Our Producers
Atlantic Groundfish Council Members
Many of our members have been part of the groundfish fishery for generations and are deeply passionate about its future. As leaders in the industry, they represent the driving force behind “responsibly harvesting for tomorrow”. Across many wharves and communities, our members are mostly family-owned businesses that employ thousands of Atlantic Canadians, both onshore and at sea, in year-round jobs.
- Haddock
- Cod
- Pollock
- Silver Hake
- Kish Redfish
- Cod
- Haddock
- Atlantic Hallibut
- Pollock
- Flounder/Sole
- Silver Hake
- Kish Redfish
Clearwater owns and operates 21 vessels, including one research vessel, harvesting wild-caught shellfish from the cold, clear waters of the North Atlantic and the temperate waters of the Argentine Continental Shelf.
Clearwater species are processed in 12 company facilities around the world including six processing facilities across Atlantic Canada and four processing facilities in the United Kingdom. There are four facilities in Nova Scotia and two in Newfoundland and Labrador. These six facilities receive and ship a variety of Clearwater’s core species, including scallops, lobster, clams, shrimp, sea cucumber and snow crab. In 2015, Clearwater acquired Scotland-based Macduff Shellfish, Europe’s leading shellfish company. Macduff currently operates four processing facilities located throughout the United Kingdom.
Clearwater exports to a wide range of shellfish and Greenland halibut to various markets including Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America.
- Greenland Halibut (Turbot)
- Atlantic Halibut
- Greenland Halibut (Turbot)
Icewater Seafoods Inc. is a family-owned company that operates the largest cod processing facility in North America, employing more than 200 people in Arnold’s Cove, Newfoundland. CEO Alberto Wareham is a 6th generation Newfoundlander whose ancestor (also named Alberto) emigrated from England, settled in Placentia Bay in the early 1800s, and with his brother operated a salt cod trading business with England and Portugal.
- Cod
- Atlantic Halibut
Inshore Fisheries Limited is a third generation owned and operated fish processing and harvesting company, who provide fresh and frozen groundfish products. The company operates three vessels and has purchase agreements with other harvesting companies.
- Haddock
- Cod
- Atlantic Halibut
- Kish Redfish
Island Fishermen Cooperative Association is a harvester-owned cooperative in Laméque, New Brunswick that harvests, processes and sells a number of shellfish species and has groundfish quotas fished in partnership with other producers.
- Greenland Halibut
- Yellowtail Flounder
Lahave Seafoods Limited is a family-owned harvesting company located in Lahave, Nova Scotia. The company harvest groundfish and scallops.
- Monkfish
Les Produits Belle Baie and related company, Caramer Ltd., is mainly a shellfish and pelagic processing company located in Caraquet, New Brunswick and exports across North America and Europe. The company also owns groundfish quotas which it harvests in partnership with local fishing companies.
- Cod
- Haddock
- Pollock
- Flounder/Sole
- Kish Redfish
Louisbourg Seafoods Ltd., located in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, is a family operated seafood business started in 1984 that focuses mainly on shellfish species. Ka’Le Bay Seafoods Ltd., located in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia is a related company that harvests, processes and markets groundfish species from Atlantic Canada. The company harvests with their own fleet of vessels and has direct control over each stage of production.
- Cod
- Atlantic Halibut
- Haddock
- Pollock
- Sole
- Flounder
- Kish Redfish
Mersey Seafoods Ltd. is a family-owned company located in Liverpool, Nova Scotia that harvests groundfish and shellfish species. Mersey owns a fleet of four large fishing vessels harvesting northern shrimp, offshore scallops and groundfish, as well as a modern scallop processing facility in Liverpool, NS and a large cold storage facility in Country Harbour, NS. The company employs over 200 people and ships product to Asia, Europe and throughout North America.
- Haddock
- Kish Redfish
Nordic Fishing Company, located in Liverpool, Nova Scotia and related company M.V. Osprey Ltd, are harvesting companies who fish northern shrimp and Greenland halibut.
- Cod
- Flounder
- Greenland Halibut
- Pollock
- Kish Redfish
Nova’s Finest Fisheries Inc is a family-owned harvesting company located and fishing from West Pubnico, Nova Scotia.
- Atlantic Halibut
- Catfish
- Cod
- Cusk
- Flounder/Sole
- Haddock
- Monkfish
- Pollock
- Kish Redfish
A leader in the Canadian fishing industry, Ocean Choice is vertically integrated from ocean to plate. The company sustainably harvests, produces and markets a full range of groundfish, shellfish, and pelagic species. With 1,500 employees and sales offices in North America, Europe and Asia each year Ocean Choice’s sells 15 species to over 30 countries worldwide.
- Atlantic Halibut
- Cod
- Flounder/Sole
- Greenland Halibut (Turbot)
- Haddock
- Hake
- Monkfish
- Kish Redfish
Premium Seafoods Group is located in Arichat, Nova Scotia and is a family-owned business producing mainly fresh and frozen shellfish for export to Asia, Europe and elsewhere in North America. The company also owns groundfish quotas that it harvests in partnership with other AGC members.
- Atlantic Halibut
- Cod
- Kish Redfish
Scotia Harvest Inc. is a vertically integrated seafood company located in Seabrook, Nova Scotia. The company harvests groundfish and shellfish with a fleet of eight vessels and process at their Digby processing facility.
- Atlantic Halibut
- Cod
- Flounder/Sole
- Haddock
- Pollock
- Kish Redfish