Here's what the major processors are telling Bristol Bay communities and tribal councils regarding coronavirus safety precautions they intend to take during this year's salmon season.
This letter is interesting in two respects. First, it seems to confirm the processors are gearing up for the fishery — a major financial gamble on their part.
Second, these processor safety commitments seem unlikely to satisfy community members who fear the fishery could usher in the pandemic to Bristol Bay.
As we reported earlier, the state appears disinclined to cancel Alaska's most valuable salmon fishery.
Deckboss is sure all parties will keep talking. But don't be surprised if the matter winds up in court.
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capitolist greed will win!people will lose.state is not even testing for the virus the way medical experts advise!
From all reports I have seen current inventory of frozen and canned are being cleared out and getting scarce. What are the environmental and food security consequences of not harvesting the return? Of course the residents of BB will still want their toilet paper and food supplies that the rest of the USA is producing while they sit back and watch this essential resource rots?
I think the people of the region want safety from the coronavirus above anything else.we want our old people to live just like all of you this should be the only concern at this time for all people until we have a vaccine!
Hopefully it won't go to court, that wouldn't accomplish anything besides enrich a bunch of weasel attorney's. If the village work groups have no authority what happens when people just start showing up? Maybe they will have to run a cable across the river mouths and park trucks on the runways.
Isolate/protect the vulnerable and everyone else back to work! We have turned into a bunch of pussies. Heart disease and cancer will kill more people in the US than COVID this year but cigarettes and McDonalds hamburgers are still for sale. Of course we need to find a way to produce food during a pandemic.
Trump is destroying the country by shutting down the economy. We will not ever recover from this, its just going cause more accumulation of wealth with the super rich. Poor people go bankrupt and the rich vacuum up the pieces.
It's ironic that we are willing to send young people to fight in wars, but we aren't willing to let people catch a cold.
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