A vintage Kenai cannery that opened its doors 100 years ago is taking on new life as a modern seafood plant for Copper River Seafoods, with the capacity to primary manufacture 10 million pounds of fish annually.
On June 22, the company is to play host to about 100 people in the industry for a presentation, tour and reception for key partners in the remodeled plant, which will receive fish from Kachemak Bay, Cook Inlet, Seward, Prince William Sound and coastal communities of Western Alaska.
Guests of honor are to include Kenai Borough Mayor Mike Navarre, and other local dignitaries, as well as state officials.
The plant will employ about 20 to 35 people, allowing for the processing of salmon and halibut to stretch from March through late October.
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