Canadian multinational seafood company operating aquaculture and wild fisheries across 14 countries, with 800 vessels and 30 processing plants.
Cooke Inc. is a Canadian multinational seafood company headquartered in Saint John, New Brunswick. Founded in 1985 at Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick, with a single marine farm site holding 5,000 salmon, the firm has grown over a 40-year history into what it describes as the largest privately held seafood company in the world. It employs approximately 13,000 people and reports annual revenues of about CA$4 billion.
Operations span aquaculture and wild fisheries across 14 countries, with technical work covering marine farming, hatcheries, fish feed production and food processing. The company runs 800 vessels and 30 processing plants, and it owns its assets vertically, from hatcheries and feed plants through to vessels and processing facilities. Growth has been driven substantially by acquisitions, of which there have been approximately 100 over the company's history.
Named divisions and brands include True North Salmon, Cooke Aquaculture Scotland, Cooke Chile and Cooke Seafood USA. Geographic presence covers Canada, the United States, Scotland, Chile and Australia among other markets. Cooke is family-founded and family-owned as part of the Cooke family of companies, and states a core purpose of cultivating the ocean with care, nourishing the world, providing for families and building stronger communities, with an emphasis on sustainable seafood production.
