One of Wrangell’s two fish processors will remain closed for the second year in a row. Seattle-based Trident Seafoods cites a dismal salmon forecast for its decision. Chum and pink salmon returns to Southeast Alaska over the last few years have crumpled, and the predictions for the coming season aren’t especially heartening. “It’s been a…
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After 5-month wait forces fuel rationing, barge arrives in St. Paul
Fuel rationing in the Pribilof Island community of St. Paul ended last week after more than a month and a half of restrictions for residents and fishermen.
Gas shortage on St. Paul Island causing days-long detours for crab boats
The remote island of 375 residents has been expecting its fuel barge for more than two months, but it hasn’t arrived.
Trident reopens Akutan processing plant after month-long COVID-19 closure
In the course of the outbreak, 45% of Trident’s 700-person workforce ultimately tested positive for the virus, company officials said Monday.
Aleutian Falcon, 1 of Trident’s 2 floating Alaska seafood processors, burns in Tacoma
Trident has said the vessel is a total loss, according to multiple news outlets.
COVID-19 hits second Trident plant in Aleutians as original outbreak grows to 266 cases
COVID-19 has hit another processing plant operated by fishing giant Trident Seafoods — this time aboard one of the corporation’s massive factory trawlers, the Island Enterprise.
COVID-19 outbreak at Aleutian processing plant grows to 135
A COVID-19 outbreak at one of Alaska’s largest fish processing plants has infected nearly 20% of workers, with testing only partially finished, officials said Tuesday.
COVID-19 closes a third Aleutian plant, stranding Bering Sea fishermen at the dock
In the Aleutian port town of Unalaska, at least five local boats are stuck at the dock with nowhere to deliver their cod after the shutdown of the Alyeska Seafoods processing plant
‘Everybody’s worst nightmare’: Bering Sea fishermen on edge after COVID-19 closes second plant
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.
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.