Triad Fisheries is under New Ownership

Triad Fisheries is under New Ownership

Published on Seafood Source August 6, 2024. Find original article here

Juneau, Alaska, U.S.A.-based Alaska Glacier Seafoods has acquired Triad Fisheries, the owner of the Bruce Gore brand of Alaska salmon products.

Alaska Glacier Seafoods, which specializes in high-quality Alaska seafood, was founded in 1996 as a one-boat operation catching shrimp and halibut in Alaska. It opened a 10,000-square-foot processing plant in Auke Nu Cove, near Juneau, in 2005, and today, the company processes over 10 million pounds of fish annually and employs nearly 150 people during the peak season.

Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.-based Triad Fisheries was founded by fisherman Bruce Gore in 1978. Gore pioneered a bleeding and freezing process that resulted in higher-quality fish reaching the markets the company sold to, which eventually came to include Europe and Japan. Gore also pioneered the use of traceability tags for individual salmon that identified the boat that caught it and the location where it was caught, according to Triad Fisheries Co-Owner Mark Tupper.

Tupper and his wife, Beth Tupper, purchased Triad from Gore in 2008 and grew the company’s fleet from eight to 16 vessels, fishing in Southeast Alaska for coho and king salmon and selling it under the Bruce Gore brand.

"For over 20 years, Triad/Bruce Gore brand has set the benchmark in terms of quality for Alaskan caught salmon. It's our goal to continue this tradition to the same standards Bruce Gore and Mark Tupper have developed over the years,” Alaska Glacier Seafoods Vice President Jim Erickson said in a press release. “We are excited to work with their established customer base and their fleet of frozen-at-sea trollers, who in our opinion put up the highest-grade, sustainable wild-caught salmon there is. Even though the Alaska salmon industry has experienced some very challenging times in the past 18 months, we feel optimistic about the future. Alaska Glacier Seafoods will be looking to integrate this brand into our existing high-end customer base, as well as continue to support the longstanding customers Triad has supplied over the years."

Mark Tupper told SeafoodSource he and his wife are retiring and were looking to sell the business to a like-minded family. He said Mike, Bonnie, Jim, and Kristie Erickson, who own Alaska Glacier Seafoods, share “the same values and commitment to quality” as he and Beth Tupper. Tupper declined to reveal the sale price.

"After many discussions with the Ericksons, we knew we were placing Triad Fisheries in the right hands to continue the legacy that Bruce Gore started in 1978," Tupper said. “We are confident that Alaska Glacier Seafoods will continue to honor the exceptional fishermen who dedicate their livelihoods to meeting the exacting standards that make the Bruce Gore brand synonymous with the highest-quality salmon from the state of Alaska."

- Cliff White

Executive Editor for Seafood Source

Triad Fisheries: Starting our 43rd Season in 2021

Triad Fisheries: Starting our 43rd Season in 2021

2021 marks the 43rd year of Triad Fisheries. While most companies look for constant growth in sales, we look for constant quality in fish. Our fleet has has not grown much in forty years. You see it take a certain kind of fisherman to meet the standards that Bruce Gore set when he started freezing his fish aboard his fishing vessel in SE Alaska. The strict handling methods, from carefully bringing the salmon onboard to removing all blood, to keeping all scales intact takes a lot of effort. Today we have just 12 boats in our fleet. Many of these boats have fished for Triad Fisheries since the 1980's.

Bruce Gore sold Triad Fisheries and the trust that goes into a Bruce Gore salmon to Mark & Beth Tupper in 2008. Nothing has changed, we still grade each salmon and then tag it with a traceable number so the end user can be assured that the salmon they are getting meets our strict standards. 

Chef’s experiencing our Coho salmon

Chef’s experiencing our Coho salmon

2022 Season is underway!

2022 Season is underway!

Our 2021 Season has started, we are offloading Lingcod with Salmon fishing starting on July 1, 20221

Coho Salmon Bottarga Wins Award

Coho Salmon Bottarga Wins Award

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Bruce Gore wild Alaskan Coho Salmon Bottarga won 1st Place in the Symphony of Seafood 2017, "Beyond The Egg" Category.

Bruce Gore Coho salmon Bottarga is now ready for shipping, you can place your order via email; info@triadfisheries.com

Frozen is the New Fresh

Frozen is the New Fresh

Excerpt "If this sounds peculiar, think again. Frozen seafood has a lot going for it. Although the term “fresh” has connotations of better quality wild fish is frozen within just hours of leaving the water.,..." 

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