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Skriven 2015-07-18 21:46:00 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av DAVE DRUM
Ärende: Fish Farms
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 DD> I was thinking of the tilapia farms in Namibia and Zimbabwe. As well
 DD> as many of the Belizian fish factories.

I know they exist but does their stuff actually show up in your local
supermarkets? They don't in mine. Part of that may be simply how the
channels of distribution are set up. My food comes here via Edmonton
which closer to the Pacific than the Atlantic so I see a lot of both
California and Chilean produce and Asian seafood as a result.

There's an interesting article on the globalization of seafood here:
http://tinyurl.com/fish-trading

My fish comes from a cooler full of ice on the bed of a pickup truck
parked in front of KFC every other day. Caught and sold by the second
generation of Buckleys.

Another article from a recent issue of a local magazine article ...

Simple is Best: The Archie Buckley Story

John Colford looks back on one of Yellowknife’s most iconic
fishermen, Archie Buckley

Want a character-building exercise? Stand out on the ice of this
Lake with a howling wind and pull soaking fish nets through the ice,
in the dark with bare hands at -30 C.

Archie wasn't "book smart" or a master of the King's English, but he
was one of the smartest men I ever met. He was worldly wise as they
say.

Archie had decided in the early 1990's to quit the Freshwater Fish
Marketing Board and start serving the Yellowknife and Hay River
markets directly.

"What's your business plan?" I would ask. And he would offer: "It's
the best damn fish in the world. I'll catch it, Nancy will sell it,
and everyone will eat it."

He calculated everything in boxes of fish. One box was $75. If he
needed $1,500, then he needed 20 boxes. A barrel of gas was two
boxes; the power bill, 10 boxes. Simple but effective.

They were both very proud of their business and, true to form, never
ever flaunted their success. (They did buy their daughter a bright
red Camaro when she graduated from high school and went on to
Nursing College though .- JW)

Archie could fix anything, make the sorriest tangle of wires, pumps,
engines hum like new in a couple of hours. Nancy would haul her
daily fish offerings in tubs with ease and always, always had a
smile on her face. They were fiercely independent souls, hated
asking for help and if they did, were forever grateful.

One time Nancy and I conspired about approaching Archie with an
idea. While visiting, I suggested to Archie that he should consider
developing a logo and advertising his business. "NO!" was his
immediate response. "If I do that everyone will think I'm rich,"
Nancy then piped up, "Archie, we could use a sign, tell people where
we are." With reluctance and deference to Nancy, Archie agreed, but
with conditions. "Okay, a small sign that says Fresh Fish, and don't
put my name on it!"

THE EDGE YK










YK Jim


... A Newfie went ice fishing and caught a 40 lb ice

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