Two more processors reach price agreement


Wednesday, October 18 2006
Unalaska, AK – Two more processors have reached agreements with fishermen on a king crab price this afternoon, sending more boats out to the Bering Sea fishing grounds.
Negotiators for the crab harvesting cooperatives say that Trident Seafoods and Peter Pan Seafoods have both offered a price that they consider reasonable. Although that price hasn't been posted yet, the three other processors who met the co-ops' terms are paying an advance price of $3.65 a pound for Bristol Bay red king crab.
That means that only Icicle Seafoods and UniSea, Inc. are still at the negotiating table. Representatives from the co-ops and the remaining processors will try to reach an agreement again tomorrow.