...cucumbers, but that price might not hit Alaska due to added operational costs, he said. In addition to being considered luxury food items in the Orient - the skin is dried and used in soups, the meat cut up and added to sushi - other extracts from...

...next year, I don't know. There's people who would feel lucky to make their house payment now, let alone eat a luxury food," he said. With lower prices, less fish and high fuel prices, fishermen are facing hard times, Hansen said. Most...