Seafood Products Association

The Seafood Products Association, abbreviated SPA, is a Seattle-based seafood industry trade organization founded in 1947, representing seafood processors and distributors along the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States. The association provides technical and regulatory support services to member companies that process and market seafood products including Pacific salmon, Alaska pollock, Pacific cod, Dungeness crab, Pacific halibut, and various shellfish species harvested from the waters of the North Pacific Ocean. Core member services include product safety and quality testing, regulatory compliance assistance for Food and Drug Administration seafood processing regulations under the Seafood Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point program, and labeling compliance guidance for seafood product packaging. The association maintains the Seafood Certification and Standards Institute, abbreviated SCSI, which develops voluntary quality certification standards for seafood processing facilities and provides third-party auditing and certification services. Technical resources include seafood species identification guides, shelf-life testing protocols, histamine monitoring procedures for scombroid fish species, and sensory evaluation training programs for seafood quality control technicians working in processing plants.