Fishermen and industry leaders are anxious that they might not have places to offload their catch or that their plants might be the next to close down.
"Tom Koloski"
State says Bering Sea fishermen can quarantine on boats. A similar plan for oil workers was denied.
The protective measures vary from company to company, and the state has not explained its criteria for approving or denying plans across different industries, or even between separate fishing companies.
Alaska is exempting some businesses from health mandates. But it’s keeping their plans secret for now.
More than 700 companies in Alaska want exemptions to a public health mandate that quarantined employees coming from out of state. But the state has so far refused to release companies’ plans publicly, even as municipal leaders press for access.