Commercial fishing is a bedrock industry in Alaska, and has been for more than a century. Every year scores of fishermen net millions of migrating salmon, challenge the icy Bering Sea to trap king crabs, lay miles and miles of baited hooks for halibut, and scoop up enough pollock for a zillion fish sticks. And when fishermen aren't out fishing, they're usually talking about fishing. That's what this blog is all about. Cast your net here for commercial fishing news and notes. And if you've got a bone to pick, post a comment.
About me:
I've pounded the commercial fishing beat for the Anchorage Daily News since 1999. I hail originally from Tennessee. I've never fished commercially, but I've spent much time as a journalist aboard boats and inside fish-processing plants. Of course, I'm a big consumer of Alaska seafood. One of my favorites: canned sockeye.
Contact Wesley Loy at wloy@adn.com.
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Posted: October 29, 2008 - 9:59 pm
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Care to guess who’s now arguing the oil spill plaintiffs should be paid sooner, not later?
Exxon!
Lawyers for the energy giant are helping fight a move by fish processor Sea Hawk Seafoods Inc. to reshuffle the allocation plan for punitive damages in the Exxon Valdez case (The Highliner, Oct. 25).
Such a reshuffling could increase Sea Hawk’s share by several million dollars, but also could spawn years more legal wrangling before thousands of commercial fishermen and other plaintiffs ever see checks, say lawyers opposing Sea Hawk.
They want to get on with distributing $383 million right away, and the company that's ponied up the money agrees.
“This litigation has gone on long enough, and Sea Hawk should not now be permitted to prolong it,” Exxon attorneys argue in this 20-page memo filed this week in federal court in Anchorage.
Be sure to check out the footnote on page 9, where Exxon explains how it could actually save money if it sided with Sea Hawk.
Judge H. Russel Holland, saddled with this beastly case for years, apparently is in no mood to dawdle.
If I’m reading his order from chambers correctly, Holland will rule on Sea Hawk’s motion by Nov. 15.
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