Partner Directory
Learn more about sustainability minded businesses using the FishChoice Partner Directory. FishChoice Partners are committed to being transparent with some, if not all, of their seafood products and associated sourcing information. Partners range from seafood suppliers and aquaculture operations, to retailers and restaurants, zoos, aquariums, and more!
Shellfish has been a part of Julia Rendall's life for the past 25 years. She and her former husband, Bill, raised three boys by digging clams around Cortes Island. When she and her partners bought the Orchard Bay site on Waddington Channel - a 55 acre deep water lease - she jokingly referred to it as their 1375 acre oyster ranch (55 acres X 25 clusters deep = 1375 farmable acres) She and her partner, Marcel, own several rafts at Bee Islets, a beach lease in the Gorge Harbor, and their deep water site at Orchard Bay. They pride themselves in supplying premium quality oysters, and have...
Belmira Trout Seafood Corp is the North American sales and marketing business unit for Truchas Belmira SAS in Medellin, Colombia. Its location in Miami, Florida helps to sustain imports to the US for retailers and restaurant chains across the nation.
Belmira Trout Seafood adheres to both FDA regulations and HACCP. Truchas Belmira SAS is also the world's first rainbow trout processor to obtain Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification under the company's slogan "the responsible seafood choice."
Belmira Trout Seafood relies on the experience, quality, and technology of...
Better Products is the exclusive buyer of Colorado Correctional Industries (CCI) closed-containment farmed Rainbow Trout. CCI Organic Trout are fed diets which contain ingredients in accordance with organic production standards for Whole Foods. Notably the diet has no artificial color or genetically modified ingredients and is produced from sustainable organic sources. The fish are fed no color additives, which gives CCI organic trout flesh a white color as opposed to the pink color usually seen in some trout reared using colorants. CCI Trout Hatchery uses proactive environmental practices...
Rich Karwowski, founder & President of Beyond the Sea Sales & Marketing is a former Seafood Category Manager with over 15 years of experience with one of the largest big box grocery retail stores. In his prior capacity, Rich was responsible for writing all merchandising programs, policy and procedures, buying, training and headed the all natural/organic division. Rich also worked as a consultant for value added companies developing successful retail-friendly and value added items, and at the same time worked in a fresh fish house in the Boston area where he tried...
Located on Hawaii’s Big Island on the Kona Coast, Big Island Abalone Corporation (BIAC) produces 100 tons of live Kona Abalone – a premium stock of ezo (Japanese northern) abalone – every year.
Operating on a 10-acre aquafarm, BIAC is one the largest abalone producers in the world. Hawaii has proved to be the ideal location for growing Kona Abalone. Hawaii receives more sunlight per year than any other coastal location in the USA – sunlight critical to growing abalone’s food, red algae. BIAC also has access to a constant supply of cold, nutrient-rich seawater that is pumped...
Based in South Carolina, Big T Coastal Provisions uses high-quality wild-caught blue crab claw meat in its ready to eat seafood dips. The company has been providing retailers large and small with real crab dip for over five years. The company's dips are always made using 100% real crabmeat, lending to the slogan "100% Real Seafood from Real Coastal Folk". Big T Coastal Provisions understands that today's consumers are looking for transparency, real ingredients, and cleaner products and the company aims to deliver customers just that with its crab dips for every occasion.
Bilbo S.A., an Ecuadorian company dedicated to the processing and exportation of frozen seafood and aquaculture products. We specialize in offering exquisite and high-quality products based on the HACCP system, certified by BRC and BASC.
We are looking to expand our market around the world, so we will like to introduce our Company and products to you in order to start a long-term business relationship.
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Bionic has been a top supplier in the frozen bait business for over 31 years. Eleven years ago, the business expanded its operations to cater specifically to zoos and aquariums, as well as wildlife rehabilitation centers. The company also supplies numbers kind of bait to local tackle stores and marinas.
With numerous storage freezers facilities nationwide, the company can ensure that the species of fish its customers are seeking is almost always in stock, providing a consistent supply. Armed with its own fleet of trucks with high-powered freezer units and a state of the art freezer...
Blue Circle was founded in 2005 by William Cole, Steven Damato, Thomas Damato and Nora Pouillon. Committed to sourcing sustainable seafood from around the globe, their approach is designed to change the fishing industry to provide seafood that is good for customers, good for the planet, and maintains its flavors and quality.
Working together with the Kvarøy fish farm, as well as feed companies BioMar and Whole Foods Market, Blue Circle created a fish feed that reduces both the environmental contaminants in farmed salmon and the use of marine resources for fish feed. Developed in...
Blue Evolution is a seaweed company which grows, harvests and processes sustainable seaweed up and down the Pacific Coast of North America. Blue Evolution is delighted to bring its customers high-quality seaweed products. The company believes in the importance of connecting customers to the places where the seaweed comes from and the people who harvest them.
In Mexico, Blue Evolution works with a local university to grow seaweed in a dynamic biological environment. The company has learned from renowned seaweed experts and grad students alike to help...
Chris Quartuccio, Founder and CEO of Blue Island Oyster Company, grew up in Sayville, New York, and fell in love with the Great South Bay. He caught and sold his first bushel of clams when he was 12 years old, and this profound connection to the sea is the reason he created Blue Island. He wanted to bring the "sea to the kitchen", and that's how Blue Island began - a company whose inspiration lies in the history of the Great South Bay.
Most oyster lovers know Blue Island as a New York company that farms, scuba dives, and sources boutique oysters from all over North America....
Blue North is a sustainable natural resources company that features fishing as a primary enterprise. Blue North was founded by Michael and Patrick Burns who ventured from upstate New York to Alaska a generation ago. Once they landed in Alaska and started fishing, Mike and Pat Burns decided to settle in the Pacific Northwest to pursue their passion. Then they bought boats, upgraded them, and put one of the most efficient and sustainable hook-and-line fleets on the clean waters of the North Pacific. Today, Blue North still catches one Alaska cod at a time, and it continues to invest in...
Blue Ocean is at the forefront of marine finfish mariculture, particularly for Seriola spp. Blue Ocean Mariculture is dedicated to the sustainable, responsible production of marine finfish in Hawaii. They are defining the technology, tools, and techniques for successful, sustainable open ocean mariculture in the United States. Their Hawaiian Kanpachi:
- Require less feed relative to the production of other animal proteins.
- Are made in the USA,...
Blue Ribbon Meats is a family owned and operated distributor, processor and wholesaler based in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1948 by Albert Radis, Blue Ribbon Meats has become a family tradition, and community staple for providing quality meats and seafood to the Cleveland, Toledo, and Columbus, Ohio areas.
While primarily known for their selection of meats, Blue Ribbon Meats also proudly sells a wide selection of seafood. Striving to be on the cutting edge of culinary trends with exciting menu offerings, their products include lobster, salmon, monkfish and swordfish. Their extensive...
Blue Ridge Aquaculture is an industry leader in closed-system, sustainable indoor aquaculture. Headquartered in Martinsville, Va., the company has been in continuous operation since 1993. Blue Ridge Aquaculture raises nearly 4 million pounds of tilapia each year at its 100,000 square-foot facility. Each week, the company ships an estimated 75,000 pounds of live tilapia to markets in New York, Boston, Toronto and other locations, making Blue Ridge Aquaculture the worlds largest indoor producer of tilapia.
BRA’s indoor Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) grows seafood in a clean...
Located in historic West Barnstable, Massachusetts, Blue Stream Aquaculture is one of the oldest continually run trout hatcheries in the state. Brown, brook, rainbow and tiger trout are spawned and raised year round and are fed natural artesian diets. The fish are raised in both natural and man-made ponds, raceways and a hatch house where 700 to 800 gallons of water flows per minute. Water from the pristine, "free-flowing" wells is used multiple times through tanks and raceways. Waste is removed both naturally with a “healthy” micro-organism population, and mechanically...
Progressively responsible seafood sourcing can certainly be a challenge. While there are existing fisheries and aquaculture operations that are widely recognized as sustainable, there are still significant challenges facing some of the most popular seafood choices on the market today.
Blueyou Ltd. strives to be at the forefront of transforming global seafood production towards a more sustainable future. They believe in the potential of consumer markets to help facilitate this challenging transformation.
Implementing more sustainable fishery and aquaculture practices by means...
Blundell Seafoods Ltd. was established in Richmond, B.C. in 1975, and is one of the major wholesalers of seafood products in the Greater Vancouver and Whistler/Squamish area. The company is one of the leaders and innovators in the seafood industry, possessing a state of the art facility situated on the banks of the Fraser River in Richmond. They have temperature controlled processing and packing facilities and a cold storage facility that can accommodate 4 million pounds of fresh and frozen seafood products. Their 100 foot dock allows them to directly unload products from a fisherman's...
Established in 1991 in Andhra Pradesh, India, BMR Group pioneered the introduction of whiteleg shrimp cultivation to India as a solution to the loss of local shrimp species. Founder Dr. B.M. Masthan Rao has since been honored for his success in introducing the more resilient and easily cultivated L. vannamei to the local aquaculture community. The company exports their own products and their BAP 3-Star certified shrimp can be found throughout the world under their brands: BMR Classic and BMR Gold.
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Bon Secour Fisheries, Inc. is a leading seafood processor and wholesale distributor. For over 100 years, this family-owned and operated business has been providing our customers with a variety of quality seafood products. Bon Secour Fisheries owns and operates their own fleet of shrimp trawlers that unload at their docks daily. They grade and pack shrimp in their plant to guarantee consistent quality, weights and counts. Oysters are purchased from reputable, state-certified producers. They open oysters daily in their shucking house. Their fish and crab suppliers know and meet the company...
For over 70 years Bornstein Seafood has been committed to providing the finest quality food products. Seafood has been the family's life for many generations. They are committed to delivering consistent quality and service that is second to none. The company operates seafood processing plants in Bellingham, Wash. and Astoria, Ore.
The Pacific Northwest — home to lush evergreen forests, icy mountain streams, the majestic Columbia River, and wild seafood processed at Bornstein Seafoods. We have nearly 80 years experience processing wild natural fish and shellfish in our Oregon and...
Boston Lobster Company was founded in 1986 by Neil Zarella. His dedication and hard work has been the cornerstone of the company. Through his direction, the company has grown to become one of the premier distributors of live lobsters around the world. Today they continue to grow and look forward to providing your company with quality hard-shell lobsters year-round. Their lobster pound and holding facility located in southwest Nova Scotia ensures they have an adequate supply of product through the long winter months. Their proximity to Logan International Airport allows them to handle all...
For four generations, Boston Sword and Tuna has caught, off-loaded, and sold the finest swordfish and tuna from New England to the Gulf of Mexico. The company prides itself on its hands-on experience, which enables them to deliver only the highest quality fish. Having established long-lasting relationships with suppliers, they are able to consistently offer the best quality products and cater to their customers. Their commitment is to be ‘America’s one-stop-shop for seafood,’ and will do whatever it takes to meet and exceed customer demands.
Their HACCP-certified facility uses a...
We’re a third-generation, family-owned and-operated seafood producer located in the heart of the Texas Gulf Coast. Our mission is simple — provide exceptional quality seafood, year round, in the most responsible and humane way possible.
We believe in honesty, integrity and applying the highest standards across every level of our business. As a vertically integrated producer, we take pride in offering our customers unparalleled quality and end-to-end traceability. Our farm-raised hybrid striped bass, red drum, hybrid channel catfish and Pacific white shrimp are harvested to order,...
Founded in 1965, Boysie Destin Seafood is a family owned importer, exporter and wholesaler of Caribbean lobsters, located in St. John’s, Antigua. What began as a small, two boat operation where live lobsters were bought straight from fishermen on the open sea, has since expanded to become one of the best-known lobster wholesalers in Antigua.
Dedicated to freshness, Boysie Destin sources all their lobster live, packaging them into leak-proof, temperature-sensitive coolers, and loading them onto planes to be distributed within three hours of catch. Being certified for airfreight...