Importer and Distributor of
Premium Seafood and Specialty Foods

Atlantissea sources, imports, and distributes seafood and gourmet products
for chefs, restaurants, hotels, caterers, and foodservice buyers across the United States

Chef Focused Sourcing, Partnership & Brand Development

Sourcing for Chefs and Foodservice Buyers

Atlantissea is built on more than 21 years of experience in the food business and international trade. Since 2005, our work with fine dining kitchens, professional buyers, and selected producers has shaped an approach centered on quality, trust, and disciplined sourcing. We keep that philosophy simple, represent distinctive products, work with trusted partners, and maintain standards worthy of serious menus.

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  • Selected producer partnerships
  • Distinctive products for serious kitchens
  • Quality first sourcing over volume
  • Direct import programs for the U.S.
  • U.S. inventory for reliable availability
Pacu
Paiche
Doncella
Octopus
Barramundi
Salmon

Developing Partnerships and Branded Products

Atlantissea works in partnership with producers abroad to shape products, build brands, and prepare distinctive seafood programs for the United States. Our approach combines sourcing, product positioning, and commercial development to bring well selected aquaculture and premium seafood products to professional buyers.

We focus on long term producer relationships, market ready formats, and clear culinary value for chefs, restaurants, hotels, caterers, and foodservice distributors seeking products with identity, consistency, and origin they can stand behind.

Featured Partnership

I built Atlantissea the same way chefs build a menu, by tasting, comparing, and chasing what feels true on the palate. I go deep into origin, into the Amazonian Jungle, through Japan from forest to shore, across Australia from outback to coast, and to New Caledonia, places where craft stays personal. I look for ingredients with character, firm bite, clean finish, natural color, and a story you can stand behind. Then I sit with producers, align the details, and bring those ingredients to professional kitchens in the United States. This is sourcing with intention, for chefs who want the plate to say something.

Atlantissea François Tondeur, Founder Chef focused sourcing

More Products

Chef grade products curated for premium kitchens, with a focus on origin, craft, and consistency.

Barramundi
Lates calcarifer

Australia's iconic white-flesh sea bass, farmed in pristine natural waters between the Daintree Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef. Valued by chefs for its firm, succulent flesh, clean and mild flavour, and exceptional performance across sashimi, crudo, searing, and grilling. No antibiotics. No hormones. Three-star Best Aquaculture Practice certified.

Format Whole fish · Frozen fillets · Chef cuts
Profile Firm, succulent, mild and clean with a subtly buttery finish. Skin crisps cleanly under heat; oil content sufficient for sashimi.
Best for Sashimi, Crudo, Ceviche, Pan searing, Grilling, Roasting, Poaching, Tartare
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Origin Queensland, Australia

Smoked Salmon
Salmo salar

Norway's most considered smoked salmon, hand-produced in an artisan Oslo smokehouse. Whole sides of premium Norwegian Atlantic salmon, gently brine-cured, traditionally cold-smoked, and aged over a 250-hour process. No shortcuts. No artificial preservatives.

Format Whole sides · Pre-sliced sides · Retail packs
Profile Hand-crafted, slow cured, cold-smoked. Clean smoke, firm slice, balanced fat. Holds at carpaccio thickness; carries citrus, dill, and pepper without being dominated.
Best for Sliced service, Canapés, Bagels, Tartare, Carpaccio, Blinis, Eggs Benedict, Salad
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Origin Oslo, Norway

Caviars
Multiple sturgeon species

A curated lineup of six premium caviars from sturgeon farms across Asia and Europe, produced under a Persian-tradition programme refined over more than five decades. Closed water systems. No hormonal acceleration. Malossol salt cure. No preservatives. Fully traceable from extraction to tin.

Format 50g · 125g · 250g tins · Mother-of-pearl spoon presentation
Profile Six expressions of one ancient craft. Marine mineral, cultured cream, walnut, earth, orchard fruit. Pearl sizes 2.0 to 3.6 mm. Curated for chef tasting flights and refined finishing service.
Best for Blinis, Mother-of-pearl service, Eggs, Oysters, Crudo, Pasta finish, Tartare topper, Champagne pairing
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Origin Asia · Poland · Romania · Italy

Octopus
Octopus vulgaris

Galicia's iconic pre-cooked octopus, prepared in the centuries-old "pulpo a feira" tradition then vacuum-sealed for service-ready performance. Tender Atlantic tentacles cooked in their own juices, dressed in nothing but tradition. No additives. No preservatives. IFS Food and SFP (Seafood from Spain) certified.

Format Cooked tentacles · 2-pack · 3-pack · 4-pack · Whole · Tail sections
Profile Tender, meaty, marine. Slice with scissors. Holds char under heat. Reliable across pulpo a feira, tapas, carpaccio, charred service, salads, risotto.
Best for Pulpo a feira, Cold slicing, Carpaccio, Charred tentacle, Salads, Risotto, Tapas, Octopus and chickpea
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Origin Galicia, Spain

Sea Urchin
Mesocentrotus franciscanus

The Pacific Giant Red, the largest and sweetest sea urchin in the world. Diver-harvested in the Salish Sea, processed live within 24 hours, packed fresh in Salish Sea water. No preservatives. No chemical dyes. No bleaching agents. No alum. The clean expression of the species, delivered chef-ready with a 30-day refrigerated shelf life.

Format Tray packs in Salish Sea water · 100g · 200g · custom
Profile Bright, sweet, marine. Firm lobes that hold shape on the spoon. Vivid orange to deep saffron gold. Clean, never chemically treated.
Best for Sushi nigiri, Gunkanmaki, Sashimi, Oyster topper, Pasta finish, Eggs, Toast service, Tartare topper
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Origin British Columbia, Canada

Truffles
Tuber spp. (magnatum, melanosporum, aestivum, uncinatum)

Premium Italian truffles from the heart of Umbria. Fresh whole truffles across the four-species year, winter white Alba, winter black pregiato, summer black, autumn black, plus a complete line of processed truffle products: butter, cream, honey, salsa, infused oils, balsamic, sliced and ground. Real truffle in every format, never synthetic flavour compounds.

Format Fresh whole · Sliced in oil · Ground · Truffle butter · Truffle cream · Truffle honey · Truffle salsa · Truffle oils · Truffle balsamic
Profile Earthy, perfumed, intense. White Alba: delicate, garlicky, floral. Winter black pregiato: structured, musky. Summer black: gentle, nutty.
Best for Pasta finish, Risotto, Eggs, Carpaccio, Cheese plating, Game, Beef, Truffle butter mounting
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Origin Umbria, Italy

Sourcing & Heritage

Amazonian origins, culinary heritage, and chef driven inspiration, curated for premium kitchens.

Explore tradition

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Paiche available now, Doncella coming soon, additional selections curated on request.

Global Sourcing

Atlantissea sources seafood and gourmet products from around the world, selected first and foremost for their flavor, texture, consistency, and origin. We work directly with trusted producers to import products capable of inspiring chefs, elevating a menu, and earning their place in quality-driven, traditional, and product-focused fine dining.

Chef Driven

Our offer is built around the concrete needs of chefs, cooking stability, mouthfeel, consistent sizing, yield, portioning, and how a product reads on a menu. Each selection is designed to enhance a plate without complicating service. We also develop formats, presentations, and branded identities tailored to restaurants, hotels, and distributors looking for products that are reliable, distinctive, and ready to be presented to their clients.

HACCP Compliant

A chef's confidence begins before delivery. Atlantissea evaluates producers at the source, verifies their HACCP, GMP, and SSOP practices, and guides compliance with national requirements. Each product is selected with careful attention to traceability, hygiene, cold-chain integrity, and consistency, in order to provide professional kitchens with products that are safe, reliable, and ready to serve.

Sustainability

We prioritize responsible aquaculture: one that produces without weakening the species or its natural habitat. This means protecting wild stocks, managing water quality, controlling feed, preventing disease, ensuring traceability, and respecting production cycles. We also consider stocking density, animal welfare, and environmental pressure. For chefs, this means the ability to serve a product that is sustainable, consistent, and defensible on the plate.

Traceability

From river, sea, or smokehouse to your cold storage, every product must carry a clear record of its origin, its batch, its method, and its journey. Atlantissea tracks these markers to give chefs a controlled, consistent, and reliable supply: products whose freshness, texture, cooking performance, yield, constancy, and identity can be defended in the kitchen, described with precision, and presented with confidence on the menu.

Certifications

In our development partnerships, Atlantissea encourages and supports producers in obtaining recognized certifications: food safety, responsible aquaculture, sustainable fishing, traceability, or kosher where the product lends itself to it. When producers operate in areas where technical or administrative resources are limited, we help them structure requirements, prepare for audits, and make their products import-ready.

Aquaculture and Ethics

Ethics in aquaculture begins with feed. We examine pellet quality, the origin of proteins and oils, nutritional balance, and the rigor of the feeding program. A fish raised on controlled, high-quality inputs develops more consistent flesh, a cleaner texture, better structural integrity, and a purer flavor profile. For chefs, this translates into a product that is more reliable, more readable, and more responsibly sourced.

Social Ethics and Local Development

Our ethics begin with respect for the producer, their teams, and their territory. By opening access to international markets, we seek to create value that is more equitably shared, capable of sustaining the business, local employment, training, and working conditions. A quality product must also carry a serious social story, with fair compensation, responsible practices, and a positive impact on the region that gives it life, reinforcing the stability, pride, and future of local communities.

Recipes & Culinary Inspiration

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Featured Peruvian Paiche 15 min

Paiche Ceviche Clásico

Bright leche de tigre, ají amarillo, red onion, cilantro, cancha, and sweet potato. The firm flesh holds in the citrus cure without breaking, delivering clean plate separation and a bold Amazonian identity.

Amazonian Parihuela

Rich Amazonian fish broth, ají amarillo, tomato, and herbs. Paiche holds its structure through the simmer and absorbs the broth without breaking apart.

River-Style Ceviche

Leche de tigre, cocona, ají amarillo, and chifles. Bone-free flesh holds beautifully in citrus without breaking.

Paiche Anticuchos

Cubed fillet marinated in ají panca, grilled on skewers over high heat. The firm flesh holds the char without falling apart. Served with huancaína and choclo.

Paiche Tiradito

Thinly sliced fillet dressed with ají amarillo leche de tigre and citrus oil. The firm texture holds the cut cleanly and carries the sauce without overpowering the fish.

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