Fishing & Farming
Blue Circle Foods is an employee-owned sustainable seafood company founded in 2005 by a team that included Nora Pouillon, the founder of America’s first certified organic restaurant. Blue Circle Foods grew as a way to source fish for that restaurant. We believe in both fishing and fish farming — the world is at max capacity for wild-caught seafood, so we have to get better at fish farming. We’ve spent over two decades helping redefine aquaculture (fish farming) the right way, raising better salmon and shrimp with care for the environment, the animals, and the communities behind them. The partner we work with, Kleiva Fiskefarm, in Norway, is among the world’s best sustainably operated Atlantic Salmon farms. This is what aquaculture can and should be. Just like pork, chicken, beef, and even vegetable farms, there are different qualities of fish farms.
Aquaculture:
We’re developing aquaculture as a sustainable practice, not ignoring it as taboo.
The fish eat what they're supposed to, growing strong and nutrient-rich
Water Pens
98% Water
2% Fish
Clean, fast flowing water and lots of space to swim
No GMOs
Blue Circle Farmed Salmon:
A little fish food goes a long way
Using microalgae in the diet of our farmed salmon reduces pressure on wild fish stocks. In this shortened food chain, the protein and Omega-3s from microalgae go straight to the salmon, bypassing smaller fish.
The result? For every pound of Atlantic Salmon we produce, we take less than half a pound of fish out of the ocean for feed. We’re using less resources and creating more protein than we’re taking out of the environment.
Wild-Caught:
Our standards.
MSC Certified
No overfishing.
100% Traceable
We know where the fish come from and what species it is.
Local Dayboats
Fish comes back to shore for processing faster and fresher.
Line Caught
No nets means minimal bycatch.
