A massive federal purchase of Alaska seafood is a win for the state’s marketing branch and congressional delegation. But it won’t totally clear out storehouses and shelves.
Bristol Bay fishermen harvested a record-breaking 60 million sockeye last summer, flooding the market with a surplus of salmon.
Schactler said ASMI asked the USDA to buy Alaska seafood for their food assistance programs last fall, when they knew there would be surplus. The pressure from the delegation helped cut through the competition, he said, since there’s only so many federal dollars to go around.
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