During the winter of 1965 a group of local fishermen and employees purchased the Pacific American Fisheries cannery in Petersburg, Alaska, with visions of building a superior seafood company. Though back then the company was incorporated as Petersburg Fisheries, Inc. (PFI), it was the beginning of what would eventually become Icicle Seafoods, Inc. Innovative seafood solutions came early in Icicle's history, with the development of year-round processing facilities and eventually floating processors like the R.M. Thorstenson, Northern Victor, and Gordon Jensen.These concepts were radical to Alaska's fishing industry in the early days, but enabled the company to provide stable employment, a variety of seafood products throughout the year and the opportunity to follow fishermen to remote coastal fishing locations where fish would not otherwise get harvested. The success of this program led to the development of more shore side facilities in Seward, Homer, Egegik and more recently Larsen Bay with support sites at Ninilchik, Dillingham, Dutch Harbor, and Naknek.

Also along the way Icicle purchased tenders, crabbers, trawlers and various other support vessels and barges to help provide fishermen with better markets and structure a larger base from which the company could expand its operations and diversify its product mix.One example of the quest for product diversification came with the purchase in 1999 of the Pollock and Cod processor Northern Victor and its five combination trawlers.

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Icicle SeafoodsHomer, Alaska 1998-Jul-01Initial Notification: At 1100 on 1 JULY 98, an ammonia release occurred at the Icicle Seafood plant on the spit in Homer, AK. An explosion and fire occurred later in the afternoon. Seven tanks containing a total of 43,000 pounds of ammonia were involved. In addition to ammonia, chlorine and other unspecified hazardous materials were on-scene. One worker was splattered with ammonia during the initial release and is in serious condition with chemical burns over 5% of his body. USCG district 17.