From KUCB in Unalaska via Alaska Public Media:
Just two years after reopening, the seafood processing plant in Adak is shutting down. Icicle Seafoods didn't return calls for comment, but in a press release, CEO Amy Humphreys cites regulatory uncertainty as the deciding factor.
Fishing in the western Aleutians has been restricted in recent years to protect an endangered stock of Steller sea lions, and an anticipated division of the Pacific cod harvest between the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands could also impact shore-based processors.
Anchorage