to fill your pantry.

Fishing for dinner is a favorite summer activity in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥. But what can you do with all that fish when your freezer is already full? 

Leif Albertson, ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service health, home and family development agent, will teach an in-person workshop on how to can your catch and fill your pantry with safe, shelf-stable and delicious fish. 

All materials will be provided. Each participant will make their own jar of canned fish.

The class is Tuesday, Aug. 20, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the Arc Rec Center, 4855 Arctic Blvd., Anchorage. It costs $45, and registration is required at .

For more information, contact Molly Johansson, at 907-786-6313 or mjohansson@alaska.edu

Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made to Johansson five business days in advance. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu.

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