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American Seafoods Company is one of the largest seafood companies in North America and one of the largest harvesters of fish in the world. Based in Seattle, Washington, ASC owns and operates six large catcher-processor vessels that harvest and process on board fish caught in the U.S. waters of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. The company is well known for its products made from Alaska pollock, Pacific (whiting) hake, Yellowfin sole, and Pacific cod. These products are sold throughout North America, Asia and Europe. American Seafoods Company is the largest harvester in the U.S. Bering Sea Alaska Pollock fishery with approximately 45% of the catcher-processor market share. American Seafoods Company is owned by American Seafoods Group Consolidated, LLC. The corporate officers of American Seafoods Group are Bernt Bodal, Chairman and CEO; Brad Bodenman, CFO and Treasurer;, Scott McNair, Executive Vice President of Finance and Business Development; and Matthew Latimer, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel. Other officers of the company include Inge Andreassen, President of American Seafoods Company and John Cummings, President of American Marine Ingredients, a subsidiary of American Seafoods Group. == History == *1988 - American Seafoods Company founded by Kjell Inge Røkke in Seattle *1998 - Following the passage of the American Fisheries Act, American Seafoods and seven other companies form the Pollock Conservation Cooperative. American Seafoods Company received 16.572% of Directed Pollock Fishery. (Joint Report of the Pollock Conservation Cooperative and High Seas Catcher’s Cooperative: 2000 ) *1999 - Bernt Bodal, Centre Partners Management, and two other investors buy American Seafoods Company and form American Seafoods Group 〔()〕 *2001 - American Seafoods Company opens and expands foreign sales offices * *American Seafoods acquires three freezer longliners in purchase of Pacific Longline Company * *ASC closes its cryoprotectant additive plant in Kent *2002 - American Seafoods Group acquires Southern Pride Catfish Company *2006 – Bernt Bodal leads management buyout of Centre Partners interest. Bernt Bodal becomes controlling equity owner *2008 - American Seafoods Group acquires catcher-processor Highland Light * *American Seafoods Group sells Southern Pride Catfish Company *2010 - American Seafoods buys out CDQ group Coastal Villages. As part of transaction, American Seafoods transfers ownership of Pacific Longline Company and catcher processor Northern Hawk to Coastal Villages. Bernt Bodal becomes majority equity holder of American Seafoods •2013- American Seafoods Group sells American Pride Seafoods to High Liner Foods Inc. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Seafoods」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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