Following the largest harvest of pink salmon in Alaska's history in 2013, canned pink salmon inventories as of May this year were more than double the five-year average. That has led to a large surplus, lower prices, and businesses looking for new markets for a product with a small and dwindling customer base.
The production of canned pink salmon in 2013 was 126.3 percent higher than the same time the year prior, growing from 1.57 million 48-tall case equivalents to 3.56
