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About Mersey Seafoods Limited

Founded in 1964 in Liverpool, NS, Mersey Seafoods is one of Nova Scotia’s largest privately owned seafood companies, exporting to international markets around the world.  Mersey owns a fleet of four large fishing vessels harvesting northern shrimp, offshore scallops and groundfish with a modern scallop processing facility in Liverpool, NS and a cold storage facility in Country Harbour, NS. 

In 2019, Mersey acquired an interest in Scotia Harvest Inc., a vertically integrated seafood company based in Digby, NS with a fleet of vessels fishing scallops and groundfish and a state of the art 46,000 sq ft processing facility completed in 2021. Also that year, Mersey acquired majority ownership in Fisherman’s Market International Inc., a long-standing Halifax based retailer, wholesaler, and exporter of fresh, frozen, smoked, and salted seafood as well as live and frozen Atlantic lobster.

Mersey Seafoods owns two ship repair businesses with significant capabilities: Mersey Marine Limited located in Liverpool, NS and Shelburne Ship Repair, providing a comprehensive range of services in the marine repair sector.

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