Sitka Salmon Shares closes Alaska plant

Community supported fishery Sitka Salmon Shares, which specializes in frozen Alaskan fish and shellfish sent by mail, recently shut down its Sitka, Alaska, U.S.A.-based processing plant.

Founded in 2011, Sitka Salmon Shares thrived during the COVID-19 pandemic, when customers were drawn to its direct-to-consumer model of business, which has a focus on shipping Alaska-harvested seafood directly to residences in the U.S. Midwest. The company is still going strong, but has seen a pullback in the…

Photo courtesy of Sitka Salmon Shares