Economic Opportunities Among Southeast Alaska Tribes and First Nations of British Columbia
Mr. John Skan looking to build a new processing plant in Klawock, Alaska.
“Greg Fisk of Sea Fisk Consulting conducted the study, which determined the project could be a profitable business venture.
According to information provided by Fisk, in 2007 sea food processors paid Southeast Alaska fisherman $19.5 million for Geoduck clams, Dungeness crab, spot prawns and sea cucumbers.
Fisk said the primary buyers of sea cucumbers and Geoduck is in China and Japan. Sea Urchins are another product that could be sold to the Japanese, but Fisk said market prices are too low right now because of Russia's high involvement in the market.
Although the market is low for sea urchins, with prices at about 30 cents per pound, Ketchikan dive fisherman Craig Thomas thinks there is potential for a local processor to make money from selling the product. Thomas said there is currently only one buyer in Ketchikan and the sea urchins are shipped to California for preparation.
“They tray them up (in California) and ship them over to Japan. There's a lot of middle-man involvement,” Thomas said. “There is room there for a processor that wants to start doing some tray packing.” (Alaska Journal of Commerce, August 10, 2008)
Last salmon season over 445 million pounds were harvested in Southeast Alaska. The Prince of Wales Island is one of the high producers of salmon in the Southeast Alaska Region. Last year the Southeast Alaska earned $2.9 Billion dollars in seafood production.
Northern British Columbia, especially at Port Alberni, BC it is known as the ‘Salmon Capital of the World,” there will be harvesting and storing of sockeye and King Salmon. The Haida Nation will be purchasing its own floating seafood processing plant to capitalize on the abundance of salmon in its areas of salmon fishing.
International Alaska and British Columbia Native Fisheries Alliance has formed to seek better pricing of seafood for the Native fishermen and implement direct marketing both domestically and globally. Just in the process of looking for opportunities it was readily noted that Native fishermen wanted better prices for the seafood harvest. International Alaska and British Columbia Native Fisheries Alliance is seeking a bridge loan for $30million dollars and seeking escrow account for $2.4 Million to show due diligence for re-activation of Hydaburg’s seafood processing plant and custom pack salmon contract with Craig or Klawock processing plants. International Alaska and British Columbia Native Fisheries Alliance will target other fisheries for year around opportunities for sea urchin, sea cucumber, Geoduck, halibut, black cod and other fisheries.
Mr. John Skan looking to build a new processing plant in Klawock, Alaska.
“Greg Fisk of Sea Fisk Consulting conducted the study, which determined the project could be a profitable business venture.
According to information provided by Fisk, in 2007 sea food processors paid Southeast Alaska fisherman $19.5 million for Geoduck clams, Dungeness crab, spot prawns and sea cucumbers.
Fisk said the primary buyers of sea cucumbers and Geoduck is in China and Japan. Sea Urchins are another product that could be sold to the Japanese, but Fisk said market prices are too low right now because of Russia's high involvement in the market.
Although the market is low for sea urchins, with prices at about 30 cents per pound, Ketchikan dive fisherman Craig Thomas thinks there is potential for a local processor to make money from selling the product. Thomas said there is currently only one buyer in Ketchikan and the sea urchins are shipped to California for preparation.
“They tray them up (in California) and ship them over to Japan. There's a lot of middle-man involvement,” Thomas said. “There is room there for a processor that wants to start doing some tray packing.” (Alaska Journal of Commerce, August 10, 2008)
Last salmon season over 445 million pounds were harvested in Southeast Alaska. The Prince of Wales Island is one of the high producers of salmon in the Southeast Alaska Region. Last year the Southeast Alaska earned $2.9 Billion dollars in seafood production.
Northern British Columbia, especially at Port Alberni, BC it is known as the ‘Salmon Capital of the World,” there will be harvesting and storing of sockeye and King Salmon. The Haida Nation will be purchasing its own floating seafood processing plant to capitalize on the abundance of salmon in its areas of salmon fishing.
International Alaska and British Columbia Native Fisheries Alliance has formed to seek better pricing of seafood for the Native fishermen and implement direct marketing both domestically and globally. Just in the process of looking for opportunities it was readily noted that Native fishermen wanted better prices for the seafood harvest. International Alaska and British Columbia Native Fisheries Alliance is seeking a bridge loan for $30million dollars and seeking escrow account for $2.4 Million to show due diligence for re-activation of Hydaburg’s seafood processing plant and custom pack salmon contract with Craig or Klawock processing plants. International Alaska and British Columbia Native Fisheries Alliance will target other fisheries for year around opportunities for sea urchin, sea cucumber, Geoduck, halibut, black cod and other fisheries.
Contact:
Maggie Dodd White Eagle Email - mdwhiteeagle@yahoo.com
Terrance H. Booth, Sr. Email - terrancehboothsr@gmail.com
