Bristol Bay boats passing on pinks due to low price
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Bristol Bay Times] by Dave Bendinger July 28, 2014
The boat yards in Bristol Bay are filling up quickly as much of the fleet heads off to wintering grounds in the Lower 48.
The price for pinks, posted at about 28 cents per pound, seems too low to generate much of a post-sockeye fishing effort by many.
Another Nushagak drifter returned Monday with 3,300 pounds of humpies, but wasn’t too encouraged by the profit margin...
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