And I can also chime in that from working for seafood processors in the past that the money isn't in the canning of the fish or fresh prep, in fact they loose money on the meat of the fish and it's processing. The money is made on the sale and export of eggs to Japan.

This data is nearly 20 years old now but I'm sure still relevant to some degree. My Frat brother's dad owns one of the major cannery's in AK, and I worked in Kenai one summer. We were about the 6th week into production after a lengthy strike and we were standing on the docks. One of the other brothers (owners) commented that the cannery showed a two and half million dollar loss against the corporation for processing and canning but the egg sales to the Japanese showed a sixty six million dollar profit as he pointed to the stack of egg crates about 5 feet high by 20 feet wide by 50 feet long on the loading dock. That was only 1/3 of the way through the season, and that was back then.

Imagine what the worth is in today's market. No wonder they can lobby so effectively. There's way too much money to be had. It pays to let go of three of four million to special interest lobbiests to insure the survival of your income.