For the second time in little more than a month, one of the city’s shoreside seafood processing companies said it is closing operations and sending a locally-based workforce to the unemployment line.
“This is to inform you that Whole Foods Market’s North Atlantic Region will be permanently closing its entire Pigeon Cove Seafood facility located at 15 Parker St., Gloucester, MA 01930 effective Aug. 15, 2019,” stated Whole Foods’ letter to Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken. “The closing will impact approximately 59 employees.”
The Pigeon Cove plant, which has operated at the Everett R. Jodrey State Fish Pier for more than 20 years, cleans, cuts, packs and ships seafood for Whole Foods stores. It no longer handles local seafood.
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