Southeast Alaska facility won’t can salmon this year

PETERSBURG, Alaska (AP) – A seafood processing company will stop canning salmon at its facility in the southeast Alaska city of Petersburg this year in response to a growing demand for frozen salmon.
KFSK-FM reported Tuesday that Tom Sunderland with Ocean Beauty Seafoods says the company will make more money selling frozen salmon than canned salmon this year. He says the company will focus on freezing salmon at its plant northwest of Petersburg in Excursion Inlet.
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