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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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November
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- Juneau watch
- 'It's a sad story'
- Fishermen's News ends print edition, again
- Opinion: Appreciate CDQ program, pollock fishery
- Pro-fish Peltola defeated
- A new skipper for American Seafoods
- Southeast pink salmon forecast
- Biden beseeched
- Expo time!
- A down year for salmon
- Trump's pick for commerce secretary
- An update on that Kodiak trawling case
- A second Bristol Bay forecast
- Uncle Sam wants fish
- Seafood task force to meet Wednesday, Thursday
- USCG helicopter rescues three near Kayak Island
- Floaters begin to multiply
- Trawlers lose
- A bigger Bristol Bay catch expected next year
- Another major announcement from Silver Bay
- Silver Bay, APICDA to partner at False Pass
- A big cutback for Kodiak crab
- Personnel file
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November
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3 comments:
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
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