Bristol Bay Native acquires Blue North Fisheries, Clipper Seafoods
The recently-merged companies now operate under Bristol Bay Alaska Seafoods LLC.
Bristol Bay Native Corp. (BBNC), Anchorage, Ak., acquired Blue North Fisheries, and Clipper Seafoods, both Seattle, Wash.-based suppliers of frozen longline cod.
"The Alaska fisheries are an integral part of our shareholders’ lives, and our acquisition of these two leading operators in the Pacific cod sector represented a unique opportunity for our group to enter the strategically important seafood industry,” says Jason Metrokin, president and CEO of BBNC.