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Timeline: How a 100-foot railroad put Alaska pollock sector at war with Uncle Sam

By griffith September 20, 2021

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The Alaska pollock industry is facing huge fines over alleged violations of the Jones Act, a 100-year-old law that requires use of US-owned, built and crewed vessels for US port to US port shipments

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