Chuck Bundrant, Trident Seafoods founder and amazing owner passed away October 17, 2021 in his home surrounded by his family and loved ones. Legend is the first word that comes to the mind of anyone who know or worked with or for Bundrant at Trident Seafoods. Trident Seafoods is the largest vertically integrated seafood company in North America.
Bundrant co-founded Trident in 1972 and grew it into a massive $2.6 billion giant that harvests, processes and markets frozen and fresh seafood. Bundrant, credited with popularizing pollock, which was considered a trash fish, selling it to chains like Long John Silver’s and McDonald’s. Forbes Magazine added Chuck Bundrant and Trident Seafoods to their Billionaires Club, no bad for a 19 year old guy from Tennessee that drove cross country in 1961 with $80. in his pocket, became a fishemen, bought one boat, then another and then the Trident Seafoods Empire kept growing.
M/V Annandale, Trident Seafoods boat in the Seattle Ship Canal getting a Ballard Bridge lift to run eastbound to Trident Old Yard, she’s getting ready to run up hill for the Alaska late spring early summer fishing seasons. Fishing excursion aboard Trident Seafoods private sportfisher yacht M/V Annandale are a first class unique experience; sport fishing for king salmon, silver salmon and halibut. A private chef prepares gourmet meals, wine, expert skilled and seasoned guides with quality tackle and all the bells and whistles. All fish caught will be cleaned and packaged for shipment home for all guests and Annandale passengers.
Annandale scuttle but is that she is the company, Trident seafood schmooze buyer boat. What better way to show off fresh Alaska seafood than go out in the boat and catch if for yourself. In Alaska waters fishing, sells itself. The fresh AK seafoods sells itself, the human just need to catch it in time for dinner!
Trident Seafoods, founder Chuck Bundrant, is the largest vertically integrated seafood harvesting and processing company in North America. Chuck came from humble begins and true grit from beating the docks at Fishermen’s Terminal in Seattle to expanding to Akutan, Alaska in the Bering Sea, Trident has become an empire employing thousands of jobs and supporting some of the best commercial fishing fleets in the world.
M/V Annandale, is usually in SE AK for the summer months, she’s on watch for whales, seals, eagles and bears, endless natural wildlife. Annandale is all about the fishing adventure, the catch, amazing food and a great at sea experience. Like most of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska enjoy fishing alongside whales and seals and the wide variety of bird life.
God Bless Our PNW & AK Commercial Fisheries, Fishermen & Their Families: Photography by: Salty Boating News, Salty Dog Maritime Marketing, Salty Sea Chick, PNW to AK Marine Traffic Pulse