Glacier Fish Company

What Glacier Fish Company does

Glacier Fish Company LLC is a Seattle-headquartered, privately held US seafood company that produces frozen-at-sea groundfish products under the GlacierFreeze brand. Founded in 1982 by Erik Breivik alongside other fishing families, the company operates a fleet of catcher/processor vessels led by the F/T Alaska Ocean — described as the largest catcher/processor in the US fleet — and the C/P Northern Glacier. The Alaska Ocean produces fillets, surimi, mince, roe, fishmeal, and fish oil from Alaska Pollock and Pacific Whiting at roughly 225 metric tons per day, while the Northern Glacier operates as a dedicated head-and-gut vessel handling groundfish species at up to 93 metric tons per day. The company holds MSC Chain of Custody certification (since 2005) and ASMI Responsible Fisheries Management certification (first at-sea processor certified in 2012), and is a member of the Pollock Conservation Cooperative and Pacific Whiting Cooperative.

Glacier Fish operates a vertically integrated B2B business model, selling frozen-at-sea seafood raw materials to three primary horizontal segments: foodservice operators (hotels, restaurants, institutional providers), consumer packaged goods manufacturers (frozen packaged seafood and surimi-based products), and retail seafood departments. Products are distributed globally to whitefish markets including quick service restaurant chains and packaged goods manufacturers. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and operates on a transaction-based model handled through a small dedicated sales team led by a VP of Sales & Marketing. The company does not sell to end consumers directly.

Ownership is structured as a multi-party joint venture: NSEDC (Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation) has been a 50% partner since 1998, Nippon Suisan USA, Inc. became a partner in connection with the 2008 Alaska Ocean Seafood acquisition, and the Breivik family maintains leadership continuity through current CEO Michael Breivik and President Jim Johnson. Growth has been driven primarily through acquisitions — notably the 2008 Alaska Ocean Seafood deal that doubled quota holdings, and the 2014 acquisition of North Star Fishing Company adding four vessels — rather than organic expansion of quota allocations.

Name

Glacier Fish Company

Legal name

Glacier Fish Company LLC

Website

https://glacierfish.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Glacier Fish Company LLC is a Seattle-based, privately held US seafood company that produces frozen-at-sea groundfish products (fillets, surimi, mince, roe, fishmeal, fish oil) from Alaska Pollock, Pacific Cod, Pacific Whiting, and flatfish species, selling B2B to foodservice operators, packaged goods manufacturers, and retail seafood departments globally via two catcher/processor vessels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Seafood Processing

NAICS

Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (31171), Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (42446), Other Marine Fishing (114119)

SIC

Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092)

akta.pro primary industry

Frozen Seafood Meals & Value-Added Seafood (CRADADAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Seafood By-Products & Fishmeal/Fish Oil Processing (Rendering, Hydrolysates, Collagen) (AFANADAJ)

Keywords

• Frozen-at-sea seafood
• Groundfish processing
• Alaska Pollock fillets
• Surimi production
• Fishery products wholesale

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Seafood Product Sales: B2B sale of frozen-at-sea seafood products including fillets, surimi, mince, H&G products, roe, fishmeal, and fish oil to foodservice operators, quick service restaurants, and packaged goods manufacturers globally

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Glacier Fish Company produces and sells premium frozen-at-sea seafood products, including Alaska Pollock fillets, surimi, mince, head-and-gut (H&G) products, roe, fishmeal, and fish oil. Operations are conducted aboard two catcher/processor vessels — F/T Alaska Ocean (the largest catcher/processor in the US fleet) and C/P Northern Glacier — harvesting and processing North Pacific groundfish for sale to global foodservice operators, quick-service restaurants, frozen packaged goods manufacturers, and retail seafood buyers.

Product overview

Glacier Fish Company operates a fleet of catcher/processor vessels producing frozen-at-sea groundfish products under the GlacierFreeze brand. The company operates two primary vessels: F/T Alaska Ocean (largest catcher/processor in US fleet, producing fillets, surimi, mince, roe, fishmeal and fish oil from Alaska Pollock and Pacific Whiting) and C/P Northern Glacier (H&G vessel processing groundfish species including Pacific Cod, Yellowfin Sole, Rock Sole, and Alaska Pollock). Products include frozen-at-sea Alaska Pollock (Mince Block, Fillet Block, Surimi, Roe, Fish Oil, Fishmeal) and H&G Products (Whole/Round, H&G, Layerpack, Roe) sold as raw materials for foodservice and consumer-ready products. The company has been a pioneer in frozen-at-sea processing since 1982.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GlacierFreeze: Premium frozen-at-sea seafood product line including Alaska Pollock fillets, surimi, mince, roe, fishmeal and fish oil.

Quantifiable outcome

• F/T Alaska Ocean can freeze more than 220 metric tons per day of high quality frozen-at-sea products
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• North Star Fishing Company (formerly Iquique US vessels)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2014Company acquired ownership interest and full management of four vessels: Arica, Cape Horn, Rebecca Irene, and Unimak in November 2014.
• Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation (NSEDC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998NSEDC became a 50% partner in Glacier Fish Company in 1998 alongside Erik Breivik and John Bundy (Company President). NSEDC represents 15 member communities in the Norton Sound Region. Company established harvesting relationship with NSEDC since 1992 under Community Development Program.
• Pollock Conservation CooperativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlacier Fish Company is a member of the Pollock Conservation Cooperative. Within this organization, fishery participants cooperate on issues of catch, bycatch and habitat eliminating possibility of overharvesting. Cooperative members have donated over $13 million for fisheries science research.
• Pacific Whiting CooperativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlacier Fish Company is a member of the Pacific Whiting Cooperative. Members participate in cooperative research projects donating time and vessels to perform fisheries science research.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Nippon Suisan (Nissui): Global Japanese marine products conglomerate and parent of Nippon Suisan USA — Glacier Fish's strategic partner and one of the largest seafood companies in the world, with overlapping surimi and whitefish operations.
• Maruha Nichiro: One of the largest global seafood companies with significant North Pacific pollock surimi and fillet operations — comparable as a global incumbent in the same product categories Glacier Fish produces.
• Pacific Seafood Group: One of the largest US vertically integrated seafood companies operating across multiple species and channels including wild-caught groundfish, aquaculture, and retail — broader in scope than Glacier Fish but overlapping in Alaska groundfish processing.

Regional players

• Ocean Beauty Seafoods: Seattle-based Alaska seafood processor with historic roots in Pacific Northwest salmon and groundfish, serving similar B2B foodservice customers — overlapping product mix but with different primary species focus.

Direct peers

• Trident Seafoods: The largest US vertically integrated seafood company operating catcher/processor vessels producing frozen surimi, fillet blocks, and fishmeal from Alaska Pollock, Pacific Cod, and other species — directly comparable to Glacier Fish's product mix and customer base in foodservice and QSR channels.
• Icicle Seafoods: Vertically integrated Alaska-based seafood processor with catcher/processor operations producing pollock, salmon, and groundfish products for foodservice and retail — directly comparable to Glacier Fish's B2B processing model.
• Alyeska Seafoods: Alaska-based pollock surimi and fillet producer with at-sea processing capabilities — comparable to Glacier Fish's surimi and fillet block production from Alaska Pollock on the F/T Alaska Ocean.
• American Seafoods: Operates a fleet of catcher/processor vessels producing frozen-at-sea fillet blocks, surimi, and fishmeal from Alaska Pollock and Pacific Whiting — the most direct US competitor to Glacier Fish in frozen-at-sea groundfish processing.
• UniSea: Alaska seafood processor with pollock surimi production and at-sea processing capabilities, serving global markets — comparable to Glacier Fish's surimi and frozen-at-sea operations.
• NorQuest Seafoods: Alaska-based catcher/processor of Pacific Cod and groundfish, operating in similar Bering Sea and Aleutian Island waters with frozen-at-sea processing capabilities — a smaller but directly comparable peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/glacierrecruit

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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