About Seafood

Sharon Banning has worked at Morey’s Seafood International, in Motley, MN, for over 20 years. She talks about the importance of Morey’s having access to raw product from all over, that the...

Andy Boyle works at Coastal Seafoods, a fish market that provides high quality seafood to over 200 restaurants and co-ops in the Upper Midwest. Andy, like other Coastal Seafoods staff, possesses an ex...

What does an all-American restaurant in a small town in Minnesota have to do with seafood trade? Motley, MN is home to two large seafood processing plants. Many of those employees visit Countryside Re...

When you think of the American seafood worker, boats and fishing equipment come to mind. But there are many more U.S. jobs beyond commercial fishing that are supported by the seafood community. Melvin...

Jeff Thornton has worked at High Liner Foods in New Hampshire for nearly 4 decades. He’s the maintenance supervisor of the plant, which a leading processor of value-added frozen fish and seafood...

Kim Gorton is the 3rd-generation CEO of her family’s company, Slade Gorton & Co., Inc based in Boston. She started her career working in the loading dock and cash sales office, and years later b...

Bill LeBlanc has been in the seafood industry 36 years. He talks about the importance of imported seafood and the life of a seafood sales job, which he likens to a seafood stock broker. His company im...

Greenhead Lobster is a family owned business that focuses on one product: wild-caught fresh Stonington, Maine lobster. Owner Hugh Reynolds oversees every aspect of his operation from his Stonington, M...

Cody McCann is a shipping coordinator at Preferred Freezer Services in their Boston facility. Imported seafood makes up a large amount of the seafood that comes into the cold storage plant. If importe...

Jenni Steele and Susan Oliver own Island Fishing Gear and Napa Auto Parts in Stonington, ME. Over 90% of their customers are in some way related to the seafood industry, primarily lobstermen and women...

Carla Guenther, PhD, is a Senior Scientist at the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries. Educated in oceanography, ecology, and anthropology, Carla approaches fisheries management with a focus on fishing...

Megan Wood is the co-founder of 44 North Coffee, based on a small island off the coast of Maine. With two locations, 44 North Coffee has become a staple in the community. What does coffee have to do w...

Rodolfo began working at Slade Gorton & Co., Inc. right after high school. Now, he’s the plant manager at the Boston facility. A majority of the fish that comes in to his plant is sourced fr...

Jim Cercone is the Manufacturing Manager at High Liner Foods in Portsmouth, NH. He’s worked there for an impressive 35 years. In that time, he’s realized the importance of having access to...

Bart Farrell is the VP of Food and Beverage for Clyde’s Restaurant Group in the Washington, DC area. He describes how sourcing seafood from all over the world is great for the menu, and the jobs...