West Coast Salmon Prices Started High This Spring But Have Leveled Out
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS by Susan Chambers - Aug. 2, 2016
It’s been a slow season so far for West Coast salmon fishermen, but a strong market demand appears to have offset the limited landings and prices have leveled out this summer.
In Oregon, the ocean salmon fisheries started with high prices in the spring, at around $11 a pound, Oregon Salmon Commission Administrator Nancy Fitzpatrick said. The average price reported by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife was $10.77 a pound in April, $9.45 per pound in May and preliminary figures reported in late June were $9.46 a pound. Fishermen were landing between 10 and 30 fish per boat, she said, with a handful bringing 50 or more fish to the dock.
“When Copper River (Alaska) comes on in May, our price usually goes down,” Fitzpatrick said. “It didn’t. Copper River was slow in their numbers.”
Since early spring, the ex-vessel prices have decreased continually ...
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