Always honoring our past. Always dedicated to our people. Always charting our course. We wouldn’t be here without the vast network of stakeholders behind Trident’s commitment to wild, sustainable Alaska seafood. Join us as we celebrate our first 50 years and work together to preserve fish as the food of the future for the next generation.
Trident Seafoods began because of the vision and determination of Chuck Bundrant – a young man from Tennessee who ventured north to follow a dream and pull a living from the icy waters of the North Pacific.
Chuck was soon joined by Kaare Ness and Mike Jacobson. Together they pioneered the catching and processing of crab on board the same vessel, the F/V Billikin, and a legacy began.
Chuck partnered with Edd Perry's San Juan Seafoods establishing our Bellingham plant as a value added processing facility for Trident Seafoods.
The Mr. J. was our processing vessel in Akutan, Alaska prior to the plant being built.
Built F/V Bountiful at Maxon Marine in Tell City, Indiana.
Acquired M/V Tempest to add to our floating processing fleet in Bristol Bay.
Trident's executive team at the helm. Bart Eaton, Edd Perry, Chuck Bundrant, Steve Okerlund and Kaare Ness.
We broke ground for the Akutan, Alaska plant.
Acquired P/B Neptune to grow our floating processing fleet.
Fire breaks out at the Akutan plant!
After the fire, the Akutan plant was rebuilt bigger then ever to fulfill Chuck's vision for Trident's growth.
Acquired our Sand Point, Alaska plant.
Acquired Sea Alaska Products from ConAgra with salmon cannery at South Naknek, M/V Alaska Packer, and M/V Sea Alaska.
Acquired operations of JX Fisheries and SeaWest Industries, Inc.
Built our first value added plant in Anacortes, Washington to introduce Wild Alaska Pollock to national restaurant chains. Today Anacortes also produces The Ultimate Fish Sticks and Wild Alaska Salmon Burgers, as well as many other delicious products.
Acquired M/V Independence.
Purchased our North Naknek and Ketchikan, Alaska shore plants from Farwest Fisheries.
Purchased our St. Paul, Alaska shore plant.
Acquired Tyson Seafood Group's Newport, Oregon facility, Pier 91 plant in Seattle, Washington, the C/P Enterprise fleet, Tacoma shipyard in Washington, and our Kodiak, Alaska shore plant.
Began offering SEA LEGS Surimi after acquiring SEA LEGS plant and brand from Nicherei Foods of North America.
Launched The Ultimate Fish Stick that has more Wild Alaska Pollock and less breading.
Introduced our Salmon Burger made from whole fillets of Wild Alaska salmon.
Purchased Chignik Pride salmon plant in Chignik, Alaska.
Established a branch office in Tokyo, Japan. We continued to expand our footprint to deliver high-quality products and serve customers in Asia.
Acquired Norquest Seafoods' Alaska operations in Chignik, Cordova, Ketchikan, Petersburg, M/V Pribilof and M/V Aleutian Falcon. The acquisition also provided expertise in smoked fish with operations in Everett, Washington.
Purchased Louis Kemp Surimi Seafoods in Motley Minnesota.
Acquired Bear & Wolf Cordova salmon cannery and freezer plant
Began China joint venture and value-added processing in Weihai, China.
Expanded R&D innovation center and show kitchen at Pier 91, advancing our culinary capabilities and expertise. Acquired Wrangell salmon plant, expanding our Southeast Alaska operations.
Acquired Kasilof Fish Company and their smoked salmon products.
Acquired Alaska Protein Recovery and the Pure Alaska Omega brand, building upon the full utilization of our catch and entering into the retail supplement market.
Released Catching a Deckload of Dreams, Chuck Bundrant and the story of Trident Seafoods. https://www.amazon.com/CatchingDeckload-Dreams-Bundrant-Seafoods/dp/1933245344
Opened Carrollton, Georgia plant to better serve our value added customers who are located east of the Mississippi.
Investment in Kodiak allowed for expansion and building our new state-of-the-art facility.
Acquired Pickenpack plant, Riepe, Germany to better serve our European value added market.
Partnered in NewCold Distribution Center, a cutting edge cold storage facility located in Tacoma, Washington.
Acquired processing plant at False Pass to better serve the salmon fisheries.
Created Catching a Deckload of Dreams Podcast. https://anchor.fm/deckloadofdreams
Acquired C/P Starbound, adding modern state-of-the-art processing capacity that enables full utilization of every sustainably caught wild Alaska Pollock.
Launched Pure Catch Supplements and Alaska Naturals Pet brand refresh to further expand the full utilization of our catch.
On to the next 50 years!