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Article: Fish Buyer Wins Chilling Recognition from World Trade Center Alaska.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- April 20, 2002
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By Sarana Schell, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 20--The Bristol Bay fishing scene is bleak. Salmon prices and fishing permit values have plunged in recent years, runs are predicted to be small this year, and foreign salmon is grabbing world market share and eroding prices.
To make the most of the red-fleshed resource, and a better living, players in the local fishing industry are changing the way they do business.
John Lowrance of Leader Creek Fisheries is one of them. The processor's moves to buy only chilled fish, make a value-added product, target new markets and split profits with fishermen ...