Alaska's Busy Fishing Permit Brokers Report Slumping Prices for Salmon Licenses in 2014 (Fish Radio)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] February 20, 2015
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Busy brokers say Alaska salmon permits and prices are in a slump.
2014 was one of the busiest years ever for brokers who help Alaskans buy, sell and trade fishing permits and quota shares.
"I was really happy to see such a good mix of permits we were selling – it wasn’t just one thing. We had a lot of Dungeness…charter permits, salmon permits, shrimp permits, sea cucumber and then whatever IFQs we could find."
Olivia Olsen runs Alaskan Quota and Permits in Petersburg. Early March through May is when sales pick up for salmon permits. Early indicators point to lower salmon prices this year in a plentiful market, and that’s having a downward press on permit prices – notably, at Alaska’s bellwether sockeye fishery at Bristol Bay. Drift permits there were fetching a record $175,000 last fall; now they’ve dipped to $164,000. Doug Bowen is with Alaska Boats and Permits in Homer...
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