Introduction
For over 100 years, Canadian Fishing Company (Canfisco) has harvested,processed, and marketed premium quality seafood from the Pacific coastof British Columbia and Alaska, supplying customers around the globe.
From our headquarters in the Vancouver harbour, Canfisco ensures the highest quality seafood products by managing production from the deck of the fishing vessel through its processing plants to prepared seafood products for its customers. Canfisco owns and operates the largest fleet of fishing vessels in British Columbia and purchases fish from hundreds of fishermen throughout the province.
Alaska General Seafoods
Alaska General Seafoods (AGS), Canfisco’s U.S. affiliate, based in Kenmore, WA is a major participant in Alaska’s wild salmon and herring fisheries, operating two processing plants, one in Ketchikan, Southeast Alaska and the other in Naknek, Southwest Alaska.
At the peak of the fishing season, there are more than 2,000 people employed by Canfisco and AGS in all of their shoreside and vessel operations. Canfisco’s fleet lands prime quality wild salmon, herring, black cod, hake, groundfish and sardines while AGS’ fleet participates in the Alaskan herring and salmon fisheries. AGS is a major sockeye and pink salmon processor which continues to expand its value-added operations in the growing canned skinless and boneless salmon market as well as the fresh and frozen salmon fillet markets.
B.C. & Beyond
In 2008, Canfisco significantly increased its hake fishing operations in British Columbia and continues to be the largest fully integrated producer of wild salmon and herring roe in Canada. Canfisco continued its strategic alliance with Ocean Fisheries Ltd. of Vancouver, under which there have been mutual gains for the two companies through cooperative efforts in the British Columbian fishing industry. For the second year, both companies benefited from improvements in their herring roe business and are committed to joint programs in 2009 and beyond.
In 2008, Delta Pacific Seafoods, an affiliate of Canfisco located in Delta, BC, the largest fresh, frozen and value-added seafood processing facility in British Columbia, set a production record and continues to develop its customer base.
Canfisco sells its fresh, frozen, value-added and canned seafood products into 25 countries worldwide. In the Canadian domestic market, Canfisco markets its canned salmon under Gold Seal, Tea Rose and various private labels. Gold Seal also supplies a complementary line of canned tuna, crab, mussels, clams, smoked oysters, wild sockeye oil and flavoured tuna snack products. Renowned for its premium taste and quality, Gold Seal is the leading brand of canned salmon in Western Canada and its national market share continues to grow.
In 2008, Gold Seal launched a new frozen portioned wild sockeye product which highlights the unique rich flavour and brilliant red colour of sockeye salmon harvested in a sustainable fishery and processed in Canada.