Aleut Corp Warns DOJ of Anti-Trust Potential in North Pacific Council’s New Cod Trawl Program
Last month the North Pacific Fishery Management Council took final action to create a BSAI Pacific cod trawl limited access privilege program (LAPP). On Monday, the Aleut Corporation sent a letter to the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division that the plan could create a situation where participants could not help but violate anti-trust laws.
The plan calls for cod trawlers to join cooperatives that are crucially linked with processors when it comes to quota shares, except for the plants in the Aleutian Islands ...
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