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We’ve ranked the top 27 Seafood companies in California, United States. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Seafood Companies & Startups (California, United States)
Healthy Oceans Seafood Company
Healthy Oceans Seafood Company provides nutritious, premium, sustainably harvested, and resource-smart food products to the U.S. market.
Founder(s): Clarice Owens, Corbin Hanson, Matthew Owens, Nick Jurlin
Location: Santa Cruz, California, United States
Industries: Aquaculture, Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Seafood
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Coral Vita
Coral Vita grows corals to revitalize dying reefs.
Founder(s): Gator Halpern, Samuel Teicher
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Marine Technology, Seafood
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Salty Girl Seafood
Salty Girl Seafood offers a line of sustainable, traceable seafood products.
Founder(s): Laura Johnson
Location: Santa Barbara, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Seafood
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Bumble Bee Seafoods
Bumble Bee Seafoods is a seafood company, offering a full line of canned and pouched tuna, salmon, sardines, and specialty seafood products.
Founder(s): Chris Lischewski
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Food Processing, Seafood, Supply Chain Management
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Lotus Seafood
Lotus Seafood is a global fish and seafood supplier with international operations in a range of frozen fish, seafood and fresh products.
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Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Seafood, Supply Chain Management
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Aquamar
Aquamar is a production and distributor of quality surimi seafood products.
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Location: Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Seafood
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Gelson’s
Gelson’s is the best quality fresh foods and selection of fine grocery products company
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Location: Encino, California, United States
Industries: Marketing, Seafood
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West Coast Prime Meats
West Coast Prime Meats is a steak cutting and distribution firm that offers custom blend ground beef, chicken, seafood, lamb and pork.
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Location: Brea, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Seafood
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Southwind Foods
Southwind Foods engages in the sales and distribution of fresh and frozen seafood including shrimps, fillets,crabs and shellfish products.
Founder(s): Buddy Galletti, Paul Galletti, Sam Galletti
Location: Carson, California, United States
Industries: Leisure, Retail, Seafood
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Sacramento Natural Foods
Sacramento Natural Foods is a supermarket that delivers grocery, seafood, organic foods and wellness foods.
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Location: Sacramento, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Grocery, Organic Food, Retail, Seafood
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FishWise
FishWise is a dynamic company that is expertise in offering a diverse selection of market-based tools to the seafood industry.
Founder(s): Tobias Aguirre
Location: Santa Cruz, California, United States
Industries: Environmental Consulting, Seafood, Sustainability
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Catalina Offshore Products
Catalina Offshore Products is an online store that offers a wide range of seafoods, kitchen gadgets, sauces and sushi making kits.
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Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Seafood, Wholesale
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Ocean Direct
Ocean Direct is manufacturing and supplying seafood products.
Founder(s):
Location: Gardena, California, United States
Industries: Manufacturing, Sales, Seafood
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Rubicon Resources
Rubicon Resources is a importer of sustainable seafood for the US market.
Founder(s):
Location: Culver City, California, United States
Industries: Food Processing, Seafood
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Passmore
Passmore engages in producing, sourcing and delivering fish, caviar and roe.
Founder(s):
Location: Sloughhouse, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Seafood
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Harvest of the Sea
Harvest of the Sea is a wholesale distributor of premium and high-quality seafood products along with delivery and packaging services.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Seafood, Wholesale
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Tomich Brothers
Tomich Brothers is a seafood company located in the Port of Los Angeles.
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Location: San Pedro, California, United States
Industries: Seafood
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Kanaloa Seafood
Kanaloa Seafood is a seafood company that offers the best quality seafood to restaurants, retailers, and home cooks alike.
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Location: Oxnard, California, United States
Industries: Food Delivery, Seafood, Wholesale
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Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara
Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara is dedicated to improve the sustainability of fisheries and maintain California’s fishing heritage.
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Location: Santa Barbara, California, United States
Industries: Environmental Consulting, Non Profit, Seafood, Sustainability
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Lusamerica
Lusamerica is a wholesale company that warehouses and handles various species of seafood and provides it to communities.
Founder(s): Ana Frederico, Fernando Frederico
Location: Morgan Hill, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Seafood, Wholesale
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Hatam Restaurant
Hatam Restaurant is an ethnic cuisine of Iran that offers kabob, trout fish, albabloo polo, soups, salads, pastries and specialty drinks.
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Location: Mission Viejo, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Restaurants, Seafood
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Standard Seafood
Standard Seafood has been a privately owned seafood wholesaler.
Founder(s):
Location: San Pedro, California, United States
Industries: Seafood
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Gladstones Long Beach
Gladstones Long Beach is a seafood restaurant.
Founder(s):
Location: Long Beach, California, United States
Industries: Events, Hotel, Seafood
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Seatopia
Seatopia provides raw seafood products from sustainable fishing ways.
Founder(s): Eric Tong
Location: Marina Del Rey, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage, Recipes, Seafood
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Osprey Seafood
Osprey Seafood is producing and supplying seafood products.
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Location: Napa, California, United States
Industries: Retail, Sales, Seafood
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Mseafood
Mseafood is a frozen seafood direct importer specializing in shrimp. For clients, we specialize in private label shrimp products.
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Location: Fountain Valley, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Seafood
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Wildtype
Wildtype is a cellular agriculture company that develops technology for cultivating seafood.
Founder(s): Arye Elfenbein, Justin Kolbeck
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: AgTech, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Seafood
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