The crew of the cutter Waesche seized more than 5 metric tons of pollock roe, worth over $65,000, after uncovering "significant violations of federal fishing regulations" aboard the factory trawler Northern Eagle, says this
U.S. Coast Guard press release.
Makes you wonder how many tons of product slipped by without being recorded over the years? Here the factory trawlers are telling us what great stewards of the resources they are and this comes to light.
ReplyDeleteI really hope the fines are significant and they are seen for what they are.
American Seafoods is calling it "a paperwork discrepancy, not a violation."
ReplyDeletehttps://www.scribd.com/document/1023351090/American-Seafoods-press-release
Seems like paperwork discrepancies always result in corporations making more money than they are entitled to.
ReplyDeleteso what is the total harvest of polluck over, not just roe!?! How much over are they on that!
ReplyDelete2:53. Yes that is the question that needs an answered.
ReplyDeleteAssuming the press release is accurate, the daily production estimates were off by less than .2%, but the unload measurement that counts is at the end of the trip. Same as other fisheries.
ReplyDeleteWhen we go longlining, we write the equivalent of a 'daily production estimate' in our logbooks too. But the weight that counts is done at the plant at the end of the trip. If there's a difference between the logbook and the fish ticket, that doesn't mean someone cheated, it's just a difference in methodology, with the end-of-trip scale weight at the dock being the more accurate and official weight.
I'd be slow to pass judgement on this one until the full details are known...