Five Days Into Commercial Dungeness Season, Seafood Buyers, Fishermen Haggle Over Price
A sampling from last year s commercial Dungeness season struggle to leave its tote. File photo: Jessica Cejnar.
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Though California’s commercial Dungeness season opened five days ago, Crescent City’s commercial fleet has yet to drop pots as fishermen and buyers haggle over price.
Fishermen are asking for $3.25 per pound while Pacific Choice Seafoods, of Eureka, is offering $2.50 per pound, Rick Shepherd, Crescent City Commercial Fisherman’s Association president and Crescent City Harbor District commissioner, told the
Wild Rivers Outpost at about 11:30 a.m. Monday.
Shepherd said he would know more after a 1 p.m. meeting Monday. After the meeting, at about 3 p.m., he told the