It was a stellar year for most publicly listed seafood shares, and while it reflects a general bullishness in the global economy, it also indicates investors are getting increasingly comfortable parking money into the sector. Finally, it seems, they feel they have enough information and analytics to make educated decisions.

And the more large institutional investors begin parking funds in publicly-listed seafood companies -- and the more word gets out about some companies' returns -- the more the average investor on the street will take notice of this industry as a place to put his or her wealth.