Sustainable Seafood from Wenatchee Washington. Find Out How with Sena Wheeler.
In this episode we are joined by Sena Wheeler. Sena and her husband Rich are the owners of Sena Sea Seafood.
Based in Wenatchee Sena Sea sustainably fishes for Salmon, Black Cod, and Halibut off the coast of Alaska. They process the fish at their custom processing facility and then ship the fish to Wenatchee.
Sena is a third generation Fisherman’s wife. Sena’s grandfather immigrated from Norway to Ballard and started commercially fishing in 1938. Sena’s father fished commercially for 30 years. Rich married into the family and is now representing the third generation.
Sena has a master’s degree in Nutrition and Food Science with quantifying Omega 3’s in fish. from Oregon State University. She shares a story about drilling holes in Albacore Tuna to test the Omega 3’s Quite interesting…..drilling….holes…in fish….
While working as a food scientist Sena and Rich started selling fish Rich caught to friends. This quickly grew into a full time business.
Listen to our conversation and you will find out more about fishing and how Sena Sea Seafood has doubled in size year after year. They are most definitely doing something right.
Find out more about how to get world class seafood delivered anywhere in Washington State or the United States from Wenatchee! Visit Sena Sena Seafoods today.
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