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Empress International Ltd


Lake Success, NY
United States
Telephone: 516-740-4100






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  • Copper River sockeye harvest falls by halfSome 330 harvesters, undaunted by nasty weather, with strong winds, whipping up to 40 knots and more, delivered about 82,000 sockeyes and 700 kings as the famed Copper River salmon fishery got under way May 17.