Shipping Record Set By Local Cold
Storage; Able Offer Acronized Ice
A new record for Alaska Steam
was set recently when Alaska Ice
& Storage cold storage plant
shipped 1.3 million pounds of hali
but out in a 25 day period.
“There is Kodiak halibut being
eaten all over the nation now,”
said Bix Bonney, manager of the
plant.
Bonney said that work on the
new addition was virtually com
pleted now and makes possible a
three million pound capacity for
halibut. “However, our function is
the freezing and shipping of hali
but, not warehousing,” Bix said.
“While we aren’t the largest cold
storage plant we certainly are the
most modern on the entire Pacific
Coast,” he stated.
“One of the services which our
plant is able to provide to the fish
ermen is making Acronized Ice
available to the fishermen,” Bon
ney said.
He explained that acronized ice
is ice in which an antibiotic is in
corporated right into the ice as it
is made.
“This is an amazing new devel
opment of an antibiotic for use in
food processing and is important
fo both the fisherman and the proc
essors as well as very important to
the ultimate consumer,” Bonney
said.
“It prolongs the freshness of
fish. It slows down the bacterial
growth and thus spoilage. It is an
element based on chlortetracycline
and is completely harmless, doesn’t
change the taste, color, texture or
odor of fresh-caught fish. It ac
tually retains the fresh-caught fla
vor,” said Bonney, who is himself
a chemist which is one of the fac
tors he was chosen as manager of
this ultra modern plant.
Stressing the importance of ac
ronized ice insofar as the fisher
men are concerned, Bonney cited
the case of Skipper Carl Mills
whose Tazlina developed troubles
while carrying a load of halibut in
her hold. Although water had got
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John Andersch’s
Complete 20 Years
Two more “Old Timers” left Ko
diak June 21 to take up life again
in the South 48.
After completing 20 years’ serv
ice with the Navy at Kodiak, John
Andersch retired last Friday. John
came to Kodiak in February 1943
and has had continuous service
since then with the Supply Depart
ten into the hold, not one fish was
spoiled. “It amazed Mills as he ac
tually expected a rather large loss
of fish due to spoilage as would
have occurred had he been using
ordinary ice. Of course, he is really
sold on using acronized ice now
even though it costs him $2 more
per ton,” Bonney said.
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