Company founded
1969
Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation
- 1199 Plessis Rd
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
- R2C 3L4
- Phone: 1 204 983 6601
- Website
Description
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 senior management team assists the President and forty-six full-time staff provide administrative support. The Corporation employs another 170 full-time production personnel, which can expand to 350 during busy seasons. Thirty-one contracted agents and three corporate agencies grade and purchase fish at sixty-one delivery points. Approximately 2,300 fishers deliver the product harvested from more than 400 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...