ISSUE 3 2017 CMU & ASSOCIATES ATTEND SEAFOOD EXPO NORTH AMERICA / SEAFOOD PROCESSING NORTH AMERICA 2017 It was once again a successful and productive expo for CMU & Associates and its subsidiary companies as the staff networked with hundreds of new and existing customers in Boston, MA. Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America is North America s largest seafood exposition with thousands of buyers and suppliers from around the world attending this three-day event from March 19 to 21, 2017. Attending buyers include importers, exporters, wholesalers, restaurants, supermarkets, hotels, and other retail and foodservice companies. Visit our websites at: www.hilofish.com www.konafish.com www.tropicfishhawaii.com www.tropicfishmaui.com www.tropicfishkauai.com
Expansive display case of sample products. Dan Nakauchi teaching students from Cambridge School of Culinary Arts how to make Poke. Sharing samples with potential clients. Meetings and networking all day.
DRYING FACILITY AT HILO FISH COMPANY With the growing demand for dried fish, Hilo Fish Company has invested in state-of-the art equipment to increase production of this popular item. Products include but are not limited to Opelu, Aku, Ahi Sakura Boshi, Marlin, Salmon Belly and Akule. Production sometimes runs from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. to fulfill the orders. The dryers create 400 pounds in twelve hours and 1,600 pounds of Aku are dried each week to meet the growing orders for these products. SNAP-N-EAT is a new dried product with a long shelf life and available at major supermarkets on all islands. Drying Equipment Dried Ahi Sakura Boshi Dried Opelu SNAP-N-EAT Dried Aku
PACIFIC TRADE INTERNATIONAL FEATURING FRESH SALMON FROM EUROPE AND CANADA Pacific Trade International, a subsidiary of CMU & Associates is pleased to announce the expansion of its company to include fresh Salmon from Scotland, Norway, Faroe Islands (Denmark) and the Canadian Atlantic. Historically, fresh Salmon started being imported to the United States from Norway because of its frigid water and is known for its rich, fatty meat. Shipments are being made once a week to the New York port then shipped to the mid-west to Florida. Shipments are also sent direct to major airports for larger orders. The contact information for Pacific Trade International is: HILO FISH COMPANY USA EAST COAST SALES OFFICE & PACIFIC TRADE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 79 South Main Street Barnegat, NJ 08005 609-489-6251 Office 609-756-4207 Fax Scott Vitrone New Jersey General Manager/East Coast Scottv@hilofish.com 609-661-2530 Scottish Salmon filets and Coast of Scotland Chris Herring Boston Salmon Purchasing and Sales Chris@hilofish.com 508-479-5952 Rob Fogarty New York Salmon Purchasing and Sales Rob@hilofish.com 631-875-0729
MEET DAVID D.M. YEE CORPORATE BUYER David has been the Corporate Buyer for ten years. He is constantly sourcing quality products at affordable prices for the customer and ensures that the inventory is always fully replenished. He purchases products from Hawaii, mainland U.S. and Japan. He truly embraces his job and always wants to be of assistance to the valued client and staff. He was previously the Big Island Manager of Meadow Gold Dairies for thirty-one years and left in 2007. David is originally from Honolulu and left in 1987. He attended Farrington High School, Leeward Community College and the University of Hawaii at Manoa. On his spare time, he is an avid photographer and assists the Department of Parks & Recreation of the County of Hawaii. He specializes in photos of people and landscapes. He is married with two children and two grandchildren. He has a strict health regimen and works out five days a week and has a healthy and well-rounded lifestyle.
MEET KAREN SALES FROZEN INVENTORY MANAGER HILO FISH COMPANY Karen has been with the company for ten years where she began as the assistant to the Operations Manager. She is a Liberal Arts graduate of Hawaii Community College of Hilo and attended school while working full time at the Hilo Fish Company. She quickly progressed in the company from the Inventory Assistant, Frozen Import Purchasing Manager then to her current position. She will be attending HCC on Fall Semester to obtain an Associate in Arts degree (AA) in Accounting while working full time once again. Her goal is to be very conversant in the field of accounting and to use her skills to further contribute to the company. She arrived in Hawaii eighteen years ago from Manila and attended Waiakea High School. When she is not working, she enjoys being with her friends, loves to sing karaoke and dances the hula for her church. She says, I love Friday because that s my diva s night with my friends and Sunday is all about spending quality time with my family. MEET SHANE CHEW DRY PRODUCTION MANAGER HILO FISH COMPANY Shane has been with the company for three years. He oversees the drying production of various items such as opelu, aku, ahi boshi, marlin, salmon belly and akule. The growing demand has resulted in installing state-of-the-art equipment which Shane oversees until 2:00 a.m. at times! He attended Hilo Union Elementary, Intermediate and High School then became a Weapons System Specialists in the United States Air Force for six years. His previous jobs included a loan officer at Beneficial Financial and in advertising for AT & T in Alabama. Upon his return to Hilo, he started with the Hilo Fish Company as a driver then night time supervisor.
THIRD PARTY COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION In addition to HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) Certificate of Compliance, the company is pleased to present certification for good manufacturing practices from an independent audit made by Sai Global, an integrated risk management solutions expert with offices in 29 countries. CERTIFICATE OF ATTAINMENT GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES This certificate is applicable for: Receiving, processing, storage, packing, distribution. This certificate is provided on the base of the GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES audit requirements. These requirements include the implementation and maintenance of a HACCP based food safety system, along with relevant industry specific Pre-Requisite Programs.
SPECIALS AT TROPIC FISH KAUAI General Manager Liana Soong s personal favorite! Fry well (almost cremate) then enjoy all the meat topped with calamansi juice and shoyu. Then crush the bones and head in hot tea for a great night cap!!! Yum!!! We have locally-caught Menpachi! Our own Smoked Coho Salmon in 2.5# bags. Limited supply. Tako Yaki available frozen in 45 piece bags. Ideal for sporting events, farm fair, picnics and fundraisers. Salted Cod (Bacalao). Great in a salad!
CMU & ASSOCIATES (Corporate Office) Charles M. Umamoto Chairman Chief Executive Officer HILO FISH COMPANY 55 Holomua Street Hilo, HI 96720 808-961-0877 Office 808-961-3419 Fax www.hilofish.com Kerry Umamoto President/COO Hilo Fish Company and Kona Fish Company kerry@hilofish.com 808-640-7684 Jamiesen Batangan General Manager/Corporate HACCP and Safety Coordinator jamiesen@hilofish.com 808-960-6582 David D.M. Yee Corporate Buyer davidyee@hilofish.com 808-557-4084 Sabrina Vaughn National Sales Manager, Frozen Division sabrina@hilofish.com 808-960-6371 Howard Konanui Manufacturing Division Manager howard@hilofish.com 808-960-7542 Diedre Didi Omori Sales Representative diedre@hilofish.com 808-960-4172 Colette Aguiar Operations Manager Fresh Import & Domestic Logistics Colette@hilofish.com 808-960-5895 Rusty Ann Smith Frozen Import Purchasing Manager rustyann@hilofish.com 808-557-4650 Karen Sales Frozen Inventory Manager karen@hilofish.com 808-557-4559 Shane Chew Dry Production Manager shane@hilofish.com 808-785-3032 OUR COMPANY TEAM MEMBERS ARE AT YOUR SERVICE! KONA FISH COMPANY Kaloko Light Industrial Park 73-4776 Kamalani Street, #8 Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 808-326-7708 Office; 808-329-3669 Fax www.konafish.com Wesley Murakami General Manager/Sales wes@konafish.com 808-960-5891 Daniel Stokes Sales Manager daniel@konafish.com 808-960-6576 TROPIC FISH MAUI 300 Hukilike Street Bldg. 2 Units #A-D, J-L Kahului, HI 96732 808-270-0770 Office; 808-270-0773 Fax www.tropicfishmaui.com Austin Fiero General Manager/Sales afiero@tropicfishmaui.com 808-298-2228 Stephen Nicols Sales Manager stephen@tropicfishmaui.com 808-280-6750 Victoria Keanaaina Sales Manager vkeanaaina@tropicfishmaui.com 808-286-9839 TROPIC FISH KAUAI Puhi Industrial Area 1626 Haleukana Street, #103 Lihue, HI 96766 808-240-3474 Office; 808-240-1200 Fax www.tropicfishkauai.com Liana Soong General Manager/Sales lsoong@tropicfishkauai.com 808-755-5640 Krystal Libre Administrative Sales Assistant klibre@tropicfishkauai.com TROPIC FISH HAWAII Bamboo Business Center 2312 Kamehameha Highway, E-5 Honolulu, HI 96819 808-591-2936 Office; 08-591-2934 Fax www.tropicfishhawaii.com Shawn Tanoue President/ COO stanoue@tropicfishhawaii.com 808-478-3398 Shannon Tanoue VP Operations sstanoue@tropicfishhawaii.com 808-479-3938 Daryl Yamaguchi General Manager dyamaguchi@tropicfishhawaii.com 808-927-4754 Toby Arakawa VP/Export Sales tarakawa@tropicfishhawaii.com 808-479-3376 Michael Imada Director of Sales & Customer Development mimada@tropicfishhawaii.com 808-864-5324 Miles Nishimoto Director of Sales/Marketing mnishimoto@tropicfishhawaii.com 808-591-2936 Ehren Fukumoto Operations Manager / HACCP and Safety efukumoto@tropicfishhawaii.com 808-295-3330 Kellie Nakamura Fresh Product Inventory knakamura@tropicfishhawaii.com 808-683-2955 Barry Masuda Inventory Control/Freezer bmasuda@tropicfishhawaii.com 808-283-2710 Eddie M. Mizuno Culinary Business Development Manager Food Service Division emizuno@tropicfishhawaii.com 808-838-9691 Robert Wannomae Sales Representative rwannomae@tropicfishhawaii.com 808-479-2261 Chad Yamasaki Sales Representative Food Service Division cyamasaki@tropicfishhawaii.com 808-864-5323 Terry T. Togashi Sales Representative ttogashi@tropicfishhawaii.com 808-683-2955 Todd Oshiro Produce Manager toshiro@tropicfishhawaii.com 808-347-9758 Julia Takushi Assistant Produce Manager jtakushi@tropicfishhawaii.com 808-306-7539
HILO FISH COMPANY USA WEST COAST SALES OFFICE 418 S. Central Ave #201 Los Angeles, CA 90013 310-645-7866 Office 310-645-7852 Fax Dan Nakauchi Sales and Marketing Manager dan@hilofish.com 626-437-5965 Bob Kitagawa Operations Sales Coordinator bob@hilofish.com 323-875-3610 Martin Jimmy Orozco-Gutierrez Quality Control Coordinator jimmy@hilofish.com 626-390-4511 OUR COMPANY TEAM MEMBERS ARE AT YOUR SERVICE! HILO FISH COMPANY USA EAST COAST SALES OFFICE PACIFIC TRADE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 79 South Main Street Barnegat, NJ 08005 609-489-6251 Office 609-756-4207 Fax Scott Vitrone Pacific Trade International/Hilo Fish Company General Manager - East Coast scottv@hilofish.com 609-661-2530 Chris Herring - Boston Salmon Purchasing and Sales Chris@hilofish.com 508-479-5952 Rob Fogarty - New York Salmon Purchasing and Sales Rob@hilofish.com 631-875-0729 Jim Gallagher - Pittsburgh Sales Manager jim@hilofish.com 724-553-9092 EAST ASIA OFFICE Unit 1103 Antel Global Corporate Center Dona Julia Vargas Avenue Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines 632-916-6090 Office 632-916-6089 Fax Ryan Evangelista Quality Control Manager ryane@hilofish.com Monique P. Cruz Office Manager monique@hilofish.com Liezel P. Gagatiga Night Manager liezel@hilofish.com