Silver Bay is set to to take immediate control of the processing plants, sold by former Peter Pan Seafoods co-owner Rodger May.
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Struggling seafood processor hopes to come back stronger under new ownership as ‘New Peter Pan’
The new owner says it will continue to operate plants in Dillingham, King Cove, Port Moller and Valdez, along with support facilities in Naknek and Sand Point. Its headquarters are in Bellevue, Wash.
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A new fish processor is buoying King Cove’s fishermen. But now the town’s finances are sinking.
King Cove officials estimate that they’ve lost of some $650,000 in revenue, or nearly 25 percent of their yearly total.
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Officials investigate otter deaths in southwestern Alaska
An unusual number of dying otters were found in Southwest Alaska. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service launched an investigation into what was killing these seemingly healthy animals.
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Nearly half of structures on dock affected by fire, says processing plant fire witness
Details are emerging slowly on the fire at the Peter Pan Seafoods processing plant in Port Moller. The 100-year-old plant caught fire late Tuesday night, and the blaze continued to burn Wednesday. The full scope of the damage is still unclear, but witnesses say it is extensive.
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Peter Pan Seafoods Port Moller plant devastated in overnight fire
So far no reports of injuries in large fire that continues to burn at large, remote salmon processing plant on the Alaska Peninsula. One dock was cut away, and production facilities heavily damaged according to on-the-ground reports.
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F/V Akutan’s sad, failed season in Bristol Bay
How a custom processor for a group of Bristol Bay drift boats ran late and ran out of money in 2017. The owner went broke, the fishermen lost their market, the crew was never paid, and for some ten days the troubled vessel and crew languished against their will in the Nushagak River. Liens piled up on the 130,000 lbs of frozen sockeye onboard as the captain steamed to Dutch Harbor for repairs.
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