Silver Bay Seafoods Acquiring Trident’s Ketchikan Processing Facility; Everything You Need To Know

Silver Bay Seafoods is in the final stages of acquiring Trident Seafoods’ Ketchikan processing facility, the companies confirmed Wednesday afternoon.

Trident announced late last year that it planned on selling four shore-based processing plants in Alaska — Kodiak, Ketchikan, Petersburg, and False Pass. The seafood giant gave an update last week that it was close to finalizing sales of the plants in Petersburg, Ketchikan and False Pass. Now, the company has confirmed that the Ketchikan plant will be sold to Silver Bay Seafoods...

Trident Seafoods Close to Finalizing Sale of Plants in Petersburg, Ketchikan, and False Pass

Last December Trident Seafoods announced a strategic shift in their Alaska operations that put seasonal plants in Ketchikan, Petersburg, False Pass and their year-round shoreside plant in Kodiak up for sale. Last Friday the company announced that negotiations with buyers for processing plants in the first three communities are in the final stages, with multiple parties interested in the more extensive facility in Kodiak. 

Other properties the company sought buyers for in the shifting strategy were the historic South Naknek Diamond NN cannery facility in ...

The Winners of the 2024 Alaska Symphony of Seafoods Have Been Announced; Find Out Who Won Here

Congratulations are in order for all those who participated in the 2024 Alaska Symphony of Seafood competition.

Organized by the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (AFDF), this annual competition was created in order to highlight commercial-ready, value-added products that are made from Alaska seafood. The event first kicked off in Seattle this past November with a private judging session. But the main event, featuring a reception co-hosted by AFDF and United Fishermen of Alaska, was held in Juneau just last week...

Top Seafood Stories: Trident Lists Facility; Keyport Steps Up; NL Snow Crab Price Negotiations Begin

SeafoodNews Weekly Video co-hosts Amanda Buckle and Lorin Castiglione take a look at the top stories of the week, including Trident Seafoods listing their South Naknek facility; Keyport stepping up for Alaska crabbers; and the start of price negotiations for the 2024 NL snow crab season.

This episode of the SeafoodNews Weekly Video is brought to you by Urner Barry. Urner Barry is heading to Boston for Seafood Expo North America from March 10th through the 12th. Meet with Urner Barry’s seafood market reporters and sales team at booth number 364.

GSMC 2024: NFI President Lisa Wallenda Picard Addresses The Trident-Sized Elephant In The Room

SeafoodNews is reporting live from the National Fisheries Institute’s Global Seafood Market Conference in Orlando. You can find all of our GSMC 2024 coverage here.

National Fisheries Institute President and CEO Lisa Wallenda Picard addressed the Trident Seafoods-sized elephant in the room during the “Inside the Seafood C-Suite” panel Wednesday afternoon. In the panel, moderated by Cliff White of Diversified Communications, an audience member asked a question regarding NFI’s public policy disagreement with a former NFI member...

New Year, New Economic Landscape for Alaska’s Fishing and Processing Industry

Besides the weather, the most talked-about subject for those in the seafood industry, from Alaska’s coastal communities to Seattle boardrooms, is how to adjust to the rapidly-changing economic environment in Alaska’s seafood industry.

The most recent tremor in the landscape was Peter Pan Seafood’s announcement to close their King Cove plant for the duration of the ‘A’ season, which opens January 20 for pollock. Extending to April, the ‘A’ season is when the majority of the annual catch of 1.3 million metric tons of Bering Sea pollock ... 

Trident’s Plan to Replace Kodiak Dock Requires Public Comments on Marine Mammal Impacts

Last June, Trident Seafoods asked National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for “… authorization to take marine mammals incidental to pile driving and removal activities associated with the Bunkhouse Dock replacement project in Kodiak, Alaska.” One week ago, NMFS request for public comments appeared in the Federal Register.

The project, slated for March and April 2024, involves removing over 200 pilings — half of them wooden — that support Trident's Bunkhouse Dock in downtown Kodiak and replacing them with about 80 larger-diameter pilings made from steel. The removal and installations ...

Trident Seafoods Will Sell Four Alaska Plants and Trim 10% of Workforce in New Company Plan

Trident Seafoods announced yesterday it will be selling four shore based processing plants in Alaska — Kodiak, Ketchikan, Petersburg, and False Pass — while focusing their efforts in Southeast Alaska and Area M, the waters off the Alaska Peninsula, including the Bering Sea and western Gulf of Alaska.

The streamlining moves, which include downsizing its support functions in Seattle by 10%, position the company to fund the reinvestments necessary to continue to lead in the Alaska seafood industry.

"Bold action today is necessary to deliver fair ...

Find Out The 1st Place Winners of the 2024 Alaska Symphony of Seafood

The results are in! And the winners are…

On Monday the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (AFDF) announced the winners of the 2024 Alaska Symphony of Seafood, an annual competition for new value-added products made from Alaska seafood. 

The Alaska Symphony of Seafood officially kicked off in Seattle on November 7 with a private judging session. This year the expert panel of judges was made up of Michael Mills (Sysco), BT Thompson and Becca Yeardsley (Rogge), John Burrows (Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute), Daniela Klimsova (BBRSDA), Scott Habberstadt (Alaska Airlines), Craig Morris (GAPP)...

NFI, Seafood Producers Draft Sign On Letter Highlighting Priorities For 2023 Farm Bill

The National Fisheries Institute (NFI), the Seafood Harvesters of America (SHA), Pacific Seafoods, Pacific Seafood Processors Association (PSPA), the At-Sea Processors Association (APA) and Trident Seafoods have drafted a national sign-on letter that highlight three priorities for U.S. seafood producers to be included in the 2023 Farm Bill. 

According to the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Congress passes legislation that “sets national agriculture, nutrition, conservation, and forestry policy” every five years. This is commonly referred to as the Farm Bill...

Chum Prices Collapse in Southeast Alaska As Processors See Global Market Flood From Russia

Last Saturday Trident Seafoods sent a letter to their fleet dropping the price of chum salmon from $.50/lb to $.20/lb, effective Sunday, August 6, 2023.

Calling the global salmon market “volatile” and future indicators “more concerning”, Trident gave a short history of this season’s markets.

“Spring of 2023 brought a sharp decrease in wholesale prices across all species and continues to drop as the weeks progress. Bristol Bay served as early confirmation of this unprecedented decline,” Trident’s CEO Joe Bundrant wrote ...

OBI, Trident Sell $4.3 Million Worth of Pollock, Salmon in Latest USDA Purchase

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) purchased over $4.3 million of Alaska pollock and pink salmon products for child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs for Fiscal Year 2023.

According to the Purchase Award Description released by the USDA, the government bought 910,800 pounds worth of frozen Alaska pollock for just shy of $1.7 million. The USDA also bought $2.6 million worth of canned pink salmon products.

The USDA bought 957,920 pounds of seafood products for $4,303,193.04...

Trident Vessel Fire Update: Unified Command Steps Down Friday

On Saturday, April 8 a Unified Command composed of the Tacoma Fire Department, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, the Washington Department of Ecology, Puyallup Tribe of Indians, and several other agencies, responded to a fire on board Trident’s F/V Kodiak Enterprise, which was moored in the Hylebos Waterway. On Friday, April 21, that Unified Command finally stepped down.

As SeafoodNews reported at the time, the fire broke out on the 276 ft. catcher/ processor early that Saturday morning. By Sunday it was reported that the fire had progressed...

Wild Alaska Pollock Named Official Whitefish of NHL’s Seattle Kraken

Pollock fans, it’s time to hit the ice as Wild Alaska Pollock is now the official Whitefish of Climate Pledge Arena and the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL).

The fish will now be available on multiple menus throughout the arena as Climate Pledge Arena looked to Seattle-based Trident Seafoods, the largest vertically integrated seafood company in the United States, the Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers (GAPP) to help provide sustainable food options to fans.

Wild Alaska Pollock will be featured in menu items created by...

Trident Seafoods F/V Kodiak Enterprise Catches Fire in Tacoma Saturday Morning

On Saturday morning the Tacoma Fire Department, Coast Guard, Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington Department of Ecology, among other agencies, were alerted to a fishing vessel that caught fire while moored at Trident Seafoods in the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma. 

The vessel in question is the Kodiak Enterprise, which is a 276 ft. vessel that is a part of Trident’s catch/ processor fleet. The Kodiak Enterprise, like Trident’s other trawl catcher/ processors, has the ability to harvest right on the fishing grounds. Each vessel has a...

3 Takeaways From Outlaw Ocean Project’s North Korea Forced-Labor Program Report

Ian Urbina of The Outlaw Ocean Project is once again making headlines. In October 2023 the investigative reporter published a piece about companies sourcing seafood processed by Uyghur forced labor. Now, Urbina has published a new report — this one on North Korea’s forced–labor program.

North Korean workers in China are widespread, but Urbina was able to identify 15 seafood-processing plants that “together seem to have used more than a thousand North Korean workers since 2017. Back in 2017, in response to North Korea testing nuclear...

SeaShare Welcomes Trident’s Analise Gonzales To Board of Directors 

SeaShare is continuing to beef up their Board of Directors with passionate seafood veterans. The non-profit organization announced on Tuesday that Analise Gonzales, the Director of Specialty Brands at Trident Seafoods, has been elected to the SeaShare Board of Directors.

“I am honored to have the privilege of joining the board at SeaShare,” commented Gonzales. “The tireless dedication to supplying seafood to those experiencing food insecurity, as well as the significant progress being made to create a positive impact on the seafood industry, is truly remarkable...

Trident’s Diamond NN Support Facility in Naknek Listed For Sale at $1 Million 

The first listing of Trident Seafood's processing plants and support facilities was seen this week on landsearch.com — the Diamond NN South Naknek Cannery, one of the oldest canneries in Alaska and now on the National Historic Registry. 

Fifty-five and a half acres and several buildings are listed for sale at $1 milion. In 2023 the facility was warehousing nets and other gear, a laundry and cafeteria for fishermen, and a maintenance shop. The listing notes "We intend to keep the rolling stock on site ...

Trident Seafoods Ends NFI Membership Over Russian-Sourced Seafood; NFI Responds

After weeks of speculation, Trident Seafoods officially notified the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) that they have decided to terminate their longstanding relationship with the organization. 

Trident has been a member of NFI since 1978 but says that they recently hit a crossroads with the organization that has led them to change their membership status. For the seafood giant, it comes down to Russian-harvested seafood. 

In late December President Joe Biden signed an executive order that closed the sanctions loophole that allowed...

New Year, New Economic Landscape for Alaska’s Fishing and Processing Industry

Besides the weather, the most talked-about subject for those in the seafood industry, from Alaska’s coastal communities to Seattle boardrooms, is how to adjust to the rapidly-changing economic environment in Alaska’s seafood industry.

The most recent tremor in the landscape was Peter Pan Seafood’s announcement to close their King Cove plant for the duration of the ‘A’ season, which opens January 20 for pollock. Extending to April, the ‘A’ season is when the majority of the 1.3 million metric tons of Bering Sea pollock and much of  ...

The Top Stories Of 2023: From Canadian Snow Crab Drama To the Uyghur Forced Labor Report

As the new year quickly approaches, SeafoodNews is looking back at some of the biggest stories to make headlines in 2023. Below you will find recaps of some of our most read content from throughout the year…

FFAW vs. ASP

The year started with promise in Newfoundland and Labrador as industry groups the Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW) and Association of Seafood Producers (ASP) welcomed in new leadership. FFAW’s new President Greg Pretty and ASP’s new...

Trident Seafoods, Channel Fish Processing Land USDA Pollock Contract

Trident Seafoods and Channel Fish Processing both were awarded a contract for Alaska pollock by the USDA. The total dollar amount between the two companies is $1.75 million.

Channel Fish will be supplying the USDA with 380,000 lbs of frozen breaded Alaska pollock sticks worth $988,559. Trident Seafoods will be supplying the USDA with 435,600 lbs of bulk surimi worth $759,924.

The USDA issued the bid invite in early November. The pollock will be used in the National...

Trident Takes Home USDA Canned Salmon Bid

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) purchased canned salmon products from Trident Seafoods, according to its latest Purchase Award Description.

The USDA accepted Trident’s bid to purchase 16,720 cases of canned pink salmon products for $779,988. The product specifics were 24-count cases of 14.75-ounce cans.

The products will be used for distribution to the child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs.

The USDA first invited bids for canned salmon in mid-September and the entire solicitation was met with Trident’s bid...

Trident Seafoods Delays Work on Unalaska Processing Plant For One Year

Global market conditions and record harvests have caused Trident Seafoods to delay – but not cancel – the firm’s plans to build a new plant in Captain’s Bay near Unalaska/Dutch Harbor.

"I've been in the industry a long time and I've never seen markets like this," said Trident CEO, Joe Bundrant. "The rate and pace at which markets are collapsing across our key species is staggering. Not only are global inventories and operating costs high, but demand is low, and some are selling at or below cost just to generate...

Bristol Bay Fishermen Set to Protest Low Prices Offered By Processors

Bristol Bay fishermen started the season on an open ticket and earlier this week prices for salmon were announced – at a steep decrease from last year. 

Processors like Trident Seafoods, North Pacific Seafoods and Peter Pan Seafood set a base price of 50 cents per pound. To compare to last year, Trident had a base price of $1.15. However, a record breaking salmon run in 2022 of 79 million fish means that there is still plenty of inventory...

Alaska Air Cargo Delivered First Copper River Salmon From Cordova to Sea-Tac Airport

Hailed as an “annual rite of spring” the first delivery of Copper River king salmon arrived at Seattle-Tacoma Airport yesterday after being landed during the first opener on the Copper River Flats outside of Cordova, AK. The shipment arrived early Tuesday morning at the Alaska Air Cargo Warehouse to a welcoming crowd of television cameras and journalists. 

“Every year Alaska Air Cargo partners with the state of Alaska’s three largest seafood processors – Trident Seafoods, OBI Seafoods and Copper River Seafoods – to bring the coveted fish  ...

Trident Launches Inaugural Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report

As part of their 50th year in business, Trident Seafoods released their first ESG report last week, identifying key values for the brand, and changes made that reflect those goals.

Extending beyond sustainability reports, an environmental, social and governance (ESG) report includes ethical standards of practice, goals to combat or slow the progress of climate change, and transparency in governance that demonstrates the company’s priority of working with others to achieve global goals. 

The 65-page report also aligns Trident’s initiatives with ten of the 17 United National Sustainable Development Goals ...

Trident Vessel Fire Update: USCG Releases More Information on Response

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has released additional information on their response to a fire onboard the F/V Kodiak Enterprise, which started early Saturday morning while the vessel was moored at Trident Seafoods in the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma. 

As SeafoodNews reported yesterday, firefighters continued to battle the flames on Sunday. The smoke resulted in a temporary shelter-in-place being put in place for NE Tacoma, Browns Point and Dash Point neighborhoods. The firefighting efforts continued into Monday. Improved smoke conditions allowed the...

PODCAST: Nordstrom Restaurant Chefs Talk About The Delicious Wild Alaska Pollock Partnership

SeafoodNews Managing Editor Amanda Buckle and Urner Barry Seafood Market Reporter Lorin Castiglione stopped by Nordstrom at the King of Prussia Mall in Pennsylvania last week -- but not to shop! The SeafoodNews Podcast hosts sat down with Nordstrom Restaurant Chefs Jordan Korn and Caleb Cass to talk about Nordstrom's successful (and delicious!) partnership with Trident Seafoods to bring Wild Alaska Pollock to shoppers during International Women's History Month and Earth Month.

The partnership between Nordstrom Restaurants and Trident Seafoods was made possible thanks to Partnership Program...