(Photo courtesy of Trident Seafoods)
Silver Bay Seafoods has purchased Trident’s processing plant in False Pass, according to a joint statement last week from the two seafood companies.
Trident Seafoods sent shock waves through the fishing industry when it announced in December it was selling several of its plants around the state — that after delaying construction of its new, flagship facility in Dutch Harbor by at least a year.
Trident CEO Joe Bundrant called the current restructuring decisions “the most difficult” decisions of his career.
Fishermen-owned Silver Bay already operates a facility in False Pass, just next to the Trident plant. Silver Bay President and CEO Cora Campbell said owning adjacent facilities would make operations more efficient, and allow them to provide more opportunities to the fleet.
Silver Bay said it will also be able to provide fuel services with the new facility.
Alaska’s fisheries are facing an unprecedented crisis. A flood of foreign fish into the market, coupled with inflation and trade sanctions, have led to a massive drop in the market value of Alaska’s fish — and coastal communities are feeling the squeeze.
Peter Pan Seafoods made the last minute decision in January not to open their King Cove facility for A season, and then announced in April they wouldn’t open at all, selling some of their plants in other parts of the state, leaving King Cove without its economic driver.
Sand Point City Council will hold a meeting on Tuesday, June 4th, 2024 at 7PM.
KSDP will air the meeting live & archive the audio here:
https://apradio.org/mp3/2024-06-04-citycouncil.mp3
Download the packet below (PDF):
https://www.sandpointak.com/uploads/2/7/6/7/27677223/june_4_2024_sand_point_council_special_meeting_packet-final.pdf
ADFG’s South Alaska Peninsula Salmon pre-season stakeholders meeting will happen via M$ Teams videoconference:
Thursday, May 30th, 2024 at 10AM
“Annual ADFG Preseason meeting for fishermen. Video conferencing will be available at AEB offices in Sand Point, King Cove, Nelson Lagoon and False Pass. Otherwise fishermen can use the phone number to call in directly or from the harbor houses. They will need to dial the number below and enter the passcode.”
Meeting ID: 279 844 469 514
Dial-in by phone
+1 323-433-2327,,678885963# United States, Los Angeles
(833) 779-6874,,678885963# United States (Toll-free)
Phone conference ID: 678 885 963#
https://broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/funding-programs/documentation-and-reporting
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has announced the availability of the Environmental Assessment for the AU Aleutians II Fiber Project by Unicom, Inc., a subsidiary of GCI. This project proposes to bring fast internet service to Ouzinkie, Port Lions, Chignik Lagoon, Chignik Lake, Cold Bay, and False Pass, through installation of subsea fiber optic cable and local access networks. The Environmental Assessment describes the anticipated environmental effects of the project and can be accessed online via a link on this radio station’s website. Written comments must be received by 5:00 PM on May 25, 2024.
https://broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/funding-programs/documentation-and-reporting
