Invited guests, government officials and members of the media gathered in Wollaston Lake on Friday for the grand opening of the Northern Wild Fishery.
The fish processing plant logo, website and brand name were also officially unveiled at the event. The facility is owned by Hatchet Lake First Nation.
It produces vacuum packed, frozen fillets of Walleye, Northern Pike, Whitefish and Lake Trout.
It also produces vacuum packed, frozen pike loin strips.
Other products are under development in partnership with the Food Centre at the University of Saskatchewan.
The facility is the first CFIA-registered fish processing plant in the north and the first in the province owned by a First Nation.
In August, 20 fish plant workers were trained and 12 are currently working at the plant.
The CFIA registration will allow sales to the rest of the country and around the world.
Northern Wild Fishery is owned 100 per cent by the Hatchet Lake Development Limited Partnership (HLDLP).
Fish are delivered to the Wollaston Plant by licensed fishers who are members of the Welcome Bay Fishers Co-op.
The packaged fish are then moved south on refrigerated trucks owned by Caribou Transport LP, a subsidiary of the HLDLP.
At the grand opening, Hatchet Lake First Nation Chief Bart Tsannie, Ed Benoanie the board chair of HLDLP, and PAGC Vice-Chief Brian Hardlotte all reiterated the need for a year-round road to Wollaston which has been promised by past governments but never built.