The road to Artist Point (the final section of SR 542) and Highway 20 (starting at Ross Dam Trailhead) are both closed for the season.
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March 17, 2025

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Northline Seafoods Announces Return as a Buyer for the 2025 Bristol Bay Salmon Season

Northline Seafoods is excited to announce its return as a buyer for the 2025 Bristol Bay salmon season. 

In 2024, Northline Seafoods completed construction of the Hannah, a fully integrated, floating seafood freezing platform designed to improve efficiency in wild salmon processing. The project was propelled by a $40 million Food Supply Chain loan backed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as part of the Build Back Better initiative. 

However, the Hannah’s inaugural season was disrupted by an electrical fire beneath one of its three spiral freezers just days before the peak of the Bristol Bay season. Despite this setback, Northline continued operations through the season. They remained engaged with the fleet and the fishery, completing the 2024 season as the last Bristol Bay salmon buyer in the region. 

“It has been a year of challenges and progress, and we are grateful for the support of our investors, customers, fleet, and stakeholders,” said Ben Blakey, CEO of Northline Seafoods. “We look forward to a prosperous 2025 salmon season.” 

Northline Seafoods continues to develop its integrated seafood processing model, aiming to enhance efficiency from harvest to market. With the support of key partners, the company remains committed to innovation and improvement as it prepares for the upcoming season. For more information about the "Hannah" and Northline Seafoods' ongoing projects, please visit www.northlineseafoods.com

About Northline Seafoods: 

Northline Seafoods is a seafood processing company dedicated to providing high-quality, sustainably sourced seafood. With a focus on technology and transparency, Northline Seafoods is leading change through groundbreaking innovations and modernization of the supply chain of wild Alaskan salmon.

        We acknowledge that Whatcom County is located on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples. They cared for the lands that included what we’d call the Puget Sound region, Vancouver Island and British Columbia since time immemorial. This gives us the great obligation and opportunity to learn how to care for our surrounding areas and all the natural and human resources we require to live. We express our deepest respect and gratitude for our indigenous neighbors, the Lummi Nation and Nooksack Tribe, for their enduring care and protection of our shared lands and waterways.
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