Charlotte County-based Cooke Aquaculture has entered into an agreement to move forward with the purchase of Mowi Canada East, part of one of the world’s leading fish farming companies. Mowi has 250 employees across New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Joel Richardson, the vice president of public relations at Cooke, said the […]
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Two major wharves on Grand Manan Island will be receiving an infusion of cash for repairs and reconstruction. Secretary of State for the Canadian Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions and Saint John-Rothesay MP Wayne Long announced the funding as part of a $957.8 million in small craft harbours — noting significant investment in Ingalls Head […]
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The new president of the ASF talks salmon, climate change, and Greenland expansion. The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) announced Nathan Wilbur is taking over as its new president earlier this month. Wilbur started at the ASF in 2015 as New Brunswick Program Director. He went on to become the organization’s Vice President of Regional Programs […]
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New Brunswick-based Cooke’s Inc. has signed an agreement to purchase Corporacion Pesquera Inca SAC (Copeinca) of Peru – the country’s world’s largest fishmeal and fish oil producers and exporters. Copeinca, according to a release from Cooke’s, was established in 1994 and has grown to become Peru’s largest fishing company with 2,770 employees, 45 vessels, and […]
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