Originally posted by Elfie
Yes.....and no. They had a contract to deliver 50,000 lbs of Opillio (Snow Crab) to a processing plant. Apparently they have to empty the entire tank when they unload a single tank. That tank had about 70,000 lbs in it. Then the Dept of Commerce guys come along and say they have to empty the ENTIRE boat before they can go fishing again.
Because they had a contract to deliver 50,000 lbs at a particular price, anything over that amount was purchased by the processor at a lesser rate per pound. (10 cents a lb less I think they said.) So the captain of the Rollo was really ticked (and shocked) when they had to sell everything on the boat at the lesser price.
The 20.000 lbs over in the tank that was to be offloaded to fill the 50,000lb contract was understood. It was understood that that the overage would be sold at a reduced price. Didn`t make the captain and crew happy, but was understood.
I can understand the thinking behind that.
The problem came in with another tank onboard that was not designated to fill the contract. That tank had an estimated 20,000 lbs in it at the time also. The Rollo had pots soaking and intended to go back out , finish loading this tank and reloading the others to be sold on the open market and fill their quota. They were told that this was "A no can do". The D.O.C. told them that ALL tanks had to be offloaded once the unloading process was started. The overrage in the designated tank was not the problem. It would just have to be offloaded and sold at a reduced price.
To me, this is sort of like telling a trucking company that they cannot offload half or a partial load at one stop and another half or partial load at another stop.
Just goes to show you that stupid laws have been written and or enforced in any business I guess.
