Coronavirus Cases Detected at Alaska Seafood Plant Owned by Seattle-based Trident Seafoods

January 20, 2021 Hal Bernton, Seattle Times

Seattle-based Trident Seafoods reports that four workers at the company’s Akutan, Alaska, seafood plant have tested positive for coronavirus, including one who had difficulty breathing and had to be evacuated by air to a hospital in Anchorage.

Bristol Invests in Alaska Cod Capabilities

January 14, 2021 Bristol Seafood

Bristol Seafood announced today it aligned with Bristol Bay Alaska Seafoods, owner of the Blue North, state of the art Alaska Cod harvester, and also completed a significant investment in the filleting capabilities of its Portland, Maine plant.

Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans Unveils Rebuilding Plan for Atlantic Cod

December 29, 2020 Barb Dean-Simmons, Telegram

That plan is the result of new amendments to Canada’s Fisheries Act with the passage of Bill C-28. By law, the federal fisheries minister has to adopt rebuilding plans for stocks that are deemed to be in the critical zone, which is how northern cod is currently listed.

All in on Cod: Icewater Seafoods Bets its Future on the Iconic Fish

November 5, 2019 Todd O'Brien, CBC News

Icewater Seafoods is investing $ 10 million over three years to buy the latest cod-processing technology, and claims Icewater is the only North American processor dedicated full-time to Atlantic cod production.

NOAA: Overfished Cod not on Target to Rebuild by 2024

In its latest stock status for the Gulf of Maine Atlantic cod, NOAA Fisheries reported that “overfishing is occurring” among an already-depleted population.