"Processors have indicated that they do not intend to harvest herring in Togiak in 2023 and there will be no commercial fishery," the Alaska Department of Fish and Game reports. "The department does not expect this will change."
This despite a gargantuan volume of herring available for harvest this year at Togiak.
Evidently, no one wants it.
Very sad. At Kemp Pacific Fisheries we used to buy and process thousands of tons of Togiak herring on our Bering Trader and other facilities.
ReplyDeleteMay God bless us all that there will be a market for them again soon ❤️
Louie Kemp
That's OK, the resource will just get better.
ReplyDelete🙏🏼 we can only hope…we still will need a fair market.
DeleteJust maybe those very few outbound Bristol Bay kings (Blackmouth) will have something to feed on at Cape Constantine!
ReplyDeleteBecause all of those few outbound Blackmouth in every watershed of Bristol Bay, they're going to need all the help they can get.
Cause I don't think they're getting it from the Board of Fisheries and ADF&G.
If there's no more food globally they will buy herring and herring eggs.
ReplyDelete1:58 That may come sooner than we think.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the BB's should invest in that fishery.
ReplyDeleteNorth Atlantic herring operations add value, ready to eat food. Their herring doesn't just go to bait or pet food — or the Tsukiji market. Their fishermen don't get paid $50-$100/mt. This is a region economic development opportunity long overdue to capitalize on.
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