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Product/Service Name: Freshwater Fish Company: Government corporation specialising in the purchase and marketing of fresh water fish product throughout Canada. ; 1199 Plessis Road ; Ph: (204) 983-6601 Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation, a self-sustaining federal Crown corporation created in 1969, is the buyer, processor and marketer of freshwater fish from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Northwest Territories, and part of Northwestern Ontario. The Corporation's mandate is: to purchase all fish lawfully fished and offered for sale; to create an orderly market; to promote international markets; to increase fish trade; and to increase returns to fishers. Profits, in the form of final payments, are distributed annually to participating fishers. The Board of Directors, with the President & Chief Executive Officer, govern the Corporation. All eleven positions on the Board are federal Order-in-Council appointments, with five appointed on recommendation of the participating governments. A three-member Executive Committee assists the President and forty-six full-time staff provide administrative support. The Corporation employs in excess of 150 full-time production personnel, which may increase during peak periods. Thirty-one contracted agents and three corporate agencies grade and purchase fish at fifty-four delivery points. Approximately 2,100 fishers deliver the product harvested from more than 265 lakes in the region. Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation has established a solid reputation for product reliability, quality and safety. The Corporation is a recognized price leader, exercising its mandate to market fish interprovincially and internationally. It has a leadership position in the U.S. walleye market, and is the largest supplier of whitefish in Finland, whitefish caviar in Sweden and Finland, and northern pike in France. The Corporation plant is kosher-certified and the largest supplier of fish to the gefilte fish market. |
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