A vintage Kenai cannery that opened its doors 100 years ago is taking on new life as a modern seafood plant for Copper River Seafoods, with the capacity to handle 10 million pounds of fish annually.

The Kasilof River, also on the Kenai Peninsula, was down sharply too, with approximately 58,000 fish harvested by dipnetters in 2016, down 35 percent from the previous year. The Copper River also ...