The last of the seiners returns home after a successful Alaska salmon season. She is one of about 20 commercial fishing boats, purse seiners and gilnetters, that call Gig Harbor home.
The "lowly" pink salmon was worth .11 cent a pound a few years ago and this year the price began at .25 cents and halfway through the season, Trident Seafoods Corporation raised the price to .35 cents, retroactive for the entire season. Maybe people are finally realizing how much healthier wild salmon is than the farmed salmon from Chili, where the fish are suffering from epidemic diseases and overuse of antibiotics.
Word has it that the weather in southeast Alaska was the worst in years. Rain, rain and more rain!
Umbrella and raincoat sales must have been fantastic for the little shops near the cruiseship docks.
2 comments:
Hi DeeDee...I've got a Gig Harbor blog as well, with a little different focus. I stumbled on yours last week and love your insight into the fishing heritage of our town.
With your permission, I'd love to do a super quick article on your blog and put a permanent link to your blog on mine.
You can view mine at http://GigHarborUndressed.com
Please let me know if that'd be okay!
That would be fine...I checked out your site and it is great!!!
We do live in an incredible place don't we, and there is no end to the beautiful places to show off :o)
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