North Pacific Seafoods penalized $345,000

Here's the press release from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

North Pacific Seafoods changes hands

North Pacific Seafoods, a major salmon processor in Alaska, has new ownership.

A June 23 filing with the Alaska Division of Corporations indicates the new owner is Kanaway Seafoods.

Kanaway does business as Alaska General Seafoods, which is part of the Canadian Fishing Co., better known as Canfisco. The parent company of Canfisco is the Jim Pattison Group, a diversified holding company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The previous owner of North Pacific Seafoods was Japanese titan Marubeni.

Dave Hambleton remains as president of North Pacific Seafoods, the June 23 filing shows.

Processor faces employment complaint

A lawsuit accuses North Pacific Seafoods, a major Alaska salmon processor, of holding up to 150 cannery workers in "forced unpaid quarantine" in a California hotel, according to this press release.

Change at the top

Seattle-based North Pacific Seafoods, a major Alaska processor, is getting new leadership.

Here's the press release.

North Pacific Seafoods is part of Marubeni, a Japanese conglomerate.

North Pacific Seafoods to acquire Inlet Fish plants

Here's the press release.

Processor dinged $205K for ammonia dumping

Federal authorities say North Pacific Seafoods today was penalized $205,000 after pleading guilty to dumping ammonia into the Kodiak city sewer.

Here's the press release.