U.S. seafood suppliers Trident Seafoods and Channel Fish Processing have won new contracts for fish products from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) worth a total of nearly USD 2 million (EUR 1.8 million).
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.-based Trident Seafoods was awarded USD 530,556 (EUR 465,627) to supply 228,000 lbs of frozen pollock fish sticks and fillets, while Braintree, Massachusetts, U.S.A.-based Channel Fish Processing was awarded USD 1.1 million (EUR 952,791) to supply 456,000 lbs of frozen pollock fish sticks and fillets.
According to industry group Genuine Association of Pollock Producers, this latest contract brings USDA purchases of Alaska pollock to 24,594,000 lbs in fiscal year 2025, with a total value of USD 55.5 million (EUR 48.7 million).
“This is the fourth highest annual purchase volume and the fifth highest purchase value on record,” GAPP CEO Craig Morris told SeafoodSource.
Channel Fish was also awarded USD 358,200 (EUR 314,299) to supply 900 cases of frozen haddock fillets.
USDA said the purchases will be used to support child nutrition and other domestic food distribution programs.
Deliveries are set to take place between July and 15 October 2025.
