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American Seafoods seeks restraining order to stop customs fines and free up stranded pollock

The company and wide range of Alaska producers are facing hundreds of millions in fines related to how they move product to customers.

Mikel Durham CEO American Seafoods. The pollock company is embroiled in a dispute with the US Customs and Border Patrol over potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in fines for allegedly violating a provision of the Jones Act.
Mikel Durham CEO American Seafoods. The pollock company is embroiled in a dispute with the US Customs and Border Patrol over potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in fines for allegedly violating a provision of the Jones Act.Foto: American Seafoods
Published 1 September 2021, 16:40Updated 9 February 2022, 15:39
American SeafoodsAlaska pollockMikel DurhamThe Bayside ProgramGorton's