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Alaska commercial fishing news and notes
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- Deckboss
- I'm a journalist covering Alaska's commercial fishing industry. My real name is Wesley Loy. Reach me at wloy61@gmail.com.
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- Bristol Bay eastside salmon announcement No. 1
- CEOs discuss the salmon situation
- Trident to continue Kodiak operations
- Copper River update
- A leadership transition at AMCC
- Northline processing barge heads to Bristol Bay
- USCG reports fire and vessel tow
- Another problem for Peter Pan
- Eye on the competition
- A timeout for the Copper River
- Misreporting, whale shooting land longliner in court
- Alaska's very own pet food brand?
- Agency to entertain Chinook listing
- Peltola takes on trawlers
- Red Lobster files for bankruptcy
- Feds declare Bering Sea snow crab disaster
- Fast start for the Copper River
- Larry Cotter crosses the bar
- Kenny Down crosses the bar
- Silver Bay's big sale to Uncle Sam
- A Seattle sinking
- Trident's $56.6 million fire
- Governor's appointees clear Legislature, mostly
- Southeast sablefish drawing winners announced
- Another MSC objection
- Fukushima and fish
- Speeding up disaster relief
- Copper River salmon season opens May 16!
- Peltola's Pebble stance
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9 comments:
Yawn.
Best of luck, Ben. You will be able to steal some fleet, but the real producers are not moving.
It's possible they were initially a little optimistic on tender expense, tug fees, people costs, etc. Also, interest percentage on their pack line is not going lower anytime soon. On the plus side, at least one major processor has disappeared, Peter Pan, and two others are weak. So, if they can survive their first two years, they have a chance. Call it 50-50.
It's hardly called stealing fleet when permit holders transfer to an unknown entity in the bay. But, probably safer than fishing for OBI, I guess.
Good point. Of course, same was said about Silver Bay. And, Clan Blakey have big nads. But, also are overly optimistic. Either way, hoping for a great season. Need it.
The Bristol Bay fleet should do what they can to make this endeavor successful. It could be a model for other areas. Are they freezing the fish whole and not trying to recover eggs?
They'll recover eggs but down south in Washington, where further processing will happen.
Recovery and down south is a recipe for poor quality roe products. Roe should be easy gravy hiding within the grounds price. Ben might be ignoring the obvious.
Probably best to ask Ben if he's ignoring the obvious.
Sockeye roe is the least desirable of the roe products out of the state. Would not classify it as "gravy".
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