Trident Seafoods® Pacific Salmon Burgers 3 lb

Commitment to Sustainability

With over 40 years of experience fishing the cold, icy waters off the coast of Alaska, our commitment to responsible fishing runs deep. We actively support research to keep our fisheries thriving and participate in the Alaska fishery management process, which is based on robust, sound science, and transparent governance. The Wild Alaska Pollock fishery is certified as sustainable by two independent and internationally recognized eco-certifications: Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM) and Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). They are also benchmarked by the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) and aligned with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, the most comprehensive set of international standards and best practices for sustainable fisheries​.

From the Source to the Plate

All Trident product is boxed with a date code that indicates the processing date, time and plant. We can use this information to trace back to when and what management area the fish was harvested, what vessel or tender the fish came from, and the quality of the fish when it entered our plant. Our work to design a third-party accredited social standard for our processing facilities exceeds industry norms.

How we catch Alaska Salmon

We purchase all species of Alaska salmon from independent fishermen across Alaska – from Bristol Bay to Kodiak to Ketchikan. Our fleet of independent vessels makes deliveries to our plants and floating processors in Naknek, False Pass, Sand Point, Chignik, Kodiak, Cordova, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan (and sometimes to one of our partner’s plants). Regardless of where it is processed, our captains and plant managers are in constant communication with each other to ensure that we have the freshest fish possible. The Alaska salmon fishery is often made up of family-run operations and harvest opportunities are allocated by region amongst gear types to balance sustainability, historic participation, and ensure that coastal communities benefit from the resource. Most pink salmon are harvested on larger purse seine vessels (generally between 38’-58’). Purse seining is the most crew-intensive method of salmon fishing and allows harvesters to target large schools of fresh pink salmon. Most sockeye salmon are caught using smaller gillnet vessels (generally between 32’-42’). While the crew size is smaller on these operations, it is an incredibly labor-intensive method of fishing because each fish must be individually picked from the net.