OBI Seafoods, Peter Pan Seafood Awarded USDA Section 32 Salmon Contract

The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service put out a request in early February that it was seeking 1,139,999.976 cases of canned pink salmon. Now, the PCA Report has been released, revealing that two companies — OBI Seafoods and Peter Pan Seafood Company — received the Section 32 salmon contract.

OBI Seafoods was awarded 1,083,760 cases of 24/14.75 oz canned pink salmon with a weighted average price of $48.0600, not to exceed the award value of $53,992,923.20. Peter Pan Seafood Company was awarded 367,840 cases of 24/14.75 oz...

USDA Awards 5 Companies CCC Fish Contract For Canned Salmon, Alaska Pollock

Last month the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service issued a new solicitation for CCC, or Commodity Credit Corporation Fish. The government agency has since awarded contracts to five companies. 

The CCC Fish bid, which opened on February 9, was seeking 173,599.908 cases of 24/7.5 oz canned red salmon and 148,959.804 cases of 24/14.75 oz canned red salmon. According to the PCA Report released by the USDA, Kanaway Seafoods, OBI Seafoods and Peter Pan Seafood Company have all been awarded bids. Kanaway was awarded 2,800 cases of...

USDA Seeking 15.2 Million Pounds of Alaska Pollock

The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a new solicitation for CCC fish. 

CCC, or Commodity Credit Corporation, is a government-owned and operated entity. CCC was created to “stabilize, support and protect farm income and prices.” According to the USDA it also helps “maintain balanced and adequate supplies and agricultural commodities and aids in their orderly distribution. 

The latest bid for CCC opened on February 9 and is seeking 173,599.908 cases of 24/7.5 oz canned red salmon; 148,959.804 cases of 24/14.75 oz canned red salmon...

USDA Opens Purchase Request For Shrimp Products

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking to purchase shrimp products for use in domestic food distribution programs. 

According to the latest purchase request, the USDA is looking for a total of 388,500 cases. The USDA is seeking to purchase 199,500 cases of shrimp peeled and deveined 31-50. Another 94,500 cases are for shrimp peeled and deveined 51-70. Deliveries are to be made between March 16, 2024 and June 30, 2024.

The USDA began accepting bids on January 19. All bids are due by January 29...

USDA to Purchase Shrimp Under Agriculture Act of 1935

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced this week that they plan to purchase shrimp products under the authority of Section 32 of the Agriculture Act of 1935. The government agency noted that the purpose of the solicitation is “to encourage the domestic consumption of these products by diverting them from the normal channels of trade and commerce.”

While a hard copy of the solicitation is unavailable, the USDA said that potential materials they are looking to purchase include “111630 SHRIMP PEELED & DVND 21-30 PKG #10/2 LB...

Trident Seafoods, Channel Fish Processing Land USDA Pollock Contract

Trident Seafoods and Channel Fish Processing both were awarded a contract for Alaska pollock by the USDA. The total dollar amount between the two companies is $1.75 million.

Channel Fish will be supplying the USDA with 380,000 lbs of frozen breaded Alaska pollock sticks worth $988,559. Trident Seafoods will be supplying the USDA with 435,600 lbs of bulk surimi worth $759,924.

The USDA issued the bid invite in early November. The pollock will be used in the National...

USDA Looking for Bids to Sell Over 800K Pounds of Alaska Pollock

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) invited offers to sell pollock products for use in the National School Lunch Program and other Federal Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs.

Acceptances will be announced by midnight, November 27, 2023. Deliveries are to be made between January 1, 2024 through March 31, 2024, per the USDA.

In total, the USDA is looking to buy 815,600 pounds of frozen Alaska pollock products. Specifically, the USDA is looking to buy 380,000 pounds worth of frozen Alaska pollock sticks in 40-pound...

Trident Takes Home USDA Canned Salmon Bid

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) purchased canned salmon products from Trident Seafoods, according to its latest Purchase Award Description.

The USDA accepted Trident’s bid to purchase 16,720 cases of canned pink salmon products for $779,988. The product specifics were 24-count cases of 14.75-ounce cans.

The products will be used for distribution to the child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs.

The USDA first invited bids for canned salmon in mid-September and the entire solicitation was met with Trident’s bid...

What the Potential Government Shutdown May Mean for Agricultural Price Reporting 

A potential government shutdown is just days away, raising concerns among those who depend on critical data to make timely market assessments and business decisions. A shutdown will begin on October 1 at 12:01 a.m., the start of the federal fiscal year, if Congress does not pass a funding plan that President Biden signs into law.

The Senate is currently preparing its own bipartisan plan for a stopgap measure to keep offices funded after Saturday’s deadline. Failure to reach an agreement on a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the federal...

USDA Announces Purchase Awards for $118 Million Worth of Pacific Seafood

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it has purchased groundfish, pacific seafood and salmon products under Section 32 that will be distributed to child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs for Fiscal Year 2023.

The USDA bought $118,778,972.96 worth of seafood products, which came to 4,742,500 cases of various items.

First on the list were 10,800 cases of frozen Atlantic pollock fillets and 900 cases of frozen haddock fillets. 

The USDA purchased plenty of salmon this go around. Roughly 3.67 million pounds...

USDA Providing $2.7 Billion for Farmers, School Meal Programs and Emergency Food Operations

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the Biden-Harris Administration would provide $2.7 billion to support American farmers, students participating in school meal programs, and emergency food operations.

Via the USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation, the USDA will provide just shy of $1.3 billion for states to purchase foods to be distributed to schools for their meal programs and nearly $1 billion for states to order commodities from USDA vendors for emergency food providers, like food banks and community kitchens, as they face high...

USDA Buys $3.7 Million Worth of Alaska Pollock Products, Another Big Pollock Purchase on the Way

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has purchased roughly 1.25 million pounds of Alaska pollock products for just over $3.675 million. The products will be used in child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs for Fiscal Year 2023.

According to the USDA’s purchase award description, it bought 1.19 million worth of various pollock products, a total of 418,000 pounds, from Channel Fish Processing.

Trident Seafoods sold the remaining $2.49 million to the USDA, selling 836,000 pounds of product...

USDA Looking to Purchase 470,000 Pounds of Catfish Products

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it was looking to buy 470,000 pounds of catfish products for use in domestic food distribution programs. Bids to sell catfish products are due by May 15.

Acceptances will be announced by 5 p.m. CT on May 22 and deliveries will be made between July 1 and December 30, 2023.

The solicitation was a 100% Small Business Set Aside for both unbreaded raw catfish fillets and breaded oven ready catfish strips...

Alaska Politicians Applaud USDA’s Plan to Purchase Nearly $100 Million Worth of Salmon Products

Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, along with Representative Mary Peltola, are applauding the USDA’s latest seafood purchase request through Section 32 and the Commodity Credit Corporation.

As SeafoodNews reported earlier this week, the USDA’s agricultural marketing service issued a new solicitation for CCC fish, or Commodity Credit Corporation.

The latest bid for CCC opened on February 9 and is seeking 173,599.908 cases of 24/7.5 oz canned red salmon; 148,959.804 cases of 24/14.75 oz canned red salmon; 7,600,000 pounds of...

USDA Purchases Over 7 Million Pounds of Shrimp Worth More Than $32 Million 

Last month the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an open purchase request for shrimp products for use in domestic food distribution programs. The agency began accepting bids on January 19, with final bids due by January 29. Now, the purchase awards have been confirmed, with the USDA buying a total number of 388,500 cases worth $32,545,015.50 from eight participants. The cases come out to 7.77 million pounds of shrimp, with 1.89 million pounds of 21-30 count peeled and deveined, 3.99 million pounds of...

Pacific Seafood, OBI, Silver Bay and Trident Land Latest USDA Salmon Contract

Last month the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released an open purchase request for wild salmon. Now, the winners of the contract have been announced.

Of the wild salmon that the USDA is seeking, 252,000 pounds is for frozen fillets in the price range of $7.10-$7.40. The USDA also requested 153,520 cases of canned pink salmon in the price range of $43.49-$53.06.

Dulcich Inc., dba Pacific Seafood, scored the entire 252,000 pounds of frozen fillets at a price of...

USDA Opens Purchase Request For Canned Pink Salmon, Wild Frozen Salmon Fillets

Earlier this week the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released an open purchase request bid for a total of 405,000 pounds of wild salmon. 

Of the 405,000 pounds, the USDA is seeking to purchase 153,520 cases of wild canned pink salmon, as well as 252,000 pounds of wild frozen salmon fillets. The salmon will be used in the National School Lunch Program and other Federal food and nutrition assistance programs.

The bid invite was released on December 12 with...

USDA Opens Purchase Request For Catfish Products

This week the USDA released an open purchase request bid invitation for catfish products.

According to the document, the USDA is seeking a total of 342,000 lbs of catfish fillets that are raw and unbreaded. They are also seeking 462,000 lbs of catfish strips that are breaded and oven ready.

Just last month the USDA released an open purchase request for 5,700,000 lbs of raw, unbreaded catfish fillets. A number of companies had their bids accepted, including Americas Catch, which was awarded a quantity of 2,850,000 lbs not to exceed the award value...

Wild Alaska Pollock to be Showcased as Part of USDA Trade Mission to Southeast Asia

Wild Alaska Pollock will be showcased, along with other U.S. agricultural commodities, on a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-sponsored Trade Mission to Malaysia and Singapore this week, the Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers (GAPP) announced today. Alongside USDA Under-Secretary for Trade Alexis Taylor and other commodity marketing association leaders, GAPP Chief Executive Morris Craig Morris will work to explore new opportunities for Wild Alaska Pollock in these critical Southeast Asian markets and forge relationships, generating new demand with buyers in the region...

USDA Works to Update Contingency Plans Ahead of Possible Partial Government Shutdown

Time is rapidly winding down for Congress to avert a partial government shutdown, which will begin on Sunday if lawmakers fail to reach an agreement on spending legislation or approve a stopgap bill known as a continuing resolution (CR), to extend funding through November 17. 

As the Democratic-led Senate and House Republicans continue to work at odds, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is preparing for a potential partial shutdown that could cause widespread disruptions for millions of Americans and impact key reports that protein traders rely on to conduct their day-to-day businesses...

OBI, Trident Sell $4.3 Million Worth of Pollock, Salmon in Latest USDA Purchase

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) purchased over $4.3 million of Alaska pollock and pink salmon products for child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs for Fiscal Year 2023.

According to the Purchase Award Description released by the USDA, the government bought 910,800 pounds worth of frozen Alaska pollock for just shy of $1.7 million. The USDA also bought $2.6 million worth of canned pink salmon products.

The USDA bought 957,920 pounds of seafood products for $4,303,193.04...

USDA Awards Grant to Aid in San Diego Fishermen's Association Revival

They're baaaack! Well almost. The San Diego Fisherman's Marketing Association is getting a new lease on life thanks to funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and efforts on behalf of other local San Diego groups.

Plans are currently in motion to revive the San Diego Fisherman’s Marketing Association, a nonprofit that has been inactive since 2013. The grant from the Local Food Promotion Program, part of USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service, is helping the Association's revival. The effort is being driven by the San Diego Regional ...

USDA to Buy Groundfish, Pacific Seafood and Salmon Products in Massive Solicitation Notice

The U.S. Department of Agriculture posted a 100-page long request for proposals to sell various seafood products, including salmon, Atlantic pollock, Pacific groundfish, to name a few.

The solicitation said the seafood would be used in the National School Lunch Program and other Federal Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs. Acceptances will be announced by midnight, July 10, 2023. Deliveries are to be made between August 1, 2023 through January 30, 2024.

The USDA is eyeing to purchase 3.67 million pounds of frozen wild salmon fillets...

USDA Eyeing Purchase of 1.25 Million Pounds of Alaska Pollock

The U.S. Department of Agriculture invited offers to sell various Alaska pollock products for use in the National School Lunch Program and other Federal Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs.

The USDA is looking to buy 1,254,000 pounds of Alaska pollock. The USDA is looking for offers to sell 228,000 pounds of frozen Alaska pollock fillets, with the remaining purchase focusing on various counts of frozen pollock fish sticks.

The USDA said acceptances will be announced by midnight, May 23, 2023. Deliveries are to be made between July 1, 2023 through...

USDA Awards Canned Salmon, East Coast Groundfish Contracts

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) purchased just shy of $29 million worth of groundfish products and about $4.5 million worth of canned pink salmon products for use in child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs for Fiscal Year 2023.

Here is a quick breakdown of the total purchases of groundfish products:

The USDA bought 49,500 cases of frozen Atlantic pollock fillets for roughly $12.7 million; It also purchased 18,900 cases of frozen haddock fillets for $6.7 million and 35,100 cases of frozen ocean perch...