| American Seafoods Group LLC. | |
| Type: | Limited liability company (LLC) |
| Foundation: | 1988, |
| Founder: | Kjell Inge Røkke |
| Location: | 2025 First Avenue, Suite 900 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Key People: | Einar Gustafsson (CEO) |
| Industry: | Fishery |
| Products: | Seafood |
American Seafoods Group, LLC (ASG) is an American seafood company. Based in Seattle, Washington, ASG owns and operates six large catcher-processor vessels that harvest and process onboard fish caught in the U.S. waters of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. American Seafoods Company is the largest harvester in the U.S. Bering Sea Alaska pollock fishery with approximately 45% of the catcher-processor market share.
American Seafoods Company is owned by American Seafoods Group Consolidated, LLC. Senior leaders of ASG include Einar Gustafsson, CEO; Amy Morris, CFO; Rasmus Soerensen, Chief Commercial Officer. Inge Andreassen is president of American Seafoods Company, a subsidiary of American Seafoods Group.
American Seafoods Company was founded by Kjell Inge Røkke in Seattle in 1988, following the passage of the American Fisheries Act in 1998. American Seafoods and seven other companies form the Pollock Conservation Cooperative. American Seafoods Company received 16.572% of Directed Pollock Fishery.[1]
In 2012, the company built the Bayside Canadian Railway – a 220feet railway in Bayside, New Brunswick – to take advantage of a loophole in the Jones Act that otherwise would have required the company to use US-flagged vessels. It was disassembled in April 2023 after a judge determined it to be noncompliant with the act.[4]
American Seafoods catches Alaska Pollock in the Eastern Bering Sea. From this catch, American Seafoods produces whole fillet blocks, surimi made from whole fillets and also from flesh recovered during processing, roe, minced pollock blocks, fish oil, white fish meal, and other "side stream" products such as stomachs, bone meal, fish skins, and milt.[5] Pacific (whiting) hake are caught and produced into Pin Bone Out (PBO), Deep Skinned (DS), and Pin Bone In (PBI) whole fillet blocks as well as surimi, headed and gutted fish, minced blocks, white fish meal, and fish oil.[6] From its Yellowfin sole catches, American Seafoods produces frozen, whole, round fish and headed and gutted frozen blocks.[7] Pacific Cod are processed into fillet blocks, minced blocks, and headed and gutted products.[8]
| Name | Length | Tonnage | Built to fishing vessel in | Year | Engines | Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Dynasty | 272feet | 3471 | Ulstein Hatlø, Norway | 1989 | 2, Bergen Diesel, BRM-8 | 8000hp | |
| American Triumph | 285feet | 4294 | Langstein Verft, Norway | 1990 | 2, Wärtsilä, 8R32D | 8200hp | |
| Northern Jaeger | 336feet | 3732 | Schichau Seebeck, Germany | 1990 | 2, MAKM453C I-8 | 7400hp | |
| Northern Eagle | 341feet | 4437 | Ulstein Hatlø Norway | 1988 | 2, Bergen Diesel, BRM-8 | 7200hp | |
| Ocean Rover | 256feet | 4345 | Langstein Verft, Norway | 1990 | 1, Wärtsilä V12-32 | 6500hp | |
| Katie Ann | 295feet | 1593 | Raudeberg Verft, Norway | 1985 | 1, Bergen Diesel KVM-18 | 4500hp |