The former Pelican Seafoods plant has been shut down for two years, cutting off income for the community from raw fish tax and visiting commercial fishermen.
Kake Tribal Corp. owns the seafood plant. It signed papers a couple of weeks ago to lease the plant to Ed Bahrt & Associates.
The Sitka resident's father and uncle helped build Pelican Seafoods. Bahrt says he plans to buy salmon, black cod and halibut primarily from longline and troll fishermen based in Pelican and nearby communities.
Bahrt
