Global Seafood Technologies Inc is engaged in processing and packaging shrimp through its IQF (individual quick freeze) processing plant in Biloxi, MS. The company’s secondary line of business is in the processing, packaging and distribution of bait products for recreational fishing. The company is also engaged in the aquaculture production of freshwater shrimp larvae for sale to independent aquaculture farmers and in the research of improved aquaculture production methods for freshwater shrimp...
Global Seafood Technologies Inc is engaged in processing and packaging shrimp through its IQF (individual quick freeze) processing plant in Biloxi, MS. The company’s secondary line of business is in the processing, packaging and distribution of bait products for recreational fishing. The company is also engaged in the aquaculture production of freshwater shrimp larvae for sale to independent aquaculture farmers and in the research of improved aquaculture production methods for freshwater shrimp and other species.
Custom Pack
The products are produced for many of the nation's major seafood restaurant chains and retail grocery outlets. The company provides frozen shrimp in various sizes and descriptions, which are packaged for commercial or consumer use. Frozen, headless shrimp (with shell on) is the principal product processed, which is frequently packaged in one-pound and two-pound packages. Peeled shrimp is also processed under private labels for customers or for distribution to restaurants, and it is being used increasingly in ready-to-cook meal kits for supermarket distribution.
The IQF processing method has contributed to many innovations in bringing seafood products to the consumer. Custom Pack has developed a shrimp stir fry product for the Aurora Foods 'Chef's Choice' brand, and packages other value-added, ready-to-cook, ready-to-eat shrimp products.
Custom Pack is one of the major IQF processors of seafood in the United States. Products like shrimp are sold on a commodity-type basis with little uniformity of size or species. Restaurants, supermarkets, and other outlets buy various products from various suppliers.
Killer Bee Bait
The company packages and distributes recreational fishing bait products through its Killer Bee, Inc subsidiary acquired in April 1999. These products include varieties of bait shrimp, catfish bait, cut squid, whole squid, cigar minnows, ballyhoo, frozen chum, and menhaden oil. The products are primarily packaged in frozen form in its own facilities.
The company has focused initially on establishing itself in the saltwater market primarily in the Southeastern United States, but it expects to further develop its customer base and distribution to include other saltwater fishing states, as well as the major inland freshwater market.
Aquaculture
The company is engaged in the development of farm grown freshwater shrimp through its wholly owned subsidiary, Aquaculture Corporation of America (ACA). The company has established a hatchery and nursery in Ocean Springs, MS, which provides freshwater shrimp larvae for stocking in ponds that are operated in joint ventures or by independent growers.
History
Global Seafood Technologies Inc was incorporated in Mississippi in 1988.