Washington State Fishing Company Fighting Alaska's Landing Tax
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [KTOO] by Jacob Resneck - December 26, 2017
A tax dispute between a single fishing company and the state of Alaska could have far-reaching consequences for fishing towns across the state.
Each year, fleets of factory trawlers and offshore processors catch millions of tons of fish in the North Pacific and Bering Sea. This happens outside the 3-mile limit that marks Alaska waters. But it isn’t practical to off-load their catch in the open ocean. So it’s almost always done in an ...
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