Unalaska, AK – Pollock B season is currently underway, and as usual, fishermen are hoping that schools are big and close by.

The season opened on Friday, and the allocation has been set at 740,000 metric tons - a quarter million metric ton boost over last year.

Right now, the dockside price for pollock is expected to be around 12 cents a pound. Demand for the fish has declined in part because the Japanese market for surimi was negatively impacted by March's tsunami. Unalaska Fleet Co-op manager Sylvia Ettefagh says that vessels are particularly looking to harvested moderately sized fish that weigh just a bit under a kilogram.

KUCB's Alexandra Gutierrez has more.