Northwest History. Fishing Commercial. Halibut.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1933
• Subjects: Halibut; come out; ocean; silver lining; extracted; consumer; fish; Associated Press; Ketchikan Alaska; dispatch; fishermen; figuratively; fish's liver; low fish prices; season; cheered; halibut livers; developed; pharmaceutical preparations; per pound; fishing vessel owners; Parke Davis company; Detroit; highest offer; halibut fishing season; fresh halibut; market; middle of February; Ernest Larson; Pritchard's market; fairly high; small lots; received; down; pretty good-sized; owner; profit; Northwest,Pacific > History > 20th Century; United States > Fishing Commercial > 20th Century; Pacific; Ketchikan; Alaska
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/114052

HALIBUT LIVERS CASH TO FISHERMEN. Halibut will come out of the ocean with a silver lining this year, but the "silver lining" will be extracted before the consumer gets the fish, the Associated Press reports from Ketchikan, Alaska. The silver lining, the dispatch explains, is for the Alaska fishermen. Anyway, it's only figuratively, for "silver" is the fish's liver. Despite the low fish prices expected this season, fishermen were cheered by the announcement that halibut livers, used in newly developed pharmaceutical preparations, will bring 15 cents per pound, a 3-cent increase over last year, the Associated Press reported. The fishing vessel owners called for bids on the livers, and Parke Davis company of Detroit made the highest offer. The halibut fishing season will get under way soon and fresh halibut, minus the valuable livers, will be on the market here by the middle of February, Ernest Larson of Pritchard's market said today. "Prices at the start will be fairly high," he continued. "There will be only small lots received the first week or so. Later prices will be down. Halibuts have pretty good-sized livers and the price the fishermen receive should help the fishing vessel owners make a profits."