Alaska's governor asks USDA to buy $37 million worth of canned pinks
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Associated Press] By Becky Bohrer - July 25, 2014 -
JUNEAU, Alaska, Gov. Sean Parnell has asked a federal agency to buy $37 million of canned pink salmon to ease a glut weighing down prices for Alaska fishermen.
Parnell made the request to U.S.D.A. which made a similar, smaller purchase of salmon earlier this year.
But Parnell said remaining unsold inventories are driving prices to levels that threaten harvest activity this year and next...
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