July 11, 2025 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded USD 18.9 million (EUR 16.2 million) in contracts to seafood suppliers Channel Fish Processing and Pier Fish Co., with the vast bulk of the money going to the former.
Braintree, Massachusetts-based Channel Fish was awarded USD 16.6 million (EUR 14.2 million) for three contracts: USD 14.5 million (EUR 12.4 million) for 60,300 cases of frozen Atlantic pollock fillets, USD 1.6 million (EUR 1.4 million) for 3,600 cases of frozen haddock fillets, and USD 559,323 (EUR 478,310) for 1,800 cases of frozen ocean perch fillets.