A friend gave me a little tip, so I navigated to the Web site of the Pacific Seafood Processors Association to check it out.
Sure enough, I found Trident Seafoods Corp. listed there as a member.
Trident used to be a PSPA member and rejoined only recently, I'm told.
PSPA is a big fish in the North Pacific seafood industry. It's a venerable nonprofit trade association, established in 1914 and based in Seattle with satellite offices in Juneau and near Washington, D.C.
PSPA lobbies for what's good for the companies that pack much of the pollock, crab, salmon and other seafood caught each year in Alaska.
Trident rejoining the PSPA fold seems significant in that it adds an American company — a very large and important one — to a membership roster that previously was comprised almost exclusively of Japanese-owned firms such as UniSea, Westward and Peter Pan.
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Friday, July 31, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Search on for another man overboard
The vessel involved belongs to Seattle-based Fishing Company of Alaska Inc.
Here's the press release:
U.S. Coast Guard, 17th District
July 6, 2009
Coast Guard searching for man overboard near Aleutian Islands
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard is searching for a man reported overboard from the commercial fishing vessel Alaska Warrior in Amukta Pass 218 miles west of Dutch Harbor.
Coast Guard Sector Anchorage received a call at 1:15 p.m. Monday from the Alaska Warrior crew reporting a 58-year-old Japanese man fell overboard at 12:45 p.m. with no survival gear or life jacket on.
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and an HC-130 Hercules aircraft from Air Station Kodiak were launched at approximately 3 p.m. The aircraft are expected on scene this evening.
The Alaska Warrior’s crew and its sister ship, the Alaska Juris, are actively searching for the crewmember.
Reported weather conditions in the area are 23 mph winds with seas to eight feet and overcast skies. The sea temperature during this time of year can range from the low to high 40s.
The Alaska Warrior is a 192-foot trawler homeported in Seattle. The Alaska Juris is a 218-foot trawler also homeported in Seattle. Both vessels routinely operate out of Dutch Harbor.
Here's the press release:
U.S. Coast Guard, 17th District
July 6, 2009
Coast Guard searching for man overboard near Aleutian Islands
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard is searching for a man reported overboard from the commercial fishing vessel Alaska Warrior in Amukta Pass 218 miles west of Dutch Harbor.
Coast Guard Sector Anchorage received a call at 1:15 p.m. Monday from the Alaska Warrior crew reporting a 58-year-old Japanese man fell overboard at 12:45 p.m. with no survival gear or life jacket on.
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and an HC-130 Hercules aircraft from Air Station Kodiak were launched at approximately 3 p.m. The aircraft are expected on scene this evening.
The Alaska Warrior’s crew and its sister ship, the Alaska Juris, are actively searching for the crewmember.
Reported weather conditions in the area are 23 mph winds with seas to eight feet and overcast skies. The sea temperature during this time of year can range from the low to high 40s.
The Alaska Warrior is a 192-foot trawler homeported in Seattle. The Alaska Juris is a 218-foot trawler also homeported in Seattle. Both vessels routinely operate out of Dutch Harbor.
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