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Seafood entrepreneur: The Korean woman company founder who pushed for Americanization of Alaskan groundfish fishery

Fishermen's Finest founder Helena Park's career launch may have been boosted by her unique access to a Korean company, but it was her passion for the US industry that fueled her success

By Jeanine Stewart | Aug. 20, 2015 18:15 BST
Fishermen's Finest CEO Helena Park, aboard the American No. 1, in the late 1980s, checks in on the cook of her crew.
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Late one night on the remote island of Unalaska, the site of Alaska’s tiny groundfish processing town Dutch Harbor, Korean-born Fishermen’s Finest founder and CEO Helena Park went from fisherman’s wheelhouse to fisherman’s wheelhouse, knocking on doors to gauge interest in a new business plan [...]

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