Lawrence Street Seafood Co. Inc, has joined the National Fisheries Institute’s (NFI) Crab Council, bringing the US organisation’s membership to 19 crab importing companies.
Established in 1994, Lawrence Street Seafood is a premium seafood wholesaler and distributor offering a full line of fresh and frozen seafood products. Headquartered in Philadelphia, over the past two decades, Lawrence Street Seafood has evolved from a small local wholesaler to the national distributor and exclusive importer of Seachest™ brand products.
Seachest™ offers a full line of Indonesian blue swimming crab (Portunus Pelagicus) in the traditional grades available to independent retailers as well as regional and national distributors and wholesalers throughout the continental US.
In 2015, Lawrence Street Seafood expanded the Seachest™ brand to include Canadian lobster tails, lobster meat, and fresh day boat halibut from a small artisanal fishery. The company plans to diversify the Seachest™ product line by supporting healthy resources with responsible harvest and production methods while maintaining the highest quality specifications.
“For years, Lawrence Street Seafood has been known for the consistency and quality of our products,” said president & CEO Bernard Grogan. “We are perhaps not as well known for our focus on blue swimming crab sustainability. Membership in the NFI Crab Council illustrates that commitment. Talking about sustainability and educating people about it are important but committing a portion of your sales to it is quite literally putting your money where your mouth is.”
Mr Grogan owns a fully integrated, multifaceted seafood operation with a wholesale business, warehousing facilities, and retail stores. The warehousing outlet, Lawrence Warehousing Co. Inc, handles over 250,000lbs of seafood a day for other local and regional businesses.
