100% Wild Alaska Gourmet Smoked Salmon. Great Selection Free FedEx
www.Great-Alaska-Seafood.com
Award-winning smoked fish shipped direct from the farm to you Buy Now
www.fromthefarm.com
Wild Alaska Smoked Salmon Gifts and Baskets. Free Shipping over $30.
www.alaskasmokehouse.com
Oscetra, Sevruga & American Caviar Smoked Salmon Foie Gras & Blinis
www.caviarteria.com
Looking for Smoked Fish on sale? Compare Gourmet Food & save!
www.smoked-fish.best-price.com
Use promo code CAVIAR25 to get 25% off sturgeon, salmon, and more
www.dompetroff.com
Wild salmon buy 5 lbs get one free Finest in the NW-high in Omega 3
www.smokinshack.com
Lusciously Moist Pacific salmon. Order Today For Dinner Tomorrow.
www.FreshSeafood.com/BestSeafood
Family owned fish supplier with locations in New York, Las Vegas and Philadelphia.
www.acmesmokedfish.com
Irish company producing smoked Irish Atlantic salmon products.
www.burrensmokehouse.ie
Creaters of Honey Brine Smoked Salmon from the Pacific Northwest gift paks and Honey Brine Smoked Salmon spread.
www.captains-choice.com
Cordova, Alaska based company offering fresh and smoked Alaska Salmon from the Copper River.
www.copperriverseafood.com
Retailer of caviar, smoked and cured fish, prawns and fresh fish, also offering cooking classes and recipes.
www.fishguy.com
Washington state processors of salmon, crab, halibut, smoked seafood, and herring.
www.icicleseafoods.com
Chilean company producing fishmeal, fish oil, smoked salmon and other products.
www.landes.cl
La Conner, Washington producer of Leo's Own line of flavored smoked salmon in jars.
www.leosown.com
Company offers canadian smoked salmon and other seafood.
www.mysmokedsalmon.com
Located in Alaska, company is a processor of fresh, frozen and smoked seafood.
www.norquest.com
Producers of 100% natural smoked seafood from the Northwest.
www.portchatham.com
Offer Prime Select brand Copper river salmon, Prince William Sound/Gulf of Alaska halibut and other Alaskan seafoods. Sold fresh in season or fresh frozen, smoked or canned anytime of the year. Packed in wholesale packaging.
www.pssifish.com
Anacortes, Washington producer of Northwest Pacific smoked salmon products, including salmon cakes and smoked salmon pasta sauce.
www.seabear.com
Company processes smoked fish, lox, nova, white fish, kippered, cured fish, and smoked salmon under the SeaSpecialties, Mama's, Homarus/Marshall and Premier brand names.
www.seaspecialties.com
Located in Norway, company supplies seafood worldwide. Fish include salmon, marinated and smoked.
www.sekkingstad.no
100% Wild Alaska Gourmet Smoked Salmon. Great Selection Free FedEx
www.Great-Alaska-Seafood.com
Award-winning smoked fish shipped direct from the farm to you Buy Now
www.fromthefarm.com
Wild Alaska Smoked Salmon Gifts and Baskets. Free Shipping over $30.
www.alaskasmokehouse.com
Smoked seafood is available in all areas of the country and all over the world. You can create a niche market by also offering smoked fish dip recipes while offering to sell instructions to customers on how to smoke fish. Narrow down the smoked seafood products you will be able to sell, find a reputable smoked fish supplier and expand your offerings.
1. Conduct a survey to decide which smoked seafood to sell.
2. Find a reputable, high-quality smoked fish supplier.
3. Set up your smoked fish selection and advertise to the right target market for optimum sales.
Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done
Decide which smoked fish to sell
There are many varieties of smoked fish available and most of the suppliers offer them all. To find out what will actually sell in your store, survey your customers and ask what they want. Add to that research the kinds of smoked fish that are most popular, like smoked salmon, and the local fish favorites. Make a list and set out to find the best smoked fish supplier for your business.
I recommend: Learn about fish smoking methods, tips and warnings at the Seafood Network Information Center at the Sea Grant Extension Program which is part of the University of California Davis. Fish4Fun.com offers a wealth of information about smoking fish, which fish are the best to smoke and the best areas to buy your smoked fish.
Find a smoked fish supplier
The most important aspect of selling smoked fish is freshness. You must buy smoked fish from a reputable seller. While it's true the smoking process preserves, the flavor is also more intense and moist the fresher the smoked fish is. Ideally, you want to find a local smoked fish business to provide your inventory. You should also try to have a hand in selecting the fish and seafood to be smoked.
I recommend: Consider the areas most known for their smoked seafood, generally the Great Lakes area, Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Springfield Smoked Fish Company located in Massachusetts has been in business since 1934. They offer two day shipping and have a huge selection of smoked fish available. Lake Superior Fish Company is another quality smoked fish supplier that offers professional customer service and a high-quality product line.
Set up your smoked fish for success
Create an inviting area in which to sell your smoked seafood. There should be trinkets reminiscent of fishing around the table or display. Display smoked fish recipes, books on local fishing, postcards showing the local waterways, smoked fish distributor information and anything else you find will draw the eye, and more importantly the hand, to your smoked seafood inventory.
I recommend: 3Men.com offers instructions on how to smoke fish and an incredible list of smoked fish recipes. One great book available that you can offer in your store along with your smoked fish display is "The 2000 Import and Export Market for Dried, Salted, Preserved and Smoked Fish in United States" by the Smoked Fish Research Group.
Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
- • Smoking fish onsite is an option, though you must make sure you know exactly what you are doing and check for necessary licenses before serving to the public.
