date:Apr 15, 2013
ay Wood in 1982.
Tonka Seafoods began in 1982 in a net shed owned by Alan Otness grandfather that was originally located along Front Street along Wrangell Narrows. The shed was floated down Wrangell Narrows and set on the beach in front of the Otness home near 7 mile Mitkof Highway. Alan and Sheri Otness and Gilbert were partners in the seafood company.
The operation then moved upland into an addition made to the Otness warehouse on Mitkof Highway and in 1996 moved to its Sing Lee Alley locati