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Craig MedredOpinion

Cheap labor

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Labor costs in Norway exceed $30 per hour, including benefits. A manual filleting line requiring 40 workers can cost $10 ...
Northline Seafoods, a company that processes Bristol Bay Alaskan Salmon, is commissioning a mobile, commercial salmon processing platform to be built in Bellingham starting in January 2023. “We’re ...
A fish processing worker tosses a halibut unloaded from the Oracle into a box for shipment. (Photo by Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal) HOMER — On a brilliant spring morning, Buck Laukitis, a longtime ...
Norwegian salmon company Mowi opened its first processing plant in Thailand on 28 January 2026. The facility is a partnership with CP Axtra, part of Thailand’s CP Group. Under the ...
Norway-based salmon giant Mowi officially opened its first processing plant in Thailand last month. The new facility is in ...