Missouri crabmeat importer joins NFI Crab Council

The latest U.S. seafood company to join the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) Crab Council is Sea Fare Foods Corp. of Blue Springs, Mo., a multi-generational family business that has sourced blue-swimming crab from Southeast Asia for more than 40 years.

Sea Fare Foods offers a full line of crabmeat in the traditional grades lump (backfin), white (special) and claw available at national, regional and independent retailers throughout the continental United States.

The company’s connection to the source traces back to the 1970s when it began working with Thai fishermen to produce high-quality product. It has maintained relationships with fishermen’s families ever since, and still operates a factory in Southeast Thailand.

“Since Sea Fare began working with fishers in the Gulf of Siam in the 1970s, we have always understood blue swimming crab as a resource,” said Sea Fare Foods Corp. President Christina Miller. “Fully mature crabs are the lifeblood of Sea Fare’s business and vital to the livelihood of our harvesting partners. We are excited to join the Crab Council, a group that upholds these same business values.”

Sea Fare’s sourcing standards closely mirror those followed by council members, such as a minimum crab carapace width of 10 centimeters.

“With an established history of corporate stewardship, Sea Fare strengthens the Crab Council membership,” said NFI Crab Council Chairman Brendan Sweeny. “Sea Fare’s sustainability-based ties with their local suppliers serve as further example of the power of supply chain management, an area the Crab Council continues to hone with the development of control point policies.”

The NFI Crab Council funds fisheries improvement efforts in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Sri Lanka. Council members fund in-country sustainability work by assessing a fee on the poundage of crabs they import. Formed in 2009, the council funds projects through contributions from participating companies and has received grants from the World Bank and the Walton Family Foundation.

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