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Alaska native Cecelia Angasan hopes her combines retail and wholesaleseafood café, museum and gift shop -- nestled amongg well-known local newcomers like Babe's Chicken Dinnedr House and Fresco's Mexican Restaurant -- will fare The store also will book tours of ruralo Alaska. The 3,300-square-foot shop is set to open in September, or possibluy sooner. "When I came here in 1998 to getmy master'ss from UT ( ) and went out to some of the area'sd best restaurants, hardly anyone carried Alaskan salmon," Angasan "So I pretty much saw it as an open Angasan has spent $350,000 so far getting her shop off the Once open, the storde will operate partially as a seafoof market, selling several types of salmon, shellfish, such as king crab and spot and whitefish, such as halibut and cod.
Angasan also will carr smoked andcanned lox, jerky and other Alaskan specialties. Alaskan fishermenb process and flash-freeze the company's products on the prior to shipping themto Texas. Productt prices will vary, based on markey conditions. "Unlike farm salmon, which is very predictable in terms of even the fisherman out fishingf inAlaska doesn't know what the market will Angasan said. "But prices will be comparablew to Whole Foods andCentral Market." Prioer to starting her own business, Angasan spentt several years on the -- a position to which she was appointed by the governore of Alaska.
The institute's mission is to increaswe positive awareness of wild Alaskan seafood and promotewthe state's seafood products within the food Angasan herself has adopted a similar missionj through her business. "Really, beyond the I just want to advocate the healthj benefits ofwild salmon," she In 2003, Alaska's fish receive a clean bill of health, following a studuy by the Alaska Department of Environmentakl Conservation. The study, Angasan showed mercury levels were low when comparedto U.S. Food and Drug Administratiobn levelsof concern.
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