Tuna Rule At Washington City

[TWB]

This is the title of an article that appeared in the Salem, Statesman Journal Newspaper, the Business section, November 11, 2003.

I thought that some of you would be interested in reading it:

Ilwaco, Wash.-
This scenic town at the mouth of the Columbia River has a new title: albacore tuna capital of the state.

As the season winds down, fishermen have hauled nearly 14 million pounds of the prized fish to Ilwaco's two seafood processors.

This year's albacore landings nearly doubled last year's haul and were far more than all of Oregon's fishing ports landed in 2003.

For this year at least, albacore outstripped the Dungeness crab as the single most valuable fishery in Ilwaco.


Now, thats a lot of fish......!!!

If they averaged:

15lbs.........933,333 fish
20lbs.........700,000 fish
25lbs.........560,000 fish

I'm thinking somewhere around three quarters of a million fish into one port.

Now, I know why the survivors didn't want to bite late in the season.

Jerry

[Fishplay]

Albacore Tuna: A palegic fish that once was abundant off the pacific coast. Now nearly extinct along with the Yellow eye rockfish and many other bottomfish species.

[Gregotis98]

Now all that we need is to be paid a fair price for these fish. 56 cents is criminal!

[fish assassin]

Fifty-six cents! Ouch! At Dopey Bay we were getting between 80 cents and a
buck this year. Last year we got 90 cents. 'Course, the fish we are selling
are going into the fresh markets in Portland and Seattle. Day caught fish will
fetch a premium in most ports cause they are sold into those fresh markets rather
than to the canneries (as they should IMHO).

-assAssin-

[Metal Manipulator]

Fishplay you have to stop fishing, your prowess at catching is depleting the fish stocks. Your uncontrolled taste for fish is uncontrolled and if not quelled they will become extinct.