US District Court Judge Sharon Gleason has ruled that the US government can begin once again to issue fines to Alaska Reefer Management (ARM), Kloosterboer International Forwarding (KIF) -- all American Seafoods subsidiaries -- "or anyone who is in active concert or participation with plaintiffs for any alleged violations of the Jones Act relating to the transportation of seafood products from Alaska to US destinations via the BCR Route."
This is a major blow to US pollock suppliers who have relied on the use of this route for two decades to ship product from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, to buyers on the East Coast of the United States through Canada using a loophole in the Jones Act.
