PSPA adds an Oregon heavyweight

The Pacific Seafood Processors Association today announced it has taken on a major new member — Pacific Seafood Group, based in Clackamas, Oregon.

Juneau-based PSPA, based in Juneau, is "a nonprofit trade association representing seafood processing companies in the policy, regulatory and legislative arenas since 1914," its website says. Its corporate members include many of the top processors operating in Alaska including Silver Bay Seafoods, Trident Seafoods, UniSea, and units of Canfisco and Maruha Nichiro.

Pacific Seafood has a considerable processing presence in Alaska, including Seward and Wrangell. Last year, it completed a big expansion in the state, acquiring Trident's Kodiak processing operations.