Essay On The Alaska Government Shutdown

May 2007 to April 2009 Update Over the past two years, AFC has faced more intense competition, particularly from aquaculturists in Chile. In addition, Chilean output has increased the supply of salmon and the Canadian dollar has strengthened in relation to the U.S. dollar. As a result, AFC has been unable to meet its budgeted revenue targets. Stocks of unsold harvestable fish have increased, as well as the corresponding cost of maintaining the fish, and the company barely made a profit in fiscal 2009. In January 2009, AFC lost one of its largest retail customers, S&F Seafood, to a new salmon aquaculture firm, Nu-Farm Inc. This new

Yes, this book does have a message and it is moral. The main purpose of the author is to tell a story about the Alaskan landscape and about the Alaska experience of a couple who have always wanted a child and when they do have one it dies so they decide to move up to Alaska to start their new life their so that they can forget about their old life. The passage that I am going to use is in Chapter One the Wolverine River, Alaska 1920. “She had imagined that in the Alaska Wilderness silence would be peaceful, like snow falling at night, air filled with promise but no sound, but that was not what she found. Instead, when she swept the plank floor, the broom bristles stitched like some sharp toothed shrew nibbling at her heart. When she washed

New England Seafood Company is a leader in the northeastern United States in harvesting and processing seafood. The company’s senior executives believe that there must be a change in the corporate strategy to maintain their competitive advantage, as foreign producers are affecting their current yields. Currently, New England Seafood Company operates in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico dealing exclusively in saltwater fish. Management feels that a move into the freshwater fish sector will provide the company with a new directive and future stability.

After the shutdown some research was done to see just which states where hit the hardest. According to NBC Washington Virginia was the state that had the hardest impact from the shutdown. Many of Virginias mortgage loans, on real estate, where backed up with federal funds causing many houses to foreclose. Virginia was also pushed to the top of the list by being the second largest state that houses the most veterans. All of this shows that the people in Virginia where impacted the worst from the shutdown.

Government shutdown occurs when the Congress fail to pass legislation funding the government operations and agencies. During the normal budget process, the Congress appropriate funds by September 30 for the following fiscal year. When this fail, the government activities or operations cease and federal employees are divided into essential and non-essential groups. But in 1995, the division were changed to excepted and non-excepted. Historically, the government has official shut downs 18 times since 1976, which it first took effect when Congress passes budget and spending bills. The first six shut downs didn’t affect the government at all. Non-essential workers were put into furloughs, which means federal employees are off work until shut down is over and they do not receive paychecks while in furlough.

shutdown. Congress could not agree upon a reasonable budget for the government at the time which led the government to “shutdown all non essential services,” according to ABC News (Goldman). Many people lacked the income needed and vital resources became barren. This majorly affected America’s economy; leaving us in about “$4 billion in tax refunds” (Burwell). The shutdown also had the opportunity to impact import and export licenses which heavily affected trade (Burwell). The Alaskan King Crab market imparticularly took a deep plunge during this time, for Autumn was their main season for fishing but now their fundings were being taken away. Due to the chance of lacking a license for Alaskan Crab, exporting could have a major impact on the Japanese holiday market, being right around the corner (Johnson).

The king crab of Phillips belongs to fresh seafood, which means it has huge market potential. Customers tend to buy food that is easy-cooked and fresh, which is a feature of the king crab product. The IBSS is a nation-wide trade show which could attract a lot of exhibitors and attendance. Making use of this platform could help Phillips to build its reputation and promote its products at the same time.

The availability of seafood in Canadian and Argentinean waters is also dependent on the total allowable catch allocated to Clearwater in a given area. Although the totals allowable catch in these areas and Clearwater 's enterprise allocations have been largely stable, fishery regulators have the right to make changes in the total allowable catch based on their assessment of the resource from time to time. Any reduction of total allowable catches in the areas from which Clearwater sources seafood, or the reduction of stocks due to changes in the environment or the health of certain species, may have a material adverse effect on Clearwater 's financial condition and results of operations.

The white flower represents worthiness and forgiveness. Alaska forgive herself and she valued the meaning of life. Alaska witnessed her mother death and left her with a lots of emotional baggage. Every year Alaska takes flower to her mother grave. Alaska mother used to put white daisies in her hair. The labyrinth (the maze) represents life, the ups and downs that you face though life. Alaska spent so much time of obsessing over the labyrinth. Alaska lives her life tracked by the labyrinth which leads her unhappy that she live recklessly. The swan represents menacing creature that should be avoided. Alaska is a moody person. She intentionally avoids letting people get to know her well. Alaska lets her personality affects on one of the characters

The Vietnamese and Chinese shrimp’s "dumping" affect the U.S. seafood market in many. According to economists "dumping" is the fact of selling certain goods or services at a price below its real price, otherwise, below the market price or below its cost of production. In this case shrimps imported from Vietnam and China, because of the dumping policy, is cheap compare to shrimps produced in US. The result is The USA homemade shrimp will not be demanded/bought because of its high price. Referring to the law of demand, when a product is sold at higher price, its demand will decrease. Besides, if the USA homemade shrimp is not sold, that fact will threaten many jobs, firms and businesses, increasing by the same time the unemployment rate. Finally the U.S. seafood market will be highly (100%) dependent to importation.

When I finish that questions I asked her. about her opinion and feelings on the government shutdown, she said this. “I will not blame the president but I blame the government.” this bad situation made her feel so sad and angry” she said. This was because the government are getting paid so much for running the government shutdown and they are not doing anything to help. they need to look at the issues as the people not as democratic and republicans. I ask her a question like what she would do fi she was in charge. And she told me that she would be having the democrats and the republican working together also when problems take place anyone in charge should be able to do it and it will not be a conflict

Generic Oil’s public relations department has found that Alaska’s economy is primarily derived from oil, government, tourism, fishing, and mining. Alaska’s primary stakeholders that GO should be concerned with are the residents; these are mostly scientists, fishermen (and hunters, etc.) engineers, industries (timber, mining), and political entities. The stakeholders will need to be considered and many of their needs will need to be met before our company undergoes our operations here in Alaska. Because GO is a globalized company, many of the CEOs and regional directors feel that our diversified assets will counteract any potential headache. However, because the state of Alaska controls vast reserves in addition to their strong ties with the

Opportunity: U.S. seafood market grew rapidly in recent years, and the biggest part of seafood sales is fresh seafood, which is 54% of all seafood retail sales. The king crab of Phillips belongs to fresh seafood, which means it has huge market potential. Customers tend to buy food that is easy-cooked and fresh, which is a feature of the king crab product. The IBSS is a nation-wide trade show which could attract a lot of exhibitors and attendance. Making use of this platform could help Phillips to build its reputation and promote its products at the same time. Threat: Just because the IBSS could attract a large amount of exhibitors, the competition during the trade show is fierce. Though there are so many potential customers would appear at the trade show, how could Phillips beat the competitors and attracts enough customers to its booth. Another threat for king crab is the possible rejection of the retailers because they would feel risky to replace an old product with a new product. Pros and Cons of Alternative Strategies

The local fishermen was less contributed for collapse of cod stock. They used small boats, so these fishermen did not have the capacity to overfish the resource, but they affected by the prohibition of fishery. On the other hand, draggers and trawlers

The spill occurred at midnight on March 24th, 1989 when the tanker ran aground on the Bligh Reef in the Prince William Sound of Alaska. The tanker, which filled up in Valdez, Alaska, was headed to Los Angeles, California (Cleveland, 2008). Several factors are said to have contributed to the grounding. First, the tanker was traveling outside of the shipping lanes, in an effort to avoid ice. Then due to fatigue, the third mate failed to maneuver the ship properly, while the ship captain provided poor navigation, because he was intoxicated. The tanker spilled approximately 11 million gallons of crude oil. Two days after the spill, a powerful storm with winds over 70 mph hit the Alaskan coast, which transformed the oil into mousse and tar balls (Cleveland, 2008). The mousse consisted of 67% water and 33% oil, and had a volume that was three times larger than the pure oil spilled. This spill has caused countless economic and ecological problems that the Alaskans had to deal with in the short run and are still dealing with in the long run. One of the immediate negative impacts was death to a great deal of marine wildlife. About 250,000 sea birds died, along with 22 killer whales, 2800 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, and untold numbers of fish eggs. It was the largest oil spill in United States waters until 2010. (Guterman and Pasotti, 2009)