2018-09-10 Dock at Trident Seafoods Cannery in Kodiak, Alaska USA. Trident Seafoods is the largest seafood company in the United States. It is based in Seattle, Washington. It manages a network of fishing ships, processing plants, and mariscos in english vertically integrated distributorship of its products.
It is a member of the Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative. The company was founded in 1972 by Chuck Bundrant. A leader in the consolidation of the seafood industry since the 1990s, the company has made numerous acquisitions, increasing its operations and market presence. Arctic Ice and Pubhouse frozen seafood brands. Norquest, Silver Lining and Portlock brands of frozen, canned and smoked salmon.
In 1991, Trident Seafoods and six other Seattle-based fish processors finalized a secret deal with Exxon over damages from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The Seattle Seven responded by filing suit against Oesting and other plaintiffs’ attorneys. In court it was revealed that Trident and the other processors had accepted a settlement of between 63. 75 and 76 million dollars from Exxon for agreeing to return to Exxon their share of any punitive damages awarded by the court. 745 million in punitive damage claims to be secretly given back to Exxon. However, in 2000, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Holland’s decision and reinstated the agreement. Trident Seafoods Corporation, Civil Action No.
40 million in “source control and waste pile remediation measures” at its facilities in Naknek, Akutan, Cordova, St. 23 million “to fix serious air pollution issues with its vessels and land-based facilities. 900,000 by the EPA for violating the Clean Air Act. The company has given donations to the victims of the huge earthquake that hit Japan in 2011. Groups who assisted the victims of hurricane Katrina and superstorm Sandy was also supported by Trident. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing.
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