In 1957, Anacortes fisherman Tom Savidge
and his wife Marie built a backyard smokehouse and began
selling smoked wild salmon to local taverns. With that,
Specialty Seafoods (later renamed SeaBear after Native
American legend) was born. The tavern owners loved Tom's
smoked salmon, but asked him to preserve it longer.
Being an inventive guy, Tom answered their request with
a whole new idea in packaging: The Gold Seal pouch,
which preserves the salmon naturally, so no refrigeration
is required. This innovation (for which he received
a patent) made it easy for tourists traveling through
the Northwest to take Tom's salmon back home, or to
ship it to family and friends. From this, word spread
about "the legendary flavor of the Pacific Northwest."
Today SeaBear ship their full line
of seafood to customers in all 50 states, and remain
dedicated to the same principles upon which Tom Savidge
founded the company decades ago: Make great food people
love, and always listen to their customers. They stand
behind everything they do with their unconditional Fisherman's
Oath guarantee.
