About Seafood

Johnny Hoggatt has been working at Morey’s in Motley, MN, since he was 18 years old. He simply explains that the employees are like family. Johnny says many people probably don’t understand that M...

Sea Salt Eatery is a fast-casual restaurant in a beautiful park right in the heart of Minneapolis. General Manager Bill Blood discusses the restaurant’s unique ability to provide a large variety...

Coy Thoeun never expected to be in the seafood industry. After all, Minneapolis is a long way from any ocean. But Coy realized that high quality seafood is very much in demand by restaurants, retailer...

Sherrie Stockwell has worked at Morey’s Seafood International, in Motley, MN, for 20 years. She says Morey’s impacts the small town of Motley in a huge way – it brings jobs. Sherrie ...

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...