Thanks for your reply. So assuming that it is not economical to harvest and process the cattle into frozen and smoked products on the island (in a 1-2 yr timeframe)..how much subsidy would the private operator need from the feds? Regarding Adak...I would think those caribou could be harvested properly if the feds loosened the restrictions on ATV's.

Look at this from the Russians point of view: Grass fed beef in the new world! Yum!