Almost 160,000 Pounds Of Contested Salmon In Landfill

Fishy disposal of some #bristolBay salmon? https://t.co/R9UpXqfuaM

— Molly Dischner (@fishnewsak) October 29, 2017

Eighty tons of contested Bristol Bay salmon trashed in Anchorage landfill https://t.co/PmVtIajejl

— /????? (@AK_news_kitten) October 27, 2017

From the Fairbanks News-Miner (via the Associated Press):

Nearly 160,000 pounds of salmon from a failed Alaska fishing operation have reached an Anchorage landfill after testing declared it unfit for consumption.

The Bristol Bay salmon came off of the fishing vessel Akutan last month, and its stakeholders are pointing at each other as responsible for the fish contamination, Alaska’s Energy Desk reported .

The Akutan was planned to be a floating custom processor that could handle up to 100,000 pounds of salmon a day for a small fleet of fishermen under Bristol Bay Seafoods LLC. But when the vessel experienced a number of problems and the owner went broke, the crew was left unpaid.

Steve Lecklitner, the captain of the vessel, has disputed the testing on the fish conducted by a third-party group, questioning the methods and thoroughness. He said less than 1 percent of the fish was tested.