Catching A Deckload of Dreams- Chuck Bundrant and the Story of Trident Seafoods

As we have learned, Chuck has such a hungry nature and he is always eager for more- more information, more fish, more sales….  His busy nature would often leave him physically hungry as well! 

Listen in, to gain some insight on how this may have played a role in helping close a key sale.

Pull up a chair and join John Van Am to gain some insight into how Trident Seafood's entered the Surimi market with the support of Chris Riley.

Pull up a chair and join us for Chapter 25: The Herring Circuit, gambling on silver in the ice. 

At times we didn’t have pocketbook to back up Chuck’s dream and vision of expansion…This was until we partnered with ConAgra; allowing Trident to have the capital to acquire, implement and reinvest where we needed it.

Pull up a chair to gain some insight into our merger with ConAgra and how it help fund some of our Acquisitions in the '80s.

Akutan, Alaska holds a special place in the hearts of the Trident Family. Listen in to Chapter 23, to learn how we almost lost this significant piece of our story, when the Fire at Akutan occurred in the summer of 1983.

Pull up a chair and join John Van Am to learn about the Salt Cod Fiasco. 

Pull up a chair for Chapter 21 to gain some understanding around an instrumental piece of the seafood industry: The American Fisheries Act. This act helped to eliminate the race for fish and allowed the opportunity to refocus operations on both product quality and value.

Join John Van Am as he reads Chapter 20: American Fish - American Fishermen, Cutting the foreigners loose. 

The Donut Hole was a triangle of international waters that was a haven for foreign vessels harvesting Alaska Pollock. Beyond the 200- mile jurisdictions of the US and Russia, it offered legal harvesters an unregulated area to fish and provided fish privates with a convenient place to escape enforcement.

Listen in to learn a bit more about the Donut Hole along with what lead to its closure in 1994.

Join John VanAm for Chapter 18: Breakfast with Ted