Tonka Seafoods has purchased Mitkof Cannery in southeast Alaska's Libby Straight from Trident Seafoods, according to partners Seth Scrimsher and Wendel Gilbert, reported Petersburg Pilot.
With the acquisition the company’s processing space will increase from 3,000 square feet a to 30,000 square feet at Libby Straight.
Tonka will acquire 2.08 acres of waterfront along Wrangell Narrows, the cannery and the cookhouse, while Trident will retain the warehouse, bunkhouse and loading dock and 1.92 acres of uplands.
The larger space will allow Tonka to process more product lines, including flounder, shrimp, Pacific cod, halibut, black cod and more salmon, said the partners.
The company will also add a third smoker to its operations, which is expected to triple the company’s smoking capacity.
