Bristol Seafood is a certified B Corp Company specializing in high-quality seafood in the heart of Portland, Maine. We are located right on the fish pier. We are the #1 Japanese scallop importer in North America and focus on feeding the people and a mission to make seafood your favorite protein without uncompromising Maine standards. We work with a variety of products from all types of scallops, to red and white shrimp, haddock, Alaskan cod, Atlantic salmon, IQF, and value-added products.
PRODUCTS-
Whether we pluck it from the waters just out our back door, or we source the world over, we find and select the best seafood that meets our Uncompromising Maine Standards. Then we freeze it to lock in freshness all the way to your dinner table. We do this because we have one goal in mind. Let’s make seafood your favorite protein.
RETAILERS-
Our suite of product offerings checks every box. From healthy eating to managing time and budget, to finding kid-friendly options for the family can enjoy, we make it easy for your customers to choose Bristol to put on their table. And that’s why we make it easy for you. We talk at length with your team to understand your needs. From there we make sound buying and promotion recommendations. We assist you with in-store launches and provide support whenever you need it. If you follow our proven process and rollout plan and sales don’t meet our agreed-upon sales targets, we will buy back your inventory.
FOOD SERVICE-
From sea to plate, our products are responsibly harvested, follow the Marine Stewardship Council’s chain of custody standard and are hand packed and shipped from our state-of-the-art facility on the Fish Pier in Portland, Maine. We believe that our business starts with responsibility to our products, our customers, our vendors and to each other. Eating more seafood has the power to improve your health, reverse trends contributing to climate change, and preserve our freshwater resources. We make it simple for you to eat it more often by sourcing from quality, sustainable fisheries and responsibly producing seafood you love at our plants here in Maine. We invite you to join our mission to make seafood your favorite protein.
We do the right thing for everyone. Here in Maine, we believe anything worth doing is worth doing right. We’re here to serve all of our stakeholders, including our people, community, environment, suppliers, and of course – you – our customer.
OUR CATCH-
We believe all seafood we eat should be sustainably sourced. Our products are sustainably and responsibly harvested, verified by groups like the Marine Stewardship Council, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council, or part of an active fishery improvement project.
OUR INNOVATIONS-
The way consumers shop, store, cook, and eat seafood has evolved over the last few years. It makes sense that the way we deliver, prepare, and package our product does too. Whether we deliver to a high-end chef or a home-cook, we want to add the value you are looking for while maintaining the premier quality all have come to expect from us.
OUR PEOPLE-
We believe in treating people fairly and with dignity and respect. We set our starting wage higher than minimum wage and provide our workers with benefits, training, and advancement opportunities. We were the first Fair Trade Certified seafood company in the United States. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the bedrock of who we are and how we operate. We do the right thing for everyone.
OUR COMMUNITY-
We believe companies can be a force for good in the communities in which they operate. One way we do this is through Inclusion in the Blue Economy, a program we founded and underwrote with the New England Ocean Cluster aimed at bringing women, people of color, and folks with non-marine backgrounds into the industry.
OUR ENVIRONMENT-
We believe we must be a good steward of our environment in every way. We operate a zero-fish-waste facility, have annual energy conservation goals, minimize our water use, and work towards 100% recyclable or compostable packaging.
OUR FACILITY -
Great teams need great tools. So we invest in the latest technologies, including x-ray, vision, and waterjet cutting. With these tools, our team can consistently produce best-in-class seafood products with precision and accuracy.
OUR CUSTOMERS -
We are a partner for growth for our customers. We listen to your needs and set you up for success with consistent quality seafood, market and fishery knowledge, and training for your team.
BRISTOL STARTS WITH B.
B CorpTM is a global movement, certifying businesses who are a force for good, leaders for an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy.
At Bristol, we ensure our long-term profitable growth by looking after everyone we touch. As a certified B Corp, we don’t choose between chasing profit or following our conscience. Rather, we generate a fair profit by doing what’s right. B Corp serves as a beacon in our short- and long-term goals in making a positive impact for our team, customers, suppliers, community, and the environment.
We are on a mission to make seafood your favorite protein by consciously and transparently sourcing quality sustainable seafood, responsibly producing it in Maine, and bringing convenience and flavor that our customers will love. For us, it’s just what it means to B.
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