West Coast Fisheries Infrastructure Waxes and Wanes: Part 3
Loss of shoreside docks, hoists, creates multiple problems
Editor’s note: This is the last of a three-part series on the struggles facing shoreside infrastructure that supports West Coast fisheries. Part 1 discussed the decline in fisheries and infrastructure in the past 20 years. Part 2 discussed the spreading repercussions of infrastructure loss, including a loss of ice plants on which fishermen depend.
Physical infrastructure like docks and hoists are an equally important part of the infrastructure puzzle. Docks need constant maintenance, but dock work requires extensive permitting...
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