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About Us -The Seagate Story |
Seagate(R) is the registered trademark of First Fishery, a seafood
processor, fishing company, and supplement manufacturer established in 1981,
and based in San Diego. The Seagate trademark and symbol have become better
known than the name of the parent company, and have taken over as the
identity of this company’s business. Seagate is unusual in the health food
industry because we harvest and process our own raw materials, including
sharks, grapes and olive leaves. Our most recent project, freeze-dried sweet
organic carrot powder has even required that we operate our own organic farm
in order to produce carrots that are 100% free of chemicals and pesticides.
This company evolved from the experience of its founder, Richard Lentz, from
his years building and operating food processing plants and fishing boats in
Central America, Mexico, and the U.S. with a multinational company. A
primary lesson that he learned was how to build factories in remote regions,
where there were no roads, electricity, or even water, just to be as close
as possible to the source of the raw materials, which is the key in order to
produce the highest quality food products.
Seagate has been producing a diversity of products for over 18 years. The
design and installation of our freeze-dryers, concentrators, pulverizers,
and other vacuum equipment, that were necessary in order to process the
shark cartilage byproduct from our own fishing operations in 1993, has also
provided the capability to process, dry, and grind most other raw materials.
Whether we are working as the fisherman for our marine products or as the
farmer for our herbs and vegetable products, we respect these gifts provided
by Nature, which when properly processed and correctly used, will actively
support your good health.
Company Founder and President: Richard Lentz
Background and Experience
Having grown up in a large city during the era of Jacques Cousteau and Lloyd
Bridges’ Sea Hunt, Richard’s plan was to study and become an oceanographer
and live the romantic life at sea. During his summers, he worked as a diver
and marine technician aboard oceanography ships. He graduated from Syracuse
University in 1973 with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Marine Science,
and with a Masters in Resource Economics from the University of Rhode
Island. Although offered acceptance into the oceanography program at Woods
Hole, he was more interested in catching and processing rather than studying
marine life. Living among microscopes and samples bathed in formaldehyde on
a rolling ship proved to be less exciting in real life.
After graduating college, Richard worked for 8 years with the Zapata Corp.
as a project manager and plant manager assisting in the construction and
operation of seafood plants and fishing vessels in Latin America and the
U.S. This work included the development and construction of a $15 million
fishmeal plant and vessel fleet in Baja California, and the operation of
sardine factories in Maine. When Zapata Corp. began to sell-off their
fishing subsidiaries in 1981, he was given the opportunity to return to
Houston and work for their oil company. That was the moment in time when
Richard decided to set up his own company in the fishing industry.
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