The Top 25: Seafood Sustainability & Conservation

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By Madelyn Kearns September 24, 2020 Santa Monica Seafood Southern California-based full-service fresh and frozen seafood processor and distributor Santa Monica Seafood prides itself on being able to handle any specifications for seafood, with its expansive network of supplier sources and broad sustainability bonafides. A founding member of Sea Pact, Santa Monica Seafood has a foundation consisting of four key …

Santa Monica Seafood Completes Acquisition of Seattle Fish New Mexico

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Rancho Dominguez, CA, April 1, 2018 – Roger O’Brien, President and CEO of Santa Monica Seafood, announced the Company has completed its acquisition of certain assets and the assumption of certain liabilities of Seattle Fish Company of New Mexico, Inc. (“SFNM”). Roger O’Brien said, “This was a fairly quick transaction from start to finish with no bumps in the road …

Santa Monica Seafood Wins Food Safety Achiever of the Year Award

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Rancho Dominguez, CA, March 2, 2017 – Roger O’Brien, CEO of Santa Monica Seafood, announced that, at the annual SafeFood 360° Food Safety conference that took place in Las Vegas last week, Santa Monica Seafood was awarded the Food Safety Achiever of the Year award. SafeFood 360° is an all-encompassing software program that organizes all aspects of a company’s’ food …

Santa Monica Seafood Completes Acquisition of American Fish

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July 4th, Independence Day, took on a whole new meaning for approximately 150 individuals who became new employees of Santa Monica Seafood on that date.  Santa Monica Seafood completed its acquisition of certain assets comprising the seafood division of Prospect Enterprises Inc.  This included groups doing business as American Fish & Seafood in Los Angeles, Sacramento and Phoenix, Chesapeake Fish …

2015 SeaWeb Seafood Summit – In Search of Solutions

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The 2015 annual SeaWeb Sustainable Seafood Summit kicked off on February 9 in New Orleans. This yearly event brings a wide variety of people together to discuss the various issues that impact seafood, both farmed and wild.  Our Vice President of Strategic Purchasing and Responsible Sourcing Logan Kock and our Marketing Manager Mary Smith both attended the event. This year’s …

Get Ready for a Spicy New Year

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Every year (for the last 15) the Culinary Experts at McCormick put together a list identifying top trends, insights and ingredients driving the future of flavor. Here are some of their insightful predictions for what we’ll be seeing on menus come 2015. Sour Salt, anyone? According to McCormicks, “combining coarse salt with surprising sours like pickled ginger, sour cherry, dried …

Seeing through the customer’s eyes

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One way to keep your case looking fresh and appealing is to spend a few moments every day seeing it from the customer’s standpoint. Getting out in front of your case and seeing it how a customer sees it is a great way to keep your fish and shellfish looking delectable throughout the day (especially after busy periods). Make it …

Soup’s on for the Holidays

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With the busiest month of the year underway, we have a quick suggestion for your menu (and yes, it does feature king crab legs)! We’re talking about Tracy’s King Crab Bisque – direct from Juneau, Alaska! This is a unique, handcrafted soup option that’s perfect for this busy month (and beyond). Tracy’s crew has been making their delicious King Crab Bisque for happy …

Sea Pact Announces New Grant Recipients

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As a founding member of Sea Pact, we’re excited to announce the recipients of our third round of grants! The Fall 2014 grant recipients are the University of North Texas (UNT), for a research project utilizing probiotics as an alternative to antibiotics for improving growth and survival in marine finfish aquaculture, and WWF Chile’s Aquaculture Improvement Project to transition the Chilean …

FDA Conducts DNA Testing on Commonly Mislabeled Fish

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We’ve been keeping a balanced conversation about seafood fraud alive here on the Blog, and recently worked to stop the State of California from implementing new seafood labeling laws – not because we don’t think seafood fraud is a problem, but because we think it’s a problem best handled by implementing laws that already exist. However, all the negative press about …