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Great Pacific Seafoods files for bankruptcy, shuts down operations in Alaska and elsewhere

G3R2X62CGreat Pacific Seafoods, a processor with three plants and hundreds of workers in Alaska, announced Sunday that it is filing for bankruptcy and shutting down operations. The company kept corporate headquarters in Seattle but plants in Kenai, Whittier and Anchorage that processed salmon from the Copper River, Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet, as well as cod from the Gulf of Alaska. It pulled out of an operation buying Arctic chum in Kotzebue last summer. The move comes days after Great Pacific’s Kenai plant suddenly closed. The company filed for bankruptcy in Washington State, the release said. “We believe we have no other choice given the financial performance we experienced last year,” the statement said. Read the rest here 20:48

Following controversial pre-election $500K loan, Blue Wave Seafoods files for bankruptcy

A fish plant in southeastern Nova Scotia that got a controversial government loan on the eve of the provincial election has filed for bankruptcy protection. Blue Wave Seafoods of Port Mouton made the filing on Friday, citing more than $1.1 million in liabilities and no assets. more@cbcnews  20:40