Cooperative spirit:A quality-minded processing company in Sitka, Alaska, operates with fishermen as the boss

摘要

Even after enduring bad weather and tangled gear, a fisherman may find tense moments when selling his catch at the dock.The conflicting needs of fishermen and fish buyers sometimes present harvesters with prices that barely make their efforts pencil out. Such an experience can lead a fisherman to suspect that his hard-won catch is being purposely undervalued and he is notbeing treated fairly.Seafood Producers Cooperative (SPC) operates a processing plant in Sitka, Alaska, and has its sales office in Bellingham, Washington.SPC is different from other processors because it is wholly owned by its fishermen members.