| 1974 |
Universal Seafoods, Ltd., also called UniSea, was established to enter the booming Alaska Crab fisheries in Dutch Harbor and Bering Sea |
| 1975 |
The Barge UniSea, a World War II Liberty ship that we converted into a shore-based seafood processing vessel, began processing Alaska Red King Crab in October 1975 after docking in Dutch Harbor in July. |
| 1976 |
Just two years after the company’s founding, we opened the UniSea Inn, a ten-room hotel located on Amaknak Island in Dutch Habor–Unalaska, Alaska. |
| 1977 |
UniSea built its new Cold Storage and processing facility on an 11-acre lot in Redmond, Washington. The facility became our company headquarters. While the plant’s primary design was to process its own crab, it also included space for processing and freezing seafood and for re-boxing frozen products from Alaska. |
| 1977 |
By obtaining the Vita Foods processing barge, we expanded UniSea’s processing facilities in Dutch Harbor–Unalaska. |
| 1979 |
Our expansion to the Cold Storage facility in Redmond, Washington added three shipping and receiving docks as well as a new processing area. |
| 1985 |
UniSea purchased Pacific Pearl, a processing facility in Dutch Harbor. The facility was converted to produce surimi, which is a fish protein manufactured from Pollock and used as the main ingredient in processed food products such as imitation crab. |
| 1985 |
Eleven years after Universal Seafoods, Ltd., was founded, we officially renamed the company to UniSea, Inc. |
| 1986 |
Our plant, G1, began producing surimi once we completed the conversion of the Pacific Pearl processing plant. Surimi is a high-quality frozen fish protein manufactured from pollock. |
| 1989 |
Three years after completing the G1 plant conversion, our new processing plant, G2, opened in Dutch Harbor–Unalaska with surimi as the sole item in production. |
| 1990 |
This year marked significant changes to the UniSea Cold Storage facility. We added additional processing facilities and migrated UniSea Headquarters from the main Cold Storage facility to its own building. |
| 1991 |
Expanding on its success in the surimi industry, UniSea expanded in 1991 to include Pacific cod in its family of products. |
| 1999 |
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| 2000 |
The UniSea facility in Dutch Harbor achieved MERIT status in 2000 and has consistently maintained STAR status since 2002 from the State of Alaska Occupational Safety and Health, making it the only seafood company in Alaska to receive this highest safety award. |
| 2002 |
The UniSea facility in Dutch Harbor achieved MERIT status in 2000 and has consistently maintained STAR status since 2002 from the State of Alaska Occupational Safety and Health, making it the only seafood company in Alaska to receive this highest safety award. |
| 2005 |
Thirty years after UniSea’s founding, our acquisition of Royal Aleutian Seafoods, Inc., enabled us to increase our crab production. |
| 2009 |
UniSea plans to expand and upgrade our Cold Storage facility. |
| 2011 |
Each year, SeaShare donates millions of pounds of seafood to food banks with support from the seafood industry. In 2011, SeaShare recognized UniSea and our sister company, Glacier Fish, for donating 5 million meals. |
| 2015 |
UniSea invested over $20 million dollars in rebuilding the G1 dock area. |
| 2017 |
Two years after rebuilding the G1 processing plant dock in Dutch Harbor–Unalaska, UniSea finished modernizing and automating the G1 cod plant. |
| 2024 |
Celebrating a half century of providing high-quality seafood around the world. |
