Salmon canning was big business in San Francisco for a long time. In the early 20th century, sailing ships would head for Alaska each summer, carrying all the men, supplies and machinery needed for ...

Seldovia, Alaska — a quintessential sleepy fishing town on ... They recalled the 1970s and ‘80s, when a booming fish cannery industry meant frequent water overconsumption. But as the pleasurable ...

TACOMA, Washington, Aug. 31.-The Alaska Packers' Association has ordered closed its entire series of salmon canneries, though its pack up to this time is only onethird of last year. This comprises ...

Also, over the weekend, Undercurrent revealed that processor OBI Seafoods informed its fleet last Friday (March 28) that its Egegik, Alaska, cannery will not be handling fish this summer.