Cooke to acquire Mowi Canada East

Cooke to acquire the salmon farming operations of Mowi Canada East.

“This is an exciting growth opportunity for our Atlantic Canada operations. We look forward to welcoming Mowi Canada East’s 250 employees to Cooke, and to working together to grow the sector and sustainably farm Atlantic salmon for customers in this region and beyond,” said Glenn Cooke, CEO, Cooke.

Mowi has operations in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador, including freshwater hatchery facilities, sea farming sites and two processing plants.

According to Cooke, Atlantic Canada’s finfish aquaculture sector employs over 9,400 people and generates $3.2 billion in economic output.