St. John’s · Since 1986
One of Canada’s largest shrimp companies, fishing the cold waters off Labrador, Baffin Island and Ungava Bay aboard the Newfoundland Victor, Canada’s first green fishing vessel.
Who we are
Newfound Resources was founded in 1986 by 25 Newfoundland seafood companies to land groundfish for their plants. When the groundfish stocks collapsed, we took an offshore shrimp licence in 1991 and rebuilt the company around the cold northern waters we know best.
Our quotas now cover 11 fishing areas, from Davis Strait down the Labrador coast, and every landing is tested on board and again by an independent inspector before it is offered for sale.
Our storyOur vessel
The Newfoundland Victor joined our fleet on February 4, 2017. She was built to class notation CLEAN, the standard for cutting emissions to air, discharges to sea and waste brought back to shore, and she is one of Canada’s leading factory freezer shrimp trawlers.
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Quality
On the Victor the catch goes from the net to the factory deck, where it is cooked, graded and frozen while we are still at sea.
Tested twice
Every landing is tested on board and again by an independent third-party inspection company. Their report and photographs come with every offer we send.
Our shrimp
Wild, coldwater shrimp from the North Atlantic, in the sizes and formats buyers in Asia, Europe and North America ask for.
Pandalus borealis
Our traditional catch, cooked whole and frozen on board.
Pandalus montagui
A close cousin, slightly paler, with taste and texture to match any shrimp on the planet.
Northern shrimp fishing areas, after Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Boundaries simplified.
Where we fish
Our quotas are spread across seven traditional fishing areas and four newer areas in Ungava Bay. Each has its own rules for borealis and montagui, its own sizes and catch rates, and its own ice, which can close an area for up to six months of the year.
That is why a given size is not always available year round. Tell us what you need, and our captain and crew will do their best to deliver it.
Sustainability
The right to fish carries a responsibility to keep the resource healthy for the generations that follow. We take it seriously.
Partners
Expensive vessels, fuel, exchange rates and limited quotas make partnership the only way to run a year-round fishery in these waters.
Inuit of Nunavik · Kuujjuaq
The Inuit organization formed in 1975 to protect the rights and interests of Nunavik Inuit under their land claims agreement. Makivvik holds large shrimp quotas and special allocations in its own waters, and we work together to develop the Ungava Bay fisheries for the benefit of Nunavik.
Fogo Island, Newfoundland
Our vessel harvests the Co-op’s offshore allocation, employing people from Fogo Island, and we market their shell-on shrimp around the world. In the 1960s the island’s 11 communities refused resettlement and built their own future, an effort known as the Fogo Process.
11Fogo Island communities that refused resettlement in the 1960s
Buying shrimp?
Our sales team answers in English, Russian and Chinese. Tell us the species, size and quantity you need.
Send your résumé with copies of your Transport Canada medical (MED), a valid passport and your bridgewatch certificate.
