Salmon, tasty and healthy, yum!
Yeah that global warming helping fish make too many babies, too much food, climate change gonna kill us yet.
I like to go to Alaska for the halibut.
Joining the U.S. shrimp fisherman who can’t sell their shrimp because of imports (most of frozen found in groceries) from CHINA, Indonesia, etc. China’s shrimp is farm shrimp and they raise chickens over the ponds to feed the shrimp chicken droppings. YUM!
BUY U.S. seafood!!!
Our salmon prices in Washington are still high—Sale price, $10.00/LB for Alaska Coho at Fred Meyer.
Somewhere between the fishing boats and my local grocery store, Biden’s Great Economy catches up to the price of fish and there is no evidence that fish prices are down.
“If you’re catching 5,000 pounds and you’re thinking 80 cents, then your crew’s share might be $400,” he said.
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If you are only catching 5000 lb for the season - find another line of work. But if that’s 5000 lb per opening or 1000 fish @5.2 lb each, you are doing well.
In Bristol Bay, good fishermen take 100,000 to 150,000 lbs of Sockeye during the 3-4 week season; after that, there are openings for Coho which can also be good.
Canneries routinely screw the fishermen, so the trick is to have good markets prior to the season, aka signed contracts, usually with off-shore buyers who send their processor-tenders take your your fish. They anchor outside of the open areas and have nice hot showers available as well as food & supplies. Also they have your backup nets, saving you the long trip to the fishing camps to replace torn up gear.
One time in 1978, the BB guys settled their strike at $0.80 up from $0.50. Our contract was for spray-brined sockeye at $2.50.
I’ve been getting smoked salmon for breakfast.
Considering that Copper River salmon reached a peak of over $45/lb, it needs to come down.