May 6, 2021 — Kwik’pak Fisheries in Emmonak, the only fish buyer on the Yukon River mouth, is requiring its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
General Manager Jack Schultheis said that Kwik’pak Fisheries employs up to 400 workers each day, all of whom will have to show their COVID-19 vaccination cards before beginning work this season.
“Customers are extremely concerned over who is manufacturing the food they’re buying from us,” Schultheis said. “So we’re trying to protect our workers, the community, and the people who eat the food we produce.”