Alaska commercial fishing news and notes
Economist Garrett Evridge offers this concise overview of Alaska's seafood industry crisis:1. Our plants and fleet are old, costly and inefficient.2. Weak markets, combined with increasing operating costs, threaten the viability of our fisheries.3. Investment and new business models are required to be competitive and profitable.4. Declining profitability limits the ability to fund required investment.
So you're an economist and I'm a lifelong fisherman for 60-plus years. You're not really telling us something we don't know. Give us a solution if you have one.
Here's a summary of the task force meetings:https://alaskasenate.org/press/111524_press_release.htm
Economist Garrett Evridge offers this concise overview of Alaska's seafood industry crisis:
ReplyDelete1. Our plants and fleet are old, costly and inefficient.
2. Weak markets, combined with increasing operating costs, threaten the viability of our fisheries.
3. Investment and new business models are required to be competitive and profitable.
4. Declining profitability limits the ability to fund required investment.
So you're an economist and I'm a lifelong fisherman for 60-plus years. You're not really telling us something we don't know. Give us a solution if you have one.
ReplyDeleteHere's a summary of the task force meetings:
ReplyDeletehttps://alaskasenate.org/press/111524_press_release.htm