Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)

ALASKA'S SAD SALMON GLUT.(Editorial)(Editorial)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Date: October 15, 1996 | Copyright information

Something clearly has gone terribly awry in Alaska. Millions of salmon are being thrown away while elsewhere in the nation and world charities are struggling to feed the hungry.

This massive waste of food is shameful. Surely there's a way to get Alaska's surplus salmon to those in need.

Alaska's embarrassment of riches is caused by a complex set of factors. Worried that wild salmon fish runs were declining, Alaska officials built numerous hatcheries - with below-market loans. It worked too well because the wild stocks also increased, and this year they all came home ...

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