Red Shell Sushi LLC

Provider of premium restaurant quality sushi to supermarkets, universities, hospitals and businesses nationwide!
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Sourcing

Tuna sourcing

All our tuna products are sourced from fisheries using science-based management plans and measures, ensuring acceptable impacts on the environment or a pathway to sustainability.

 

We commit to sourcing 100% of bigeye, skipjack, yellowfin, and albacore products from fisheries with GSSI-recognized certification by 2025, and 100% of our wild tuna is MSC certified sustainable.

 

Tuna is a globally traded commodity that often passes through many hands, making it challenging to record and share product information throughout the supply chain accurately. Without proper traceability, significant risks such as illegal and unethical activities, can arise. Traceability is tracking and verifying the information about the origin and journey of tuna products through the supply chain. Culimer USA is committed to:

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Protecting against fraudulent activity by fully mapping our supply chain by 2025 and providing full-chain traceability through working with Trace Register, an electronic platform;

 

We will never knowingly purchase or sell any illegal, unreported, or unregulated (IUU) fish and are committed to eliminating these issues through thoughtful purchasing and vigilant monitoring.

 

We recognize the importance of traceability for food safety, legality, and sustainability. As part of our commitment to the Global Tuna Alliance (GTA) Traceability commitments, we follow a strict five-year strategy for achieving traceability and transparency. Maintaining MSC Chain of Custody Certification for 100% of our wild tuna products to meet our baseline traceability standards.

 

Ensuring all vessels have identifiers and a vessel flag as legal requirements for SIMP and transshipment transparency.

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Verifying all information and monitoring progress towards our goals on public progress reports and sharing publicly our ESG reports.

 

Finally, we will never knowingly purchase or sell any illegal, unreported, or unregulated (IUU) fish and are committed to eliminating these issues through thoughtful purchasing and vigilant monitoring.

 

BIGEYE Tuna

 

Most of our competitors make their tuna based sushi with Yellowfin Tuna that has been CO2 treated to maintain color.

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At Red Shell we offer ONLY long-line caught Bigeye Tuna that is super frozen, offering a fresher than fresh option for our customers.

 

Large and stout, Bigeye Tuna boast bright, firm meat, with loads of flavor. These fish are a great option for people who prefer fatty, flavorful fish and it is perfect for sushi. Bigeye takes supermarket sushi in the United States back to its roots as a niche. It brings back memories of a time when sushi was special and unique.

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  • Red Shell Sushi is made with natural, clean
  • and the highest quality ingredients,including:
  • MSC Certified long-line caught Big Eye Tuna
  • MSC Certified Kanikama
  • MSC Certified long-line caught Bluefin Tuna
  • MSC Skipjack
  • Albacore
  • BAP King Salmon
  • MSC Sockeye Salmon
  • ASC Hawaiian Kanpachi
  • Natural Wasabi
  • ASC Hawaiian Kanpachi
  • Natural Wasabi
  • Natural Ginger
  • Premium Short Grain Rice
  • TRACEABLE TASTE
  • Our Traceable Taste program offers full transparency in
  • every ingredient. Customers can scan QR codes to trace
  • their sushi from ocean to plate, learning about the
  • sustainability and sourcing behind each item. With
  • detailed stories and real-time feedback, this program
  • helps build trust and loyalty, giving your customers
  • confidence in the freshness and quality of your offerings.
  • Our Commitment to Sustainability and Traceability
  • At Red Shell Sushi, we are deeply committed to
  • reducing our environmental impact while helping you
  • offer sushi that both your customers and the planet
  • can feel good about. We’ve partnered with globally
  • recognized organizations like the Marine Stewardship
  • Council (MSC), Aquaculture Stewardship Council
  • (ASC), Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP), Global
  • Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), and Global
  • Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) to ensure that
  • our sourcing practices meet the highest standards of
  • sustainability and traceability. Additionally, with
  • guidance from Fishwise and our pursuit of B Corp
  • certification, we strive to ensure that every step in our
  • supply chain is as responsible as it is transparent.
  • Reach out to learn more about our sourcing policy and
  • how we integrate traceability, responsibility, and
  • sustainability into every aspect of our operations.