Whiting Fisheries Had a Rough Year, as Fishing Conditions and Markets Pushed Revenue Down 50%
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Susan Chambers February 4, 2016
As discussions begin for 2016 US/Canadian whiting quotas, all three West Coast Pacific whiting sectors -- mothership, catcher-processor and shoreside -- had a difficult season in 2015, on both the harvesting and marketing fronts. The mothership sector harvested 39 percent of their sector allocation in 2015; catcher-processors, 68 percent; and shoreside, 47 percent. In total, the Pacific whiting fleets harvested 154,099 mt in 2015...
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