Cooke Inc.
Cooke Inc. (also known as Cooke Seafood or Cooke Aquaculture) is a Canadian multinational seafood company based in New Brunswick, in which it is headquartered in Saint John. Founded in 1985 as a family-ran salmon farm in Blacks Harbour, Cooke stands as the largest privately held seafood company globally. The family-run company operates several vessels and processing facilities under multiple divisions, subsidiaries, and brand names internationally. Outside of its origin business in New Brunswick, the company has run salmon aquaculture operations in Maine, Washington state, Chile (Cooke Chile), and Scotland.Since its formation, Cooke Inc. has made approximately 100 acquisitions, 14 of which, since 2016, being major acquisitions worth $2.5 billion. As of 2023, Cooke employs nearly 13,000 people, including 2,500 in Atlantic Canada. The company operates in 14 countries and utilizes 800 vessels along with 30 processing plants, while using their own hatcheries and feed plants. Cooke currently makes annual revenues of CA$4 billion. Among the number of companies acquired by Cooke include Icicle Seafoods (2016), Omega Protein (2017), and Tassal (2022). Provided by Wikipedia
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