Think Out Loud

West Coast crabbers accuse seafood processor of having too much power


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Pacific Seafood, a seafood processing company based in Oregon, owns more than 40 facilities across 11 states. The company is a major force in the fish, crab, and shrimp industry up and down the West Coast. Brand Little, a fisherman based out of San Francisco, says Pacific Seafood has too much power, and is able to both dictate the price offered for crabs and exert influence on the start date of the crab fishing season. Little filed a lawsuit in California on behalf of other small fishermen. We talk to Brand Little, and his lawyer Stuart Gross. Pacific Seafood declined to join us because of the ongoing lawsuit. 

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