Our Story...

Bornstein's albacore tuna products rate among the highest quality product available. Our tuna is surface caught in coastal areas at "the cold water edge" of the North Pacific Ocean. "Surface Catch" out of these areas produces the highest oil content Albacore Tuna in the world.

Quality starts with knowing the source of supply. Bornstein's has partnered with several of the best Albacore fishermen in the North Pacific Fleet. Our fleet manager, Stan Lambert, has been fishing Albacore for over twenty years, while Bornstein Seafoods is led by Jay Bornstein, whose company has been processing seafood on the west coast for over 70 years.

Stan's boat supplies Bornstein's and he oversees procurement by contracting with other boats from the North Pacific tuna fleet. Stan closely inspects all albacore he buys and the logbooks from each boat to insure that our standards are met for oil content and onboard handling of all Albacore that is processed.

Combine catch method and harvest area with proper handling from the boat through processing - and you get the finest finished form of albacore tuna product in the market today. Our albacore is brought aboard the vessel live, immediately bled and placed straight in blast freezers within minutes of being caught. In the blast, heat is quickly extracted and the core temperature of the whole fish is pulled down to a minimum of -20f within several hours of being caught. Stringent handling and rapid freezing insures that the highest quality standards are being met. Our special on-board handling insures that our Sashimi Grade Albacore are in perfect form in terms of color, flavor, texture and shape before our hand-crafted canning process begins.