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HOW
CAN WE AFFECT THESE COMPANIES?
This section
highlights the companies that sell Canadian seafood to the US market
and offers ideas, means, and strategies to pressure them to take
a stand against the seal massacres.
 Some
major brands and companies to boycott are:
Acadian,
Atlantic Pearl, Bay
Shore, Blue Royal,
Breakwater, Brunswick, Cape Cod, Canadian Cove, Century Seafoods,
Classic (from Beothic), Clearwater, Deep Sea, Doyle, Fisherman's
Finest, Fishery
Products International (FPI), Fogo
Island, Harbour View, Highliner Foods, Island Pride, Luxury (from
Beothic), Northland,
Notre
Dame Seafoods, Ocean
Choice, Ocean Elite, Ocean Leader, Ocean Queen, Ocean Select, Oram's
Choice, Quinland, Quin-Sea, Sea
Best (from Beaver Street Co.), Seafreez,
Sea Fresh,
St. Paul's,
World Catch,
Violet brand
(See
the handy PRINT FRIENDLY LIST to
carry in your wallet!)
Information on specific
companies involved:
 One
of the largest fish processors is Independent Fish Harvesters, Inc.,
owned by a group of fishermen. This company, located in Brigus,
sells frozen cooked snow crabs mostly to the Carolinas, Florida, and
the West Coast of the U.S. They sell to such distributors as Beaver
Street (Jacksonville, FL), which markets snow crabs under the label
"Sea Best" and World Catch (Seattle, WA), which sells snow crabs in
2 lb. boxes. They also sell to grocers such as Publix, which sell
them under their own store brands. Sometimes they also sell to Singleton,
a subsidiary of ConAgra based in Florida.
Another large seafood processor is Fishery Products International.
They sell cooked, frozen cold-water shrimp, sometimes breaded.
They are sold frozen in 1, 2, or 5 lb. bags and labeled FPI. In addition
to exporting to the U.S., they sell these shrimp in the U.K. at such
stores as Marks and Spence.
Another
company called Notre Dame Seafoods, Inc., located in Twillingate (tel.
709-884-1260) sells cold-water shrimp to a distributor with offices
in Los Angeles and Seattle, Washington. They intend to increase distribution
to the U.S. next year.
Check for Notre Dame Seafoods or NDS on shrimp packages.
IF
YOU REPRESENT ONE OF THESE BRANDS WE ARE BOYCOTTING AND WANT TO GET
OFF THIS LIST, we can help you...
It's
easy to GET OFF OUR BOYCOTT TARGET LIST! All we ask is that you
write a letter to both the DFO and your local politician in charge,
stating that you OPPOSE the seal hunt and are concerned about your
company's well being, (and the future of all Canadian fishermen),
if the boycott continues.
If you do that, we will be happy to not only take you OFF the above
boycott list, but will highlight your company's corrected position
on opposing the seal hunt, thereby improving your public image!
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