20-07-2016 01:34 via alaskapublic.org

With fall chum opening, Marshall and Russian mission urging Maserculiq to fix ice machine

The first commercial fishing opening for fall chum starts Wednesday for Marshall and Russian Mission, but still no solution has been found for the villages’ broken ice machine.
Maserculiq’s broken ice machine (Photo courtesy of Nick P. Andrew Jr.)Marshall’s Maserculiq Native Corporation owns the machine but has made no effort to fix it since the compressor quit working two weeks ago. Replacing the part would cost $15,000.
Fishermen and shareholders are meeting with Maserculiq&n
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