News Summary February 19, 2018
Correction: The news summary sent out earlier today mistakenly said prices for Dungeness Crab subject to a dispute in California were down “25%” from their $2.75 opening price. This should have been $0.25 cents. Currently many crabbers are not fishing as they are not willing to accept a $2.50 price. We apologize for the error.
Today's Main Story: Dispute Over Buying Cod at Sea Holding up Resolution of F/V America’s Finest
Today's lead item reports that America’s Finest, a $75 million fishing vessel, is sitting moored at a dock in Anacortes, Washington, when it should be catching fish off Alaska. The issue is that federal law does not allow the ship in U.S. waters due to the hull having too much steel modified in foreign shipyards ...
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