Four Processors Post $.70 Base Price While Bristol Bay Catches Reach Nearly 37 Million Sockeye
Four leading processors have posted base-prices of 70 cents per pound for Bristol Bay sockeye, 52% of last year’s base price of $1.35. Trident fishermen also confirmed bonuses of 15 cents/lb for refrigerated seawater, 5 cents/lb for bleeding, and 5 cents/lb for chilling, according to a news report from KDLG late yesterday. Another half dozen major processors in the area are silent so far on base prices.
If other buyers follow suit, this will be ...
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