Seattle healthcare workers will be among the first to eat this season's Copper River salmon

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The season's first Copper River salmon arrive in Seattle Friday, and more than 200 Swedish Hospital workers will be among the first to enjoy it.

Thousands of pounds of salmon will arrive via Alaska Air Cargo from Cordova, Alaska, at Sea-Tac Airport Friday morning.

Then, on Saturday, Seattle Chef Tom Douglas will cook donated salmon to prepare more than 200 dishes for Swedish Hospital medical professionals working on the frontline of the pandemic.

On Sunday, Douglas will be selling grilled salmon for a limited time and while supplies last from Serious TakeOut. All proceed will be donated to Food Lifeline.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/seattle-healthcare-workers-will-be-among-the-first-to-eat-this-season-s-copper-river-salmon/ar-BB148wOk?ocid=hplocalnews

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[SoCalNative]

1. Unfortunately, there's also this issue

Thousands Are Headed to Alaska’s Fishing Towns. So Is the Virus.

As the famed Copper River salmon season begins, isolated fishing towns are bracing for an influx of workers and their first brush with the coronavirus.

The people of Cordova, Alaska, had weathered the coronavirus pandemic with no cases and the comfort of isolation — a coastal town unreachable by road in a state with some of the fewest infections per capita in the country.

But that seclusion has come to an abrupt end. Over the past two weeks, fishing boat crews from Seattle and elsewhere have started arriving by the hundreds, positioning for the start of Alaska’s summer seafood rush.

The fishing frenzy begins on Thursday with the season opening for the famed Copper River salmon, whose prized fillets can fetch up to $75 a pound at the market. Before the pandemic, Cordova’s Copper River catch was flown fresh for swift delivery to some of the country’s highest-end restaurants

But the town of about 2,000 people has been consumed in recent weeks by debates over whether to even allow a fishing season and how to handle an influx of fishing crews that usually doubles its population.

(more at link)

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/us/coronavirus-alaska-fishing-copper-river.html?action=click&module=Top+Stories&pgtype=Homepage&fbclid=IwAR29vQhzmbm_matQZXHuiD2g-fzpsKiSh4b5v16j0fCnWTOZOdvwbw5JZlQ