Coronavirus outbreak shutters big Alaska fish processing plant just as pollock season starts Published January 21
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Print article A coronavirus outbreak has shut down the Trident Seafoods processing plant in remote Akutan for three weeks, just as the facility gets ready for the lucrative pollock season. The plant in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, with up to 1,400 workers and the capacity to process up to 3 million pounds of raw fish a day, is the largest seafood production facility in North America. Bering Sea pollock the silvery fish found in everything from fish sticks to sushi is the focus of its operations.