Bristol Bay Fleet Concerned About Low Price, Statewide Catch Exceeds 105 Million Salmon
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Cordova Times] by Margaret Bauman - July 27, 2015
A robust forecast, followed by what first appeared to be a season gone bust in Bristol Bay, culminated with a run of wild sockeyes exceeding 50 million reds, and the price to fishermen sank.
"Everybody's concerned with the price," said Dave Harsila, president of the Alaska Independent Fishermen's Marketing Association, and a veteran Bristol Bay harvester. "I don't think anybody expected it to be that low, but that's what it is.
And fishermen were aware of a lot of factors playing into processors' decision to offer a base price of 50 cents a pound, compared to $1.20 base price last year...
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