The base price wasn’t great for Bristol Bay this season, but it could have been worse. A lot of other things could have been worse, too. Commercial fishermen didn’t cause a genocide of the local population. Although plant workers made up the majority of the positive coronavirus cases, there were no fatalities that I heard of. I might have been more worried about the local population, but the plant workers were really the most vulnerable. They had no choice but to work and live in close quarters with one another, and they travelled from all around the world to do it. I think if fishermen had to expose themselves to that much risk, a lot more would have opted out this season. That’s what’s known as privilege.
This season panned out, despite the pandemic
This season panned out, despite the pandemic
This season panned out, despite the pandemic
The base price wasn’t great for Bristol Bay this season, but it could have been worse. A lot of other things could have been worse, too. Commercial fishermen didn’t cause a genocide of the local population. Although plant workers made up the majority of the positive coronavirus cases, there were no fatalities that I heard of. I might have been more worried about the local population, but the plant workers were really the most vulnerable. They had no choice but to work and live in close quarters with one another, and they travelled from all around the world to do it. I think if fishermen had to expose themselves to that much risk, a lot more would have opted out this season. That’s what’s known as privilege.