In Whittier, loss of seafood processor a big blow

Great Pacific Seafoods’ bankruptcy means the tiny town of Whittier is losing about 100 seasonal processing jobs and a number of tender contracts. (Photo by Graelyn Brashear, KSKA – Anchorage)It’s a sunny day in early June in Whittier, and the tiny port town on Prince William Sound is quiet. The Great Pacific Seafoods processing plant where about a hundred seasonal workers would normally be cleaning fish is silent and empty. The company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and closed