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Trident Seafoods reported last Friday it was “entering the final stages of closing deals for three of its Alaska shoreside plants,” including its operations in Ketchikan and Petersburg.

On Wednesday, Trident

announced that an agreement has been reached “in principle” for Silver Bay Seafoods to acquire the Trident processing plant in Ketchikan.

A buyer for Petersburg’s plant has not yet been officially named, but rumors are circulating that an announcement to that effect is expected to happen this Friday.

Seattle-based Trident Seafoods — the largest seafood harvesting and processing company in...