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Alitak, Alaska

Built in the fall of 1917, the Alitak facility is a remote seafood processing plant located at the southern entrance of the Kodiak Archipelago. A highly biologically productive ecosystem and home of the largest concentration of petroglyphs in the Pacific Northwest. Surrounded by the Kodiak Wildlife Refuge, the entire area is a profusion of animal life, both land and marine.

The season begins in early April with a roe herring fishery followed and in conjunction with long line boats delivering black cod, halibut, and idiot fish.  Typically, Pacific cod are crossing the dock at the same period. Early June marks the beginning of salmon season with the first of two sockeye runs, leading into the pink (humpy) season along with chum (dogs) and coho (silvers).

Alitak is completely self-sufficient, providing it’s own electricity and water system. There are no roads or landing strips. Access is strictly by boat or float plane.  The facility has a fresh/frozen line with blast, plate and tunnel freezers as well as a cannery with ¼#, ½# and a 1# tall line. The salmon roe is processed either as sujiko style or ikura (caviar). Early to mid-September finds the plant being winterized and things being put to rest for the winter.

To find out more, call Woody Knebel
at (206) 285-6800 or (907) 771-4800

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Alitak Production Facility