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P.E.I.-based lobster processor files for creditor protection from N.B. court

September 28, 2023 Canada

A seafood distributor based in western P.E.I. is part of a group of companies that has filed for creditor protection in New Brunswick court. South Shore Seafoods Ltd. and related companies received an order from the Court of King’s Bench in Saint John last week. According to court records, the Rosebank-based lobster processor and related companies owe creditors more than $55 million. In a letter to suppliers dated Sept. 25 and signed by co-owner Timothy Williston, South Shore cited the “extreme volatility” of the seafood industry over the past few years. “The South Shore Seafood Group of Companies weathered these storms; however, it had a significant impact on its working capital,” the letter states. >>click to read<< 10:24

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Maine lobster processor targeted in federal overtime lawsuit

September 16, 2015 New England

A former employee of Richmond-based has filed a lawsuit against the lobster processor, seeking allegedly unpaid overtime and class action certification. Plaintiff Bunthoeun Perez, a Cumberland County resident, claims in the lawsuit she was not paid overtime or for her final day of work during a three-week period in May and June. The lawsuit claims that while Perez was paid a piece rate, based on the weight of prepared lobster meat, she was owed overtime pay under federal law. Read the rest here, 14:17

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New lobster processor, Maine Fair Trade Lobster, hopes to help bring economic stability to Schoodic area

May 6, 2014 New England

BDN GOULDSBORO, Maine — For the past year and a half, two regional seafood distributors have been working together to create the largest lobster processing plant in the state. And much to the relief of local residents, the two have been doing it quietly, with little fanfare or drama. Read more here 11:45

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Lobster processor gears up with 90 employees in Gouldsboro, Me

June 22, 2013 New England

Maine Fair Trade Lobster, the latest owner and operator of the former Stinson Seafood plant, has hired 90 people and last week geared up its new lobster processing line in the plant for a trial run. The company, a joint partnership between East Coast Seafood and Garbo Lobster, has indicated it plans to begin regular operations as the busy summer season for Maine’s lobster fishery gets under way. continued@BDN

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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