Three major seafood processors in Alaska have announced plans to sell off their plants or temporarily close for the upcoming fishing seasons. , which is a commercial fishing and seafood industry trade magazine. She’s been following this market downturn.Kirsten, it seems like one company closing a plant would be pretty drastic, let alone three.
What happens to these communities that are losing plants or have large fishing fleets?Well, I think in the short term they’ll be looking at how to keep people working. In Kodiak, where I live, Trident’s plant – which the company has said it will sell – employs hundreds of people, many of them live here year round.
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