Previously senior vice president of business development at Bumble Bee Foods, Fairman this week became managing partner at ULTCO -- a specialty seafood platform focusing on responsibly ocean raised and wild harvested species and the exclusive North American sales and marketing partner of Norwegian salmon producer Seaborn AS.

IntraFish: How did you enter the seafood industry and why? What drew you to it as a career?

Michael Fairman: I developed a passion for travel while studying and living abroad in college, and after graduating was looking for jobs with significant international exposure.