Valdez becoming a more fisherman-friendly town

摘要

Infrastructure. Infrastructure. Infrastructure. It's not as snappy as the real estate creed of location, location, location, but Valdez has determined that location can't be the sole standard for success. Valdez had always occupied a central locationin the Prince William Sound fishery, but the city needed to go further to establish itself as a quality fishing port. "Fishermen can have trouble delivering fish and finding a market for all of their catch. Valdez has a single processor, and they are not open in the shoulder seasons. There is great interest in processing part of our own catch as value-added product and moving our fish into other markets," said Bernie Culbertson, a long-time Prince William Sound fisherman and skipper of the F/V Leah C.