Hagfish Could be a New Alaska Fishery
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] - May 30, 2018
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch -- A slimy nuisance could become a pricy new fishery.
Hagfish is the real name for so-called slime eels and it could become a viable fishery with ready markets standing by.
Little is known about hagfish in Alaska although they are commonly caught elsewhere. Oregon fishermen, for example, catch up to two million pounds each year in buckets or barrels and get paid up to $1.25 a pound.
Now, two Alaska biologists are testing the waters ...
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