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Article: Inlet Fisheries: catching success in Kenai. (Alaska)
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- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- October 1, 1994
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Ignoring gloom and doom, this fish processor keeps looking for new markets to conquer.
Inlet Fisheries has a secret weapon in its quest for dominance in Alaska's seafood processing industry. Since 1987, Inlet has risen steadily from a modest start with a single site in Kenai. It is now the largest 100 percent Alaska-owned, Alaska-based salmon company. Inlet's secret weapon is a man named Vincent Goddard.
Goddard is the company's founder and president, and the force behind its constant innovation and expansion. "The man is a genius," says Jim Gonzales, Inlet's manager for domestic and European sales. "When it comes to knowing the fish business, he's a very ...