A dispute with customs at the U.S.-Canada border is threatening America's supply of the fish that is used in most brands for fish sticks, and fish filet sandwiches, Fox 11 reports.
After the fish are caught in Alaska, the Alaskan Pollock fish are transported by cargo ship to New Brunswick, Canada, near the border of Maine. Normally, the fish are then loaded onto trains for a short 100 foot trip inside Canada, before being loaded onto trucks to cross the border into the U.S.
Well, things aren’t exactly going as planned.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection are saying that the shippers are violating the Jones Act, which requires that goods shipped between U.S. ports be transported on U.S. owned ships. The company, which runs the fish transport business, has received more than $350 million in fines.
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Multiple companies have launched lawsuits in federal court to stop the enforcement. At this time, the dispute has left 26 million pounds of fish in cold storage in Canada until a judge makes a decision on what needs to be done.
“If we can’t get the pollock soon, then we will run out of time and other raw material; causing production lines – and people — to sit idle,” said Michael Alexander, president of King and Prince, a company that makes seafood for the food service industry.
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