How did fish processing become concentrated near Vancouver and Prince Rupert?

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Prior to the 1940s, fish processing in British Columbia was decentralized, taking place in dozens of small canneries spread along the coast.1

Since the 1940s, this industry has become concentrated into a few large plants located near Vancouver and Prince Rupert. This shift toward centralization was part of a broader trend in the coastal region's resource industries, where management and processing operations increasingly gravitated toward Vancouver after 1900.12