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...the 4-and 5-pound fish at prices of around $4.55. Even the 3-pound fish brought $4 per pound.
A year ago, deliveries at various ports were bringing in around $4.70 for the 7-ups, about $4.35 for fish upward of 5 pounds and $3.70 for fish in the 3-to 4-pound range.
Why the high prices? "Exchange rates, and there's not enough blackcod," says Dave Woodruff, vice president of Alaska Fresh Seafoods, in Kodiak.
As Woodruff points out, a prime driver...
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