It is a member of the West Coast Seafood Processors Association[5] and is active in supporting fisheries awarded Marine Stewardship Council eco-labels.

[6] Some of Pacific's facilities have earned British Retail Consortium (BRC) certification for their protective measures, including separation of raw and cooked products and positive airflow to prevent airborne pathogens.

[9] Pacific Seafood was named "Oregon's 10th Most Admired Company" in the agriculture and forest products category by readers of the Portland Business Journal in 2009 and was similarly honored in 2007.

[11] In 2002, the Pacific Surimi unit of the company pleaded no contest to charges of theft stemming from a practice of consistently exaggerating the "weigh back" amount, which is the portion of each catch deemed unsuitable for processing.

[12] However, on March 1, 2011, U.S. District Court Judge Owen Panner said the plaintiffs' attorney, Mike Haglund, failed to prove that Pacific has used its huge market share to suppress prices paid to fishermen.