Letters: Issue of Silver Bay business model playing out globally, not just in Alaska
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Letters] June 2, 2014
Hi John,
I have to compliment you on the article about Silver Bay and the competing business models. It is a good and interesting analysis of an issue that is being played out not just in Alaska but globally. It’s the kind of insight we often hope for from the media but don’t get, because reporters don’t have the depth of knowledge to provide it.
In my view, there are 4 positions companies can take in the captured seafood value chain that can work:
1. The Highliner market-oriented model of not catching fish but being market-focused and sourcing products from wherever it makes sense to do so – which typically means they want to buy commodity products for low prices;
2. The Norwegian/Russian Barents Sea fishing model of catching fish in large volumes, doing only minimal processing locally, and shipping the catch elsewhere for processing into commodity products – which fits well with the Highliner model but at the other end of the value chain...
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Letters: Issue of Silver Bay business model playing out globally, not just in Alaska
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Letters] June 2, 2014
Hi John,
I have to compliment you on the article about Silver Bay and the competing business models. It is a good and interesting analysis of an issue that is being played out not just in Alaska but globally. It’s the kind of insight we often hope for from the media but don’t get, because reporters don’t have the depth of knowledge to provide it.
In my view, there are 4 positions companies can take in the captured seafood value chain that can work:
1. The Highliner market-oriented model of not catching fish but being market-focused and sourcing products from wherever it makes sense to do so – which typically means they want to buy commodity products for low prices;
2. The Norwegian/Russian Barents Sea fishing model of catching fish in large volumes, doing only minimal processing locally, and shipping the catch elsewhere for processing into commodity products – which fits well with the Highliner model but at the other end of the value chain...
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