American Seafoods

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American Seafoods Group LLC.

Type	LLC
Founded	2000
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, USA
Key people	Bernt O. Bodal, CEO
Industry	Fishery
Products	Seafood
Website	www.americanseafoods.com

F/T American Dynasty. One of the company's Factory Trawlers docked at Seattle's Pier 91.

American Seafoods Group LLC is a major seafood company based in Seattle, Washington. The Company was formed in 2000 and is the corporate parent of a family of companies specializing in the seafood industry.

American Seafoods Company is a subsidiary of American Seafoods Group and is well known for its Alaskan Bering Sea pollock fishery operation. It manages a fleet of large catcher-processor vessels, also known as Factory Trawlers, where the fish is caught, processed and frozen onboard. The vessels averages over 300 feet in length and produces primarily pollock roe (fish eggs), surimi (used for various products such as imitation crab meat, also known as crab sticks), fillet blocks, headed and gutted fish and fishmeal.

American Seafoods is a member of the Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative.

American Seafoods is the largest harvester in the U.S. Bering Sea fishery with approximately 45% catcher-processor market share.^[1]

In 2001, American Seafoods Group formed Pacific Longline Company, and began operating freezer-longliner vessels that range in length from 125 to 140 feet. These vessels focus on the U.S. Bering Sea Pacific cod fishery and produces headed and gutted cod that is sold primarily in the European, Asian and North American markets.

American Seafoods Group purchased Southern Pride Catfish Company in 2002, including its subsidiary, Southern Pride Trucking, Inc., and entered in to the business of catfish harvesting, processing and distribution.

[edit] American Seafoods Company Fleet

Name	Length	Tonnage	Built by	Year	Engines	Horsepowers	Former Names
American Dynasty	272.0 Feet	3471	Mangone Shipyard, Houston, TX.	1974	2, Bergen Diesel, BRM-8	8000	Artabaze, Bure, Sea Bure
American Triumph	285.0 Feet	4294	LS Baier &Co, Portland, OR.	1961	2, Wartsila, 8R32D	7939	Acona
Northern Jaeger	308.4 Feet	3732	Levingston Shipbuilding, Orange, TX.	1969	3, MAK	6322	Jaeger, Inagua Ranger II, Wisco Ranger
Northern Eagle	310.5 Feet	4437	Bethlehem Steel, Beaumont, TX.	1966	2, Bergen Diesel, BRM-8	6590	Mauna Kea, Hawaiian Princess
Northern Hawk	310.1 Feet	3732	Brount Marine Corp, Warren, RI.	1981	2, Bergen Diesel, BRM-8	8790	State Trust
Ocean Rover	223.0 Feet	4345	McDermott Shipyards, Amelia, LA.	1973	3, Wartsila	7080	Enterprise
Katie Ann	267.4 Feet	1593	Maryland Shipbuilding Co, Baltimore, MD.	1969	1, Normo	4497	Royal Sea, Seafreeze Pacific