American Fish and Seafood uses a multi-faceted sustainable sourcing policy that incorporates and promotes:

Working directly with local fishing communities
Domestic, well-managed wild seafood
Environmentally sound aquaculture products
Seafood certified sustainable by trusted Eco-labels
Sustainable brands
Imported seafoods supported by independent FAO and WWF data
Utilizing every part of each fish to attain the maximum yield – giving our fishing fleets off-cuts for bait and selling scraps for aquaculture feed
Transparency through a Distributor Partnership with Seafood for the Future Program at the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach

We have a long reputation of supporting the local fishing communities from San Francisco, Monterrey, Santa Barbara, Oxnard, and San Diego. Our long-standing, direct relationships with boat fleets in San Diego allow us to bring in the freshest of the fresh catch. One of our daily highlights for tourists and locals alike is watching the unloading of fresh fish from the San Diego fleet directly into Chesapeake Fish Company. We have also formed exclusive, direct relationship with a fleet of boats in Monterrey Bay targeting seasonal as well as NMFS/CA Dept of Fish & Game to managed catch.