Alaska pollock processors gearing up for the start of “B” season next week say this year’s catch could produce some of the largest surimi volumes in recent memory.
A “strong” surimi market and “uncertain” prices for single-frozen and twice-frozen blocks already led to increased surimi production during the “A” season, the highest it has been since 2006, and industry experts told IntraFish they expect more of the same for the rest of the season.
During the “A” season, harvesters caught 590,400 metric tons of pollock from the Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands -- that's more than a third, roughly 36 percent, of the entire season’s production.
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