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Good Harbor Fillet sold; job futures uncertain |
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Good Harbor Fillet, a homegrown, value-added, fish processor-distributor
operating in a 67,000 square foot plant in Blackburn Industrial Park,
has been acquired for integration into American Seafoods, a privately
held conglomerate, that describes itself as "one of the largest
integrated seafood companies in the U.S. in terms of revenues."
The acquisition of Good Harbor Fillet from Creo Capital Partners LLC — which pulled Good Harbor out of bankruptcy in 2006, investing $8 million in the settlement — was announced late Monday from American Seafoods Group headquarters in Seattle. No terms or figures were announced, and officials said no decisions have been made as to how the deal will affect jobs or operations at the Gloucester facility. Read the complete story from The Gloucester Times
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Monterey Bay's historic "wetfish" industry is under attack by extremist groups who claim overfishing is occurring. Touting studies with faulty calculations, activists are lobbying federal regulators to massively limit fishing, if not ban these fisheries outright. Apparently the facts don’t matter to groups with an anti-fishing agenda
