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# The Last Cannery on the Bay Faces Its Final Season
- URL: https://dispatch.themesbykyle.com/the-last-cannery-on-the-bay-faces-its-final-season/
- Published: 2026-11-10T03:11:40.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-13T16:10:25.000Z
- Description: After 87 years, a family-run cannery says it cannot afford another one. The town is trying to find a way to keep it open.
- Author: Tomás Herrera
- Tags: News

The whistle that marks the start of the shift is the same one that has blown at 6 a.m. every working day since 1937\. This season, the owners say, it may blow for the last time.

Rising costs and falling catches have made the cannery unprofitable. The family that runs it has asked the town for help, and a group of residents has begun raising money to buy it as a cooperative.

“It’s not just a business,” said one of the 63 workers. “It’s the reason there’s a town.”