Adak Based Fish Processor Fears for Future Without Restored Cod Allocations in 2020
In 2016, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council enacted amendment 113 as a way to give onshore fish processors in Western Aleutian communities like Adak and Atka a fighting chance. AM113 carves out a portion of 5,000 metric tons of Pacific cod to be delivered to these facilities as part of an effort to prevent fish factory "motherships" from taking in the bulk of the harvest for processing.
In Adak, Golden Harvest Seafood is one of the processors that depends on cod deliveries to maintain is operations...
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