Nation IN BRIEF : ALASKA : Fishermen Break Salmon Boycott
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A boycott by Alaska fishermen to protest low salmon prices was broken as some fishermen ventured out to sea. Alaska state troopers used two helicopters and two seaplanes to monitor events in parts of Bristol Bay, a huge salmon fishing ground, witnesses said. There were no reports of strike-related violence. Striking fishermen have kept their ships in port since Tuesday to protest wholesale prices that tumbled from more than $1 per pound last year to as low as 50 cents this year.
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