First Microbreweries, Now Micro-Canneries
BELLINGHAM, WA - Wild Pacific Seafood co-owner Stephanie Hopkinson watches the family’s albacore tuna come off the canning line. Photo By Tom Banse
You’ve heard of micro-breweries. How about “micro-canneries?” They specialize in locally-caught, hand-packed albacore and salmon. A growing number of commercial fishing families are choosing to can their catch themselves. They can’t begin to compete with supermarket prices. But some of the custom-canned fish is reaching farmers markets, mail order catalogs, food co-ops, and the internet. Correspondent Tom Banse reports from Bellingham.
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