Garrett Everidge, an economist at the McDowell Group, says processors have spent $50 million dollars on COVID-19 mitigation plans so far.
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On campuses closed by COVID-19, seafood workers trade freedom for paychecks
In Petersburg, workers were restricted closed campuses — they were only allowed to go between the plant, dorms and cafeteria. Some workers said they felt resigned to it. Others said it felt like jail.
Petersburg’s testing program aims to keep COVID-19 out of seafood plants
The medical center estimates that about 177 local workers from OBI and Trident get tested each week.
Seward salmon plant shuts down with 34 COVID-19 cases and more expected
The OBI Seafoods plant’s 260 workers include residents and non-residents. Workers with positive tests are moving to Anchorage.
There are 3 new cases of COVID-19 at a salmon processing plant in Excursion Inlet
The three cases are at a salmon processing plant in Excursion Inlet, a remote spot about 40 miles west of Juneau.
Two of Alaska’s largest seafood processors, merge salmon operations
The new group springing from the merger of Icicle Seafoods and Ocean Beauty Seafoods will own 10 shoreside processing plants across coastal Alaska.