Seafood industry veterans Michael Mussell and Matt Frazier have joined Peter Pan Seafood LLC in Anchorage as executive vice president of projects, ingredients and canning and regional sales manager respectively, the company announced on Tuesday, April 19.
Mussell has more than 30 years of experiences in the seafood industry, spanning across four continents, and is a recognized leader in finding and creating value out of the full fish harvest, particularly related canning, omega 3 oils and ingredient protein fractions.
After earning a bachelor’s degree from the University of California Santa Barbara and a master’s from San Diego State University, Mussell focused his career on developing production facilities and new applications for omega 3 oils and low molecular weight fish proteins in Europe, South America, Africa and North America. His resume includes serving as chief operating officer at Austevoll Seafoods/Austral Group; the startup, BlueWave Marine Ingredients; lead of marine platforms at 3D Corporate Solutions and chief commercial officer of ingredients for Nutrimar, a part of the Kvera/SalMar group.
Frazier brings more than 15 years of experience in the seafood industry, especially the retail and food services space to his new position. He has worked with Sysco, Sea Port Products, Direct Source Seafood, Northern Seafood Sales, Central Market Mill Creek and 10 years working on commercial fishing boats. Frazier has experience and knowledge from every stage of the process from how fish is caught to how it’s sold at the retail level.
Peter Pan Seafood is hiring for its summer season. Find more information about opportunities at ppsf.com.
