The Pacific Northwest’s fishing industry will have to specialize if
it
is to survive in the face of the startling growth in the sale of
“farmed” salmon imported to the United States from Chile, Canada, Norway
and elsewhere, according to Alaskan economist Gunnar Knapp.
Northwest, and Alaskan, fishers must refine techniques to present higher
quality products and target “niche” markets help their profitability,
Knapp told the Northwest Power Planning Council Wednesday.
Knapp, who has …
