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Posted on 04/03/2010 9:14:00 PM PDT by pissant
PROSPECT HARBOR, Me. — The women in their smudged aprons here at the sardine cannery work together in mesmerizing synchronization. Their hands flying, they fill the empty tins that clatter along the conveyer belt, packing in pieces of cut herring like, well, so many sardines.
On April 18, the clanking will cease. The bells and buzzers that regulate the pace of packing will fall silent. The old plant, the last sardine cannery in the United States, is shutting down.
Once a thriving national industry — and the backdrop of John Steinbeck’s gritty “Cannery Row” — sardine canneries have been dwindling for the last half-century. They have fallen victim to global competition, corporate consolidations and a general lack of appetite, at least in the United States, for sardines, despite their nutritional value and attempts by chefs to give them an image makeover.
Bumble Bee Foods, which has owned the plant here since 2004, attributed the closing to federal regulations that have reduced the amount of Atlantic herring, sardines before processing, that can be hauled from the sea. (Although Bumble Bee is the owner, the cannery is still known as the Stinson plant, after the founding family.)
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When Obamacare starts in full swing they’ll be back employed placing handfuls of greenish food product into little ‘soylent green’ tins.
And, as one commenter said earlier, the larger ones mashed taste just like the smaller ones.
When the Marxist’s finally bring about the Great Crash in the USA then Americans will be starving, and unable to take care of themselves.
Well, just talking about the sardines and looking at some West Coast information, it appears the sardine catch had collapsed over 50 years ago... so I don't know how the Marxists managed that one a half century ago... :-)
I live in Maine and drove past this plant a year ago.
The town of Prospect Harbor, Maine is a sleepy, quiet coastal town....it’s hasn’t changed much since the 19th century. Lot of lobster boats are anchored in the small harbor. The whole area looks like a picture postcard.
The governor of Maine and our two U.S. Senators having been trying to get another company to take over the sardine cannery. We’ll see.
Time for “Soylent Green” to be shown again. Maybe some people would get a clue - it's even more believable now.
Yep, Beach Cliff with the lighthouse on it—that is my favorite.
The family HATES when I eat sardines, silly people don’t know what they’re missing!
A cracker with a piece of sardine and several splashes of Tabasco! num num num
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***I guess I’m gonna have to look for some foreign brand***
Aldi’s had a pretty good Thailand sardine and I like the Mexican brands also. I guess I will have to eat kippered herring from Morroco.
Yep. Guess that’s why I was buyin salmon for $4.99 lb this year. Scarce as hens teeth, them salmon are.
And oil is running out and the earth is overpopulated. Just terrible.
Yep. Guess that’s why I was buyin salmon for $4.99 lb this year. Scarce as hens teeth, them salmon are.
Well, being in Washington State, you should have known the severe restrictions there has been on Salmon fishing and how the runs were way down...
I'm surprised you didn't know that, because I've been away from Oregon for just a little while now and I knew that... :-)
Take a look at this snippet I took out of the Oregon Salmon Commission...
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) adopted the 2009 salmon season regulations which included Chinook and Coho fishing North of Cape Falcon. Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt. will have an 11,000 Coho quota from September 1 through the earlier of September 30 or when the quota is met.
2008 Salmon Season
For three consecutive years, dismal salmon returns have resulted in disastrous seasons for West Coast fishermen and the communities that rely on the business they create. On Thursday, April 10, 2008, the Pacific Fishery Management Council adopted the most restrictive salmon fisheries in the history for the West Coast, in response to the unprecedented collapse of Sacramento River fall Chinook and the exceptionally poor status of coho salmon from Oregon and Washington. Cape Falcon, on Oregon’s north coast, to the U.S./Mexico border will be closed in 2008, with fisheries north of Cape Falcon to the Canadian line being severely restricted.
On April 10, 2008, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski issued Executive Order No. 08-10 declaring a "state of emergency in Tillamook, Lincoln Coos, Clatsop, and Curry counties and coastal portions of Lane and Douglas counties due to limitations on ocean commercial and sport salmon fishing." The Governor allocated $500,000 from his strategic reserve funds, with the Emergency Board adding another $500,000, for distribution through the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) to Oregon ocean troll salmon fishermen and eligible ocean salmon charter fishers. ODA with an advisory group developed criteria and worked with the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) and the Oregon State Marine Board (OSMB) to assist with fishermen lists. This state money has been distributed to qualifying fishermen.
Federal Disaster Funds: The deadline to apply for these funds was December 31, 2008. No more applications will be accepted. These funds were included in the Farm Bill and passed along to the Department of Commerce and NOAA. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) wrote a contract with NOAA for distribution of those funds to Oregon ocean fishermen, processors/wholesalers, charterboat owners, Columbia River coho gillnet fishermen and processors as well as businesses affected by the closure.
I'm surprised that you're (1) from Washington State, and (2) unaware of the severe restrictions that there have been on Salmon, and (3) are actually posting heer on Free Republic that there aren't any problems with the Salmon fishing ... LOL ...
Well, being in Washington State, you should have known the severe restrictions there has been on Salmon fishing and how the runs were way down...
Nope. Start over. Sardines are swarming all over as well.
>>The family HATES when I eat sardines
Same here.
>>A cracker with a piece of sardine and several splashes of Tabasco! num num num
In a sandwich with thinly sliced onions!
Even the moronic tree hugging hippies at the Oregonian had to admit the obvious.
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/02/columbia_river_salmon_runs_ple.html
At that price, I doubt you were buying wild caught salmon.
Yup. Sockeye and pinks. I know my fish and I don’t eat farmed
Even the moronic tree hugging hippies at the Oregonian had to admit the obvious.
And you were expecting after disastrous runs and severe restrictions put on fishing Salmon -- that they were never going recover afterwards? LOL ...
I suppose you were hoping for their permanent disappearance, instead ... :-)
Nope. Start over. Sardines are swarming all over as well.
That last post you were replying to was about Salmon runs ... :-)
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