Silver Bay Seafoods

has had much success

in the Alaskan fishing
industry.
Their newest venture however is in Bristol Bay, the
home of the largest Salmon
run in the world.
With their success in Sitka,
Valdez, and Craig, Alaska
Silver Bay has been out
competing other canneries
like Trident.

Trident had the largest

number of boats in
Bristol Bay, of the 1800
permits that are available they had over 950
of them.

They are the main competition

for Trident and have now moved
to Tridents last hold, Bristol Bay.

Year

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Price Per

$0.75

$0.82

$1.05

$1.50

$1.50+

Cannery name

Permits held Permits held

before Silver after Silver
Bay
Bay

Trident Seafood

950

750

Silver Bay

225

Red Salmon

225

250

Leader Creek

200

175

Peter Pan

150

100

Alaska General Seafood

275

250

Extreme Seafood

30-50

New to the bay in the 2014 season Extreme Seafoods owned by

Outdoorsman Jim Burnworth,
known for his show Western Extreme. Met with fishermen in
the area and was guaranteeing
prices that are to start at a $1.50
a pound.
With competition in Bristol Bay
like this the people who really
win are the fishermen. Phil
Holmes Captain of the F/V Barbara J.

With
Trident no longer holding the majority of the
fleet and new companies
appearing like Silver Bay
and Extreme Sea foods.
The price per pound that
was usually set by Trident is being over
turned by the competi-