Tag Archives: Aleutian Spray Fisheries
Trawl fishing in the age of the coronavirus: First, you make it through quarantine
Hundreds of crew members went through two weeks of shore-side quarantine coupled with testing for the novel coronavirus that did identify a few who, if they had gone out to sea, risked sickness and spreading the virus. “There’s no silver bullet. But this is a huge deal,” said Karl Bratvold, a managing partner of Aleutian Spray Fisheries, which operates the catcher-processor vessel Starbound now harvesting whiting in open waters off the Olympic Peninsula. “We have a steady crew. And I’m glad they came back. They work in tight quarters and it’s scary out there. We had to do what we had to do to keep these people safe.” photos, >click to read< 13:27
Aleutian Spray extends Starbound to produce high grade surimi, fishmeal, fish oil
Partially in response to a weak pollock market, US-based Aleutian Spray Fisheries has decided to add a 60-foot midsection to its pollock factory trawler Starbound for a new fishmeal and fish oil plant as part of its plans to diversify production.The company had been planning to add 40 feet to the vessel in order to produce fishmeal when fishmeal prices began to rise, but the poor pollock market pushed the company to add an extra 20 feet to its originally planned midsection, as well as expand its ability to produce higher grade surimi. Read the article here 15:25
