{"id":8146,"date":"2015-07-01T09:52:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T17:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aksalmonalliance.org\/staging1\/?p=8146"},"modified":"2015-07-01T09:52:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T17:52:16","slug":"north-pacific-seafoods-buys-two-alaskan-salmon-processing-facilities-from-inlet-fish-producers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aksalmonalliance.org\/staging1\/2015\/07\/01\/north-pacific-seafoods-buys-two-alaskan-salmon-processing-facilities-from-inlet-fish-producers\/","title":{"rendered":"North Pacific Seafoods Buys Two Alaskan Salmon Processing Facilities from Inlet Fish Producers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seafoodnews.com\/\">SEAFOODNEWS.COM<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0By Peggy Parker \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_1917014548\">July 1, 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<p>North Pacific Seafoods, Inc. (NPSI) has reached an agreement with Inlet Fish Producers, Inc. to buy their Kenai and Kasilof processing facilities, expanding NPSI\u2019s Alaskan seafood operations throughout Southcentral Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>Talks began earlier this year between Inlet Fish and Marubeni, NPSI\u2019s parent company, for acquisition of the two plants.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Nikkei Report, Marubeni, one of Japan\u2019s largest seafood trading houses, paid an estimated 1 billion yen ($8 million) for the company.<\/p>\n<p>John Garner, COO of NPSI, added that no personnel changes are expected as a result of the purchase. The salmon season is underway in Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound with highest production anticipated in the next six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see this expansion as a good strategic fit for us and are delighted to have the Inlet team join our group,&#8221; Garner said.<\/p>\n<p>The deal boosts NPSI\u2019s annual seafood production volume by 5,000 metric tons to 62,000 metric tons, of mostly pink salmon and sockeye salmon. Both plants are strategically close to Anchorage\u2019s transportation hub, a benefit for fresh salmon distribution to U.S. markets.<\/p>\n<p>With the Inlet Fish acquisition, North Pacific Seafoods processing presence in Alaska expands to seven facilities, all in geographically rich salmon areas: three in Bristol Bay (Togiak, Pederson Point, and Red Salmon), one each in Kodiak and Sitka, and two on the Kenai Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Due to copyright law, the Alaska Salmon Alliance cannot repost full articles. You can read the whole article\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seafoodnews.com\/Story\/981295\/North-Pacific-Seafoods-Buys-Two-Alaskan-Salmon-Processing-Facilities-from-Inlet-Fish-Producers\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Because the Alaska Salmon Alliance wish to provide a wide breadth of information, we sometimes provide links and documents that may conflict or present only one perspective on an issue.\u00a0 Because of that, we feel it is important to note that none of the content provided on our website necessarily represents the views or opinions of the Alaska Salmon Alliance, excepting, of course, those articles authored by us.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEAFOODNEWS.COM\u00a0\u00a0By Peggy Parker \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0July 1, 2015 North Pacific Seafoods, Inc. (NPSI) has reached an agreement with Inlet Fish Producers, Inc. to buy their Kenai and Kasilof processing facilities, expanding NPSI\u2019s Alaskan seafood operations throughout Southcentral Alaska. Talks began earlier this year between Inlet Fish and Marubeni, NPSI\u2019s parent company, for acquisition of the two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>North Pacific Seafoods Buys Two Alaskan Salmon Processing Facilities from Inlet Fish Producers - Alaska Salmon Alliance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aksalmonalliance.org\/staging1\/2015\/07\/01\/north-pacific-seafoods-buys-two-alaskan-salmon-processing-facilities-from-inlet-fish-producers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"North Pacific Seafoods Buys Two Alaskan Salmon Processing Facilities from Inlet Fish Producers - Alaska Salmon Alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SEAFOODNEWS.COM\u00a0\u00a0By Peggy Parker \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0July 1, 2015 North Pacific Seafoods, Inc. 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