Our mission is to be the best Seafood Company by consistently providing superior products and services to our customers with the sincere promise to operate with:

• Pride and Humility
• Caring and Unity
• Excellence and Innovation
• Integrity and Quality
• Trust and Honesty

Hilo Fish maintains inventory in port cities on every coast of the United States with easy access to major highways and airports, thus decreasing transit time and cost. We use only state of the art freezer facilities with fully redundant refrigeration systems. This helps insure that product integrity is maintained from the factory to delivery.

To deliver premium quality to our customers, we use advanced brine, nitrogen, or blast freezing methods at cryogenic temperatures to rapidly accelerate freezing.
The result . . .
color, meat texture, moisture, and delicate taste are retained thus favoring the attributes of just-caught fish.

Our products are produced by USDC Approved Facilities. This guarantees that the product we purchase has been produced under the United States FDA mandated HACCP Program illustrated in regulation 21 CFR Part 123. All of our products are labeled to comply with the Country of Origin Labeling (CoOL) law. We have Quality Control employees working side by side with our overseas suppliers to ensure all regulations are fully adhered to and that we are providing the highest quality to our customers.

Current HACCP Letter [145 KB jpg]

Hilo Fish Company is also licensed under U.S. Patent 5,972,401 to purchase and sell Tasteless Wood Smoked Fish Products. This makes us one of only a few companies in the world able to indemnify our customers against patent infringement of Tasteless Smoked products.

Patent Indemnification Letter [150 KB pdf]

Hilo Fish Company, Inc. is engaged in worldwide distribution, processing, harvesting and marketing of assorted fresh and frozen seafood products. Hilo Fish maintains offices in New Jersey, Hawaii, California and The Philippines. We source from production plants and fishing fleets positioned around the globe. We believe in developing a dedicated working relationship emphasizing high quality seafood products under a global perspective.

Hilo Fish possesses an in-depth knowledge of the major fisheries targeting tuna and other highly migratory species as well as over fifteen years' experience grading tuna species for the Japanese markets. Hilo Fish operates globally with a HACCP certified workforce and believes in a hands-on approach for every aspect of our business ventures. We source from over 20 different countries and we continue to participate in establishing joint ventures harvesting quality seafood worldwide.

Hilo Fish Company has successfully demonstrated that by participation with local business, close cooperation with government agencies, a willingness to become a part of the local community and our commitment to enhancing the local economy are our greatest guarantees of success. Accordingly, we have focused on using local workers to process value-added product, purchase from local fishermen and provide technicians with training in advanced seafood harvesting, handling and processing procedures. All of this has helped HFC gain a significant position in the food service and retail business in the United States.