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Worcester County to use eminent domain to save seafood properties from US Wind #MD: Worcester County Commissioners have announced plans to use eminent domain to prevent US Wind from purchasing two seafood wholesale properties in West Ocean City’s commercial maritime harbor. The move comes as US Wind’s parent company, Renexia SpA, looked to demolish the harbor’s only commercial seafood wholesalers, Southern Connection Seafood and the Martin Fish Company, according to the Commission’s resolution. Commissioners cited several reasons for taking action, including the commercial fishing industry’s impact on the regional economy and federal fishery catch . . . #windpower #windenergy

Oysters have been a key ingredient in the economic development of Mobile since the 19th century, by serving as a tasty part of dinner. The process from reef to plate has provided jobs to thousands of Alabamians, whether they be harvesters, transporters, wholesalers, processors, restaurant staff, and grocery store staff. In the past 74 years, Mobile Bay has harvested an average of 726,158 lbs of oyster meat annually. Local tourism has been a big influence on the demand for harvesting with travelers wanting a taste of fresh and local seafood. In 2020, 20 million lbs of oyster meat was harvested throughout the United States, with the Gulf Coast region contributing to 45 percent of harvests. Not including aquaculture, wild reef harvests brought in over 1.2 million dollars this past season in Alabama.

Improved seafood performance? The Number of Fish on US Overfishing List Reaches an All-Time Low Led by Mackerel and Snapper https://lnkd.in/eHFBPuCJ

Every crisis represents an opportunity for change, and I sincerely hope the legislature's seafood industry task force identifies the right changes that are needed for the sustainability of our marine resources, our seafood industry, and our economy. Here is one they should consider: we need to stop acting like the companies that buy our fish are in the driver's seat and can call the shots. They aren't, and they shouldn't. Alaska's fish resources belong to Alaska and to Alaskans, and we need to stop accepting the fish processors' implicit claims that our fish have little market value, that much of the fish we catch is waste, and that millions of tons of that waste can be safely discharged into our bays. None of those claims are true, and they are all interrelated. As Iceland and others have already clearly demonstrated, most if not all of the fish we catch can be used to produce a wide range of food and non-food products. The super healthy dog treats that my company makes come from fish skins that fish processors would otherwise discharge back into our bays. But that is only the tip of the iceberg. There are many other foods, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and other categories of product that can be made from the entire fish. If our lawmakers and leadership want to put Alaskans back in the driver's seat, they need to incentivize expanded in-state processing which would create more jobs and add more value to our economy. We don't need to be the helpless victims selling our precious marine resources to buyers at ridiculously low prices, only to watch them pollute our bays with a large proportion of each fish as "waste". THAT is the real crisis this task force needs to focus on. And we don't need to reinvent the wheel. The task force could fly to Reykjavik and see for themselves what is possible. The time to act is now. #100percentfish #blueeconomy #sustainability Thor Sigfusson PhD Ed Ulman Jennifer Bushman Alexandra Leeper PhD Nate Berga Allen Kimball Doug Vincent-Lang Julie Decker Julia A. Sanders Julie Cisco Hannah Lindoff Jenn Brown Shawn Cronin Lilani Dunn Chuck Kopp Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute Jeremy Woodrow Taylor Holshouser Garrett Evridge Iceland Ocean Cluster Mark Hansen

"....ASMI’s 2025 priorities are to: 1) Capitalize on the Russian import ban and increase US domestic sales of Alaska seafood. 2) Increase Alaska seafood brand recognition of key species through the promotion of wild Alaska seafood, with an emphasis on Alaska pink and keta salmon, sablefish, sole/flounder, pollock and surimi. 3) Elevate Alaska Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM) in the global market as the preferred origin-based certification program for Alaska seafood products."

Two things come to mind when I read this. 1) The idea of “local sourcing” is generally not applicable to seafood. Yes, if you live in New England, it is better to source Atlantic cod, Atlantic halibut, and Saith (Pollock) vs. the Pacific species, and domestic harvest is preferable to imported. That said, the truth is that local sourcing does. It works the same for seafood as it does for poultry and other land-based agriculture products. 2) there is not enough emphasis on what “sustainability” means. I would love to see a report on how much of the seafood sold by the processors and through the supply chain was billed as “sustainable,” yet the processors (per this article) “company fell months behind on payments to fishermen.” Without a sustainable financial transaction, a product can not be “sustainable.”

WSP Target Alaskan's King of Salmon Fleet support fishery timing market corner price(s) finesse, and seafood scarcity placement, balance supply and demand X-Factor value(s) nuances. WSP Target species Fleet support responsible SE region individual Troll [gear type] permit holder/ Captain's log Deckside crew (#catch numbers by size average weights [Bleed-live/Chilled] running tally estimate shares input menu routine I/O runtime dashboard compute what in the a. Hold WSP Target species Fleet support horizontal integrated Dockside F/V by size owner register licensed area Landing(s) seller buyer offload Revenue Department integration with local bank bond insurance bond stations b. Record Fishery administrative manual to automated fish ticket indexing raw_Suppy relational data share policy-based finished Seafood reconcile c. Store Marketplace vertically integrated new remote category operations d. Exchange Systems algorithmic principles. WSP Target species Fleet support responsible Southeast AK region individual King Salmon permit Holder/Master/Captain, and Crew historically generated additional (cash assets+capacity capital) Equity from existing wild Salmon 1. Ex-Vessels Record setting Grounds prices, 2. Crewshares, 3. Local fish Landing(s) tax increases: At the same rate as areas Seafood communities receiving 4. Incomes patterns testing, 5. prototype delivery policy model's = 6. Mitigates product(s) investment risk. and 7. Renewable grade long-term X-Factors returns generating additional equity and higher key performance indicator impacts generational supply chain Revenues growth Improvements. This is one of WSP boats providing SE Alaska Troll Kings of wild Salmon 22 straight historical seasons opener seller/buyer closure on turn around trip Picture below offload the king of wild salmon fishery example+

Explore and learn about the Old Perlican seafood factory in Newfoundland