ALASKA PROCESSING PLANT STRUCTURE

Processing operations in Alaska come in all shapes and sizes. During our journeys, we've toured almost every plant in Alaska. Some have hundreds of employees that feel more like huge unrelenting factories and others operate with only a dozen employees and have a family feel. Despite the difference in size, operational features at most company plants are the same.

Most plants are located on piers so that boats may dock-up and off-load their product. The plants themselves feature a main processing house in which the fish are processed and then later frozen or canned, and an egg house where salmon eggs are processed and boxed for shipment overseas. Many plants have additional features like on- or off-site living quarters (dormitories or camping areas), a cafeteria, and general offices. Plants are either centrally located in town or far from civilization, but they are always near active and productive fishing grounds.

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