For prices to continue being reasonable, you have to have competition within the processors.
Over the past several years, a Canadian fish company, Confisco, has been allowed to buy up four different independent fish processing plants in the Bristol Bay Area. Thus the number of competitor processing companies has been significantly lowered.
They were very smart about it and kept the original names to look independent but the financial end of it is all handled by Confisco. This virtual monopsony on fish pricing should not be allowed.to submit via any web browser. Letters under 200 words have the best chance of being published. Writers should disclose any personal or professional connections with the subjects of their letters. Letters are edited for accuracy, clarity and length.
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