The U.S. Department of Agriculture will purchase up to $50 million worth of Alaska pollock, an estimated 15 million pounds, to supply food banks and food-aid programs across the country. This follows a challenging year for pollock fishermen in the Gulf of Alaska.
Pollock are transferred from a fishing boat into a processing plant in Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Islands, in January 2019.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will buy up to $50 million worth of Alaska pollock, according to the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. The estimated 15 million pounds of pollock will go toward supplying food banks and other food-aid programs around the country. “We all appreciate the quick response by USDA to address the needs of the seafood industry and at the same time, food insecure Americans, by committing to purchase what may be more than 15 million pounds of wild Alaska pollock products,” ASMI Global Food Aid Director Bruce Schactler said in a statement.
The recent buy is just the latest influx of cash to Alaska’s seafood industry from the federal government. The USDA spent about $200 million purchasing seafood like salmon and pollock last year, according to Schactler. It also purchasedThe USDA buy also comes after another bad year for pollock fishermen in the Gulf of Alaska. The fishery’s B season
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