Another seafood processor is moving out of Kenai this salmon season. Copper River Seafoods is ending its run in the old Snug Harbor Seafood plant, leaving one major salmon processor in the area.
Another seafood processor is moving out of Kenai this salmon season. Copper River Seafoods is ending its run in the old Snug Harbor Seafood plant, leaving one major salmon processor in the area but promising the addition of a new company soon.
The largest recent change to the commercial fishing landscape in the region is the impending closure of a large swath of Cook Inlet to commercial salmon fishermen. That change was approved by a federal council in late 2020 and goes into effect for the first time this summer, short of a last-minute legal holdup.would take out local processors, too. That part of Upper Cook Inlet makes up just under half of the revenue from that area.
The erosion of processors has been steady, Dale said, as fishing time and opportunities have decreased. In the last decade, especially, the size and value of Cook Inlet salmon harvests Dale said Copper River has scaled back since it’s been running the Kalifornsky Beach Road plant in the last three years.
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