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are unloaded and individually be
headed by a “guillotine” and then
weighed. The halibut then go
through a special machine which
uses powerful water jets and
“spoons” to remove entrals and
slime. After this they go to the
freezing tunnels where they are
placed on metal racks. Once frozen
solid the halibut are dipped in the
glaze tank and placed in the hold
ing room.
Although the firm presently
must import bait for the halibut
fleet from other areas, the com
pany’s plans call for obtaining bait,
chiefly herring, from local boats
operating in Kodiak area waters,
Wakefield advised, adding, “We
also will be keeping alert to any
progress in the octopus fishing re
search that might result from the
special research survey in these
waters planned by the U.S. Bureau
of Commercial Fisheries for this
late summer and fall.”
The new plant is equipped to
produce 65 tons of block ice daily.
The ice is made in 300-pound
blocks which are hauled “upstairs”
and put through a huge ice crush
ing machine.
Howard Wakefield, who ac
cepted his position with the new
firm on January 1st of this year, is
one of the widely-known Wake
field and established the Wake
field brothers whose father, Lee
H. Wakefield, founded Port Wake
field family firmly in Alaskan
fishery history. Howard was born
in Wrangell, Alaska, in 1899 and
will be 63 the 18th of June. He has
been associated with various as
pects of fisheries since 1918 and
became thoroughly acquainted
with Alaskan salmon and herring
fisheries both here and in South
eastern Alaska. His family built
Port Wakefield in 1935 primarily
as a herring reduction plant and
saltery. In 1953 it was converted
into a King Crab facility.
Howard was appointed to the
first Alaska Board of Fisheries
back when Alaska was still a terri
tory and he served nine years on
the board.
Production Foreman L. C. Berg
also has a lifetime of experience
in Alaskan fisheries. He came to
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buying and processing of fish in
1912. Describing himself aptly as
a “Southeasterner,” Berg has been
associated in fishery production
and processing in Sitka since 1931
asd is “new to Kodiak.”
Both Berg and Wakefield
pointed out that while the plant is
essentially an automatic type of
plant, it still will employ from 16
to 18 persons when in full produc
tion. An average of from 25 to 30
people have been employed dur
ing the construction of the plant.
The plant’s refrigeration system
was installed by the Feed Distribu
tion Co. under the supervision of
their foreman, Glenn Leach.
Stan Woodin of City Electric of
Anchorage has been in charge of
that firm’s contract to install the
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