It's unclear how long the plant will remain offline and whether fishermen have been paid for deliveries made to the plant before the shutdown.
Calls to Ed Bahrt, owner of Pelican Seafoods, were not returned.
The Alaska Department of Revenue recently discovered Pelican Seafood was operating without the necessary license, Tim Cottongim, manager of the Department of Revenue’s fish tax and license division, told IntraFish.
“We placed a call to the facility and asked what was going on, spoke with the owner; he described what they were doing.
