COVID-19 Outbreak In Pacific Northwest Seafood Industry As Season Ramps Up
![Workers fillet fish seafood processing plant in Kodiak, Alaska in 2002. The industry faces an outbreak of COVID-19 just as salmon and pollack fishing seasons are ramping up.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/06/05/ap_02012102803_wide-7c06e00fcf9704f4838a48512828871b94d5d5e8.jpg?s=600)
Most of the crew on one massive seafood trawler has tested positive for COVID-19. Other vessels also have cases, despite sweeping measures to try and prevent the spread of coronavirus.
(Image credit: Marion Owen/AP)
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