Looking back with pride, looking ahead with excitement

A story of sustainable development across our operations

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COOKE FAMILY OF COMPANIES NEWSLETTER WINTER 2021 24 Message From Glenn

22 30 Contents The future is bright for Team Cooke

s a company, we have been unique seafood boxes for customers in Canada It has been inspiring to see how our colleagues In This Issue Special Features In Every Issue challenged in ways this past year and the U.S. demonstrates one of the many ways continue to improve their business practices that we have never been before. I we have found opportunities to grow during and strive for excellence each day. 4 The Big Idea : 12 Growth and Development : 3 Message from Glenn would like to express my extreme these times. This service allows us to make a Scotland shares with us a story of employee Agratitude for the continued determination, and more direct connection with consumers, and Cooke Aquaculture optimizes logistics True North Seafood acquires business of 4 Big Idea devotion, we are always eager to hear about the commitment I have seen from our teams around we will continue to find new and interesting and customer relationships with Boomi Mariner Seafood 6 Marketplace unique jobs our people hold globally. It reminds the world, especially our front-line workers. ways to give people healthy, sustainable seafood us why the work we do each day is so important. and Snowflake 10 Growth and Development choices. 18 Sustainability : The work that has been demonstrated by Inspired people inspire others, and this is what 6 Marketplace : Cooke named as a top seafood supplier 16 Sustainability Team Cooke over recent months despite This summer we welcomed Mariner Seafood strengthens our companies and benefits our True North Seafood chills out with in North America for Sustainability & 22 In the News such uncertainty has been both inspiring to the Cooke family of companies, which is communities. Much like we saw demonstrated Conservation and humbling to see. While no one remains an exciting area of growth for our company. when Cooke Aquaculture Chile delivered Sysco USA 24 Our People 30 Community untouched by the consequences of the current The port of New Bedford is the number one cell phones to children living in a rural town 10 Growth and Development : 22 In the News : pandemic, we have not allowed it to keep us valued fishing port in North America, and we who were unable to participate in classroom Ocean Beauty Seafoods and Icicle Seafoods 36 Photo Contest down and we will continue to move forward and are so thrilled to now expand our processing learning. This initiative allowed the children A reflection of pride and a vision of announce merger Back Cover : navigate together. operations into this community and the state of to continue studying online and reach their further sustainable development Massachusetts. teachers as they work towards their education. Try our new Deep Sea This pandemic has forced us to think outside at Cooke 24 Our People : Red Crab Meat of the box and change many of the ways we do Around the world, our employees have showed Our family was so touched to witness our Meet Naomi Dempsey, the farmer who works business. I am so pleased by the many things support for one another, our customers, and our Omega, Shoreland, and Wanchese teams pull above and below the water we have accomplished; even under these unique communities during this challenging time. This through for those who suffered the devastation 30 Community : circumstances we have so much to celebrate. edition of our newsletter highlights just some of brought on by Hurricane Laura this past year. Cooke was recently named as a top seafood the ways Team Cooke has shown consideration These divisions worked with each other and Cooke helps send truck full of supplies to supplier in North America for sustainability and care. with other companies, and community agencies support relief efforts after Hurricane Laura and conservation by SeafoodSource.com. rallied to provide supplies and a nutritious food Seajoy continues to support their local region Thank you for your editorial and/or photography support: This recognition speaks to our company wide source to survivors in the areas effected. with their beloved mangrove program. It Ben Landry, Chad Kingswell, Andrew Watson, commitment to sustainable development and has been rewarding to see them serve their Words truly cannot capture the immense pride Pete Shenton, Alessandro Giardino, Julianne Curry, leveraging emerging science and technology communities in such a way that benefits the I have for all of you, Team Cooke. During this Vicci Laird, Regis Philippe, Jill Cronk, Chuck Brown, while working in a marine environment with On the Cover marine environment and demonstrates their overwhelming and difficult time, you have Andrew Lively, Mark Clinton, Joel Richardson, care. For example, we are fortunate to work with strong synergy as a team. stayed passionate and true to the values we Claire Ryan, Glenn Cooke, James Trask, Seth Dunlop, Since our inception, we have been partners like Boomi, a data solutions firm, to stand for. I am forever grateful. While we are Len Stewart, Kris Nicholls, Debbie Szemerda, learning, growing, and changing to be increase efficiency within our tech systems and In Spain, we have been hard at work still not out of the woods yet, I have faith that we Greg Dunlop, Rod Gould , Joel Reed, Connie Huang, better. We are so proud of how far we customer insights. As you’ll read in the pages modernizing their facilities and improving will make it through this together and come out Virginia Doiron, Jennifer Hogan have come as a company and excited that follow, this collaboration will allow us to biosecurity in all areas of operations from even stronger. for what our future holds. Read more better serve our customers around the world. hatcheries to transportation. Our teams in For comments or suggestions, contact Kristen Cook at : about our commitment to sustainable Uruguay are going through the process to obtain God Bless, The launch of our online ordering system and [email protected] development on page 10. the MSC certification for our Red Crab product. Glenn Cooke, CEO

2 3 The Big Idea HOW BOOMI HELPED RESULTS & BUSINESS OUTCOMES Boomi is now Cooke’s de facto integration Cooke is poised to unleash the power of data to standard as it rebuilds hundreds of connections quickly make informed business decisions with its devised with various tools and techniques. †e combination of Boomi and Snowflake. It’s reducing the company is accelerating development with time and effort needed for integration and analysis Boomi’s low-code platform, and reducing while generating real-time business insights that are reliance on specialized developers. readily accessible to analysts and decision makers. Cooke Aquaculture optimizes In one initiative, Cooke analysts have new †rough cloud modernization anchored by Boomi and insights for logistics optimization in parts of Snowflake, Cooke is reducing the technical debt of its North America with Boomi moving data from legacy infrastructure. It is empowering both IT and the logistics and customer relationships trucking and GPS systems into Snowflake. GPS business with improved agility and operational Internet of †ings (IoT) data totals 10 million efficiency by moving to a single source of truth on a with Boomi and Snowflake records a day transferred in five-minute global scale. †e company is able to: A global, sustainable seafood supplier doing business in 70 countries intervals, meeting Cooke’s requirements for high • Achieve a 360-degree customer view across is unleashing the power of real-time data insights with a cloud performance and low latency. disparate systems infrastructure for integration and analytics. Cooke is also using Master Data Hub to create • Streamline customer ordering and Transformation “golden records” of customer data from multiple communications ERP and sales order systems. †at data will be • Improve customer experiences and identify BUSINESS GOALS TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES moved into Snowflake using Boomi’s branded cross-sell opportunities Founded in 1985 with a single marine cage of 5,000 Cooke Aquaculture faced multiple challenges across its Snowflake connector, streamlining integration salmon, Cooke Aquaculture has grown to become a complex IT landscape. Data on customers in 70 and improving results compared to the SQL • Optimize logistics in a cost-efficient and leading global B2B supplier of seafood including countries was housed in multiple systems, so Cooke Server warehouse. ecofriendly model salmon, sea bass, shrimp, scallops, and oysters. More lacked a single, 360-degree customer view that could • Scale out integration to leverage cloud, than 100 acquisitions have turned the family-owned help streamline customer experiences and trigger onpremises, and IoT systems Cooke into a multibillion-dollar business with a dozen cross-sell opportunities. brands across North America, Latin America, and e company also needed a way to aggregate and Europe. analyze data from systems for sales orders, trucking ose acquisitions drove rapid growth, but le Cooke management, GPS tracking, labelling, and more. is Our value from Boomi and with hundreds of disparate applications across more would enable it to optimize logistics with better routing than 100 subsidiaries that handle all aspects of the and reduced truck idle time, fuel consumption, and Snowflake is enhanced seafood supply chain, from fishing and farming to carbon footprint. because their strong logistics. To achieve those goals, Cooke adopted Boomi partnership benefits everyone To improve business efficiency and customer insights, Integration and Boomi Master Data Hub to replace a Cooke launched a cloud-first strategy to simplify and “spaghetti mess” of point-to-point custom coding that’s involved — we’re all able to modernize its fragmented IT environment. Boomi and very difficult and costly to maintain. It’s also rolling out collaborate and drive forward cloud data platform provider Snowflake are key in Snowflake to replace an on-premises Microso SQL creating a single source of truth and generating Server data warehouse, with Boomi moving data into better solutions for our business analytic insights. Snowflake for analytics. users and end customers. Dr. Scott Underwood, Senior Manager of Business Intelligence, Cooke Aquaculture With Boomi and Snowflake, our analysts have the ability to drill into their data, combine it in ways not previously possible, and apply data science so we can optimize logistics and be a View all customer stories at boomi.com/customers better global citizen in carbon footprint reduction. Copyright © 2020 Boomi Inc. Dell, Dell Technologies, Boomi, the ‘B’ logo, Atom, AtomSphere, Molecule, and Dell Boomi are Dr. Scott Underwood, Senior Managerof Business Intelligence, CookeAquaculture trademarks of Dell Inc., or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Other names or marks may be the trademarks of their respective owners. 4 5 Marketplace

In July, after Sysco USA expressed keen can supply product of USA farm raised Atlantic Key selling features include: and marketing materials. Our Product interest in launching a frozen Atlantic salmon salmon. Members of our Foodservice Sales Development team has been key in the Product of USA with reduced carbon True North Seafood chills out portions program, True North Seafood was team, Jay Burke and Thomas Duncan, worked  creation of some delicious recipes which were footprint awarded the business due to our traceability hard to close the deal, making it our largest then supported by a photoshoot to capture Simply salmon; clean label, raised technology and ability to offer a product that frozen program in foodservice ever of 1 million  product food-forward photography for all without antibiotics and premium quality is 100% from the USA. This commitment pounds. marketing materials. with Sysco USA Sustainable; 4 star BAP certified, marked a significant milestone in our  True North Seafood will begin shipping Monterey Bay “Good Alternative” rating This program would not be a success ongoing partnership with the foodservice product in the first quarter of 2021 which without the support from our incredible distributor. This program has truly been a collaborative includes portions in 6 oz and 8 oz offerings. effort between True North Seafood and cross-functional team. Thank you to all who The products will be positioned as a premium Sysco is the largest foodservice distribution Sysco. We have worked closely together have been a part of bringing this exciting program under their new brand Portico Simply. company in the world, and we at True North on packaging, menu applications, opportunity to life. Seafood are one of the only producers who

6 7 Marketplace To learn more about our products or find exciting recipes, visit Bioriginal launches new True North Seafood Red Crab truenorthseafood.com plant-powered immune crawls onto new shelves From ocean to plate - now easier than ever support supplement True North Seafood Deep-Sea Red Crab Some key retail features include: AC Covert is now offering nine uniquely Have Your Cake And Eat It Too – This box to buy seafood from our region,” said themed seafood boxes to be purchased Joel Richardson, Vice President of Public In direct response to in-market demand and is harvested from the cool, clean waters  Sweet flavour profile, similar to snow crab comes with a recipe card and all the seafood growing interest from customers, Bioriginal of Uruguay, in the Southwest Atlantic  100% crab meat, no additives or online for home delivery across Canada. required to make fish cakes including Relations for Cooke. “We have been working has developed and launched a plant-powered Ocean. Our Deep-Sea Red Crab is frozen preservatives The Dartmouth-based seafood distribution haddock bits, deep-sea red crab combo meat, hard to supply grocery stores, because in immune support two-piece capsule supplement. at sea to preserve exceptional freshness  Cooked and ready-to-eat company, which caters to retailers, and salmon and scallop pieces. the Maritimes, seafood is a huge part of and flavour. Collected in traps, only the  Processed by BRCGS certified plant restaurants, and the tourism and hospitality our culture which brings comfort during Bioriginal’s new Immune Enhance capsules So-Fish-Ticated Dining – Packed with adult male crabs are processed, and  Packed in 227g IVP bag and 400g (10.6 oz) sectors has pivoted amidst the pandemic. challenging times. Our seafood boxes are provide a powerful antioxidant punch from premium seafood for the perfect at home female crabs are returned to sea to further IVP tub, available all year round The website, https://shop.accovert. an ideal care package to send to family or a synergistic blend of botanical extracts and date nights including bacon wrapped populate our oceans. com/ offers the freshest responsibly sourced friends you have not seen for a while. As essential nutrients, including elderberry scallops, coconut shrimp, halibut fillets and seafood prepared by expert fishmongers and a local family company, it is important for (Sambucus nigra), acerola, zinc, vitamins C, B6 After harvesting, the crabs are cleaned, two lobsters. shipped direct from the coast. us to conveniently provide people with the and D3, ginger and BioVin® whole grape extract cooked, and frozen to maintain freshness The prepared boxes range in price from seafood they love so we can all support sea to enhance immune function. and packaged immediately. Cooke The boxes feature True North Seafood $55 to $125 and overnight FedEx delivery farmers and fishers.” Uruguay has the only two fishing licenses products and other locally farmed and “We specifically chose ingredients that would is offered to residents of Nova Scotia, New for crab in Uruguayan waters, allowing us fished products from Atlantic Canadian AC Covert is also now offering customized provide a reinforcement to immune defence and Brunswick, and PEI at a flat rate of just to exclusively offer this product. companies. The most popular include the boxes as well where customers can select make the most meaningful impact on health $9.99. Residents living in the Halifax or Fin-Tastic Fresh box offering 2 lbs of fresh from over a dozen top quality fresh and and wellness,” explained Rakesh Kapoor, PHD, We are excited to share that the Red Dartmouth area can order online or call 902- haddock fillets and 2 lbs of fresh Atlantic frozen seafood products and the website Director of Science & Technology. “Immune Crab has been a hit among our seafood 377-3474 then pick-up in-store at 390 Higney salmon fillets, and theSlammin’ Salmon features a series of easy recipes. Delivery Enhance is a unique formulation made with only counters at North Market Seafood, located Avenue, Burnside Business Park, Dartmouth, pure source ingredients – backed by science – to box offering 2 x 4 oz frozen Atlantic Salmon is available to those living in Nova Scotia, in Saint John, New Brunswick and AC or choose free local home delivery. support a strong, responsive immune system.” portions, 2 x 6 oz frozen trays of Wild New Brunswick, PEI, Ontario, Manitoba, Covert, located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Alaska Sockeye salmon, 2 x 4 oz packages “With the travel restrictions we saw an Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Check out the Immune Enhance is a clinically supported Metro Ontario has listed the product of cold smoked Atlantic salmon, and a 16 oz opportunity to make it easier for people website to see if your city is included. immune formula that provides effective daily on shelves making it available to their package of candied Atlantic salmon. support for both the innate and adaptive consumer in the Ontario region. immune system. Harnessing the power of plant- Other seafood boxes for home delivery: based ingredients, the product was formulated The team is working hard to gain more Oyster Odyssey; Pearls Optional – 48 of with specific intent — to optimize daily immune traction and listings for this exciting health. product. We are hoping to also gain the the best oysters the East Coast has to offer: MSC certification soon. Village Bay oysters, Chebooktook oysters “Bioriginal will continue to formulate and and Beausoleil oysters. develop innovative products to address consumer needs,” said Joe Vidal, President of East Coast Comfort Fish – Haddock fillets, Bioriginal. “With a heightened awareness on scallops, Icelandic cod fillets and mussels the importance of a strong immune system True North Seafood introduces to cook individually or use everything and for overall health and wellness, the launch of Argentina Red Shrimp retail bag make a classic East Coast chowder. Immune Enhance is an exciting development Smoke From The Water – An incredible in direct response to market feedback from our Our wild caught Red Argentine Shrimp is variety pack of smoked seafood including colleagues and clients.” harvested from the deep, cold waters of the south-western Atlantic Ocean, right off the coast smoked mackerel fillets, smoked herring Uniquely balanced for everyday use, Immune of Argentina. These beauties offer a vibrant red fillets, candied Atlantic salmon, cold smoked Enhance can be taken daily for ongoing immune colour that is maintained through the cooking Atlantic salmon and hot smoked salmon support or at the first sign of seasonal symptoms. process, and a delicious lobster like flavour profile. portions. Argentine Red Shrimp are the perfect way to Single, Since You Can’t Mingle – A large spruce up a pasta or paella dish or simply variety of frozen seafood options including serve with a butter sauce to let the shrimp wild caught Alaska sockeye salmon, cod, bay shine through. We are proud to now offer scallops, Atlantic salmon portions and bacon this lovely product as a frozen seafood wrapped sea scallops. option in our new retail packaging. This Get Hooked On This Party Pack – A box new retail bag features imagery of the jammed with 25 to 30 servings of appetizers shrimp in its peeled and deveined state, including bacon wrapped scallops, coconut as well as a call to action guiding to the shrimp, and Mediterranean and poquito True North Seafood website where buyers sofrito salmon croquettes. could check out some recipes featuring the product.

8 9 A reflection of pride and a vision of further sustainable development at Cooke

ustainable development has been invested heavily in Atlantic salmon breeding In addition, Cooke has attained many most of our wild caught species affirming our Cooke was recently selected by with the marine environment is vital to our a driving force for Cooke as an programs, fish feed production, eco-friendly certifications awarded by third party auditors products are coming from well-managed, fully SeafoodSource.com as one of the Top business and to producing top quality seafood organization as we have grown and fish health treatment technologies, and which keep us up to date on the latest traceable, sustainable fisheries. 25 Seafood Suppliers in North America for our customers. continue to grow together. Now, innovative sea farming equipment. regulations and sustainable practices. One for Sustainability & Conservation. All We understand that animal health and welfare Thank you for your continued support, Smore than ever, we are investing in science of the most notable certifications we hold is divisions within the Cooke family of Our commitment to sustainably sourced feed are an important piece of raising and fishing dedication, and hard work within our operations based marine practices and innovation as the 4 star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) companies have mandated sustainability, ingredients, ongoing improvements to feed animals and we are compliant with the rigorous as an employee, partner, or stakeholder. While we establish ourselves as a true leader in Certification mark, which attests that our environmental and biodiversity policies formulations and innovations in feed delivery standards that are set. As a company, we place we are proud of the work we do each day, we are aquaculture, fishing, and marine harvest farmed salmon meets the BAP standards on enshrined within their operating and allows our company to produce healthy fish animal welfare high in our operating standards looking forward to what the future will bring around the world. four separate links in the chain of production: reporting practices. Ensuring the best for our customers. All our feed ingredients and endeavour to raise our animals with as we further grow and adapt our business. sea sites, processing plants, feed mills and care for our oceans and surrounding Since our inception, we have been learning, and fish health practices are approved by the optimal care and consideration of best practices. We will continue to invest heavily in research freshwater hatcheries within our aquaculture communities continues to be in the growing, and changing to be better. Our Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), We regularly validate our internal best practices and development as it relates to sustainable business. We have also attained the Marine forefront of our sustainable growth company is quickly becoming a global Food and Drug Administration, USA (FDA) through regulatory compliance and voluntary operations. Stewardship Council (MSC ) certification for strategy. We believe that our relationship visionary for sustainable fish farming having and other necessary government regulators. third-party audits of our operations.

Growth and Development

10 11 Growth and Development Cooke welcomes Mariner Seafood Cooke lends salmon rearing expertise to to the family of companies new salmon recovery program in Maine MAINE, USA – The Maine Department of in their natural environment based on proven this new program can help to restore this Marine Resources (DMR) has announced aquaculture and fish-health science. Working iconic species to its ancestral homeland and applauds the collaborative nature of this BLACKS HARBOUR, NEW BRUNSWICK, loyal network of suppliers and U.S. and they will employ a novel approach to with the Penobscot Nation and government multi-stakeholder endeavour.” CANADA – Canadian customers. rearing Atlantic salmon for restoring native partners, together we will make this populations on the East Branch of the restoration program a success by seeing the As populations expand, the goal is to build rue North Seafood, Inc. the Mariner currently has a workforce of 170 Penobscot. fish return to their native waters,” said Glenn healthy wild populations of Atlantic Salmon processing division and flagship and the company is capable of processing Cooke, CEO, Cooke Aquaculture USA. on the East Branch, including the potential brand of family owned Cooke over 8,000 metric tons of seafood The project, funded through a NOAA for downlisting. “The estimated 5,000 Inc. (Cooke), confirmed in product between a 32,000 square foot Section 6 Species Recovery Grant totalling Approximately 5,000 adult fish will be adults produced by this effort could result Tlate October that they have acquired headquarters and a 14,000 square foot $1,075,000, will involve a partnership transported from the net pens to target between DMR, Cooke Aquaculture USA, US tributaries and the mainstem of the East in 20 times more eggs in the gravel in the the business of Mariner Seafood, LLC salmon processing facility on the vibrant “It has long been a dream of our family Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA Fisheries, Branch of the Penobscot River in the fall of Penobscot River basin compared to existing (Mariner), headquartered in New Bedford, New Bedford working waterfront. seafood company to have a presence in and the Penobscot Indian Nation to grow 2021 or 2022 where they will find suitable stocking and natural reproduction,” said Sean Massachusetts. the number one value fishing port in the “We are very pleased to welcome True juvenile Atlantic salmon to adult size in habitat to naturally spawn. This will result in Ledwin, Director of DMR’s Searun Fisheries nation, New Bedford,” said Glenn Cooke, Mariner, an international fresh and frozen North Seafood to New Bedford and aquaculture pens located near Cutler Maine. more spawning adults than have been present and Habitat Division. CEO of Cooke Inc. “We now have over seafood company, specializes in processing we look forward to supporting Cooke’s The adult salmon will then be released into in the Penobscot River for decades. 4,000 Cooke employees in 22 U.S. states The program will involve surveys of redds a broad range of premium wild and farmed continued growth as a global seafood the East Branch of the Penobscot, a river and we will continue to invest and grow While net pens are not new in Maine for in spawning areas to assess spawning species including scallops, haddock, cod, leader,” said Mayor Jon Mitchell. “The with large amounts of high quality salmon our New Bedford processing operations cultivating Atlantic salmon, using them to success of released fish. Released fish will salmon and shrimp. Mariner’s key branded Port of New Bedford serves as the habitat, to spawn. to supply our customers with healthy, top also be tracked using Passive Integrated products are GO WILD in the packaged city’s greatest natural resource and cultivate salmon for conservation purposes quality True North Seafood products.” Transponders (PIT tags) and radio telemetry. case ready tray segment and MarSelect the economic engine of southeastern Smolts raised from native broodstock by the at this scale is new, and showing promise in a US Fish and Wildlife Service at the Green Bay of Fundy partnership between Cooke and Electrofishing surveys and use of rotary which is primarily a scallop brand. Since Massachusetts, stimulating investment, True North Seafood, Inc. and the rest of Lake National Fish Hatchery in Ellsworth, Canadian provincial and federal governments, screw traps, along with genetic analysis, will the company was founded in 2001, Mariner attracting new industry, and creating jobs. the Cooke family of companies welcomes Maine, and smolts captured in the wild by First Nations and academia (see page 17 to be used to assess the abundance of offspring has put significant efforts into the retail True North will be a welcome addition to Mariner to the team. We look forward to rotary screw traps will be used to stock the learn more). from this effort. space which has been supported by a the Port.” working with you! marine net pens in 2021, and 2022. Smolts “The Penobscot Indian Nation has inhabited Much like the current Fundy Salmon will include only those from Penobscot River the Penobscot River drainage since time Recovery project in Atlantic Canada, the origin to ensure the genetic integrity of immemorial. The deep cultural, spiritual and program will also include a public outreach salmon released into the river. North Market Seafood brings new offerings to their take-out counter historical connections between the tribe and effort undertaken by the department and Plans call for increasing the number of the Atlantic salmon of the Penobscot River go other program partners that will provide SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA – the people who purchase locally caught and fish and chips, salmon bites, lobster roll, crab smolts captured in the wild from the East back thousands of years,” said Dan McCaw, information on salmon and other sea- North Market Seafood is pleased to now offer locally grown products everyday. lettuce cups, salmon burger, crab-o-cado Branch to be used to supply juveniles that Fisheries Program Manager for the Penobscot run species, and the impact of protecting an entirely new and redefined take-out menu. toast, and a salmon poke bowl. will be grown out in the net pens. While Nation. “The Penobscot Nation is hopeful that ecosystems on which they rely. As a member of the Cooke family of hatchery spawned fish help ensure an Formally Lord’s Lobster, North Market companies, the North Market team is excited Cooke is planning to invest in modernizing adequate supply of fish for recovery goals, Seafood was acquired by Cooke Aquaculture to offer direct to consumer products in the the North Market seafood counter further in those spawned in the natural environment in 2013. Located in the historic Saint John area near our corporate headquarters. the future. This is part of an effort to create a are more robust due to the impact of natural City Market, North Market Seafood is a traditional coastal community feel and drive The menu features many Maritime favourites selection which results in fish that are better trusted source of fresh seafood served up people to try and enjoy many of the local, as well as a sophisticated twist on some suited to survival in the wild. by a knowledgeable and experienced team sustainable seafood offerings we work hard classic seafood dishes. Some of the offerings of fishmongers. The local fish market is an to produce each day. The smolts will be placed in net pens include: traditional fish and chips, salmon important link between fishers, farmers and under a limited-purpose aquaculture lease in Cutler, Maine where they will be fed and managed in cooperation with Cooke Aquaculture USA for 16 to 30 months, during which time they will grow to mature adults. The DMR will hold the lease on the pens while Cooke will supply the pens and feed for the salmon as they grow. “We are committed to be part of this wild Atlantic salmon enhancement project in Maine. Cooke Aquaculture has the experience working with Atlantic salmon

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Delivering quality from Uruguay to the world

URUGUAY – Our hake vessel, KALATXORI Ukraine, Serbia, Moldavia, Palestine, Israel, fishes our Uruguayan national waters as well as Spain, Portugal, and Italy. The KALATXORI sails outside national waters. for 35 to 40 days at a time with a crew of roughly 31 sailors. We have recently brought on a new We are proud to harvest hake, squid, Patagonian Fleet Manager, Mathias Arenares. Mathias has cod, hoki, and rosefish with this vessel. The experience sailing with the UY Navy, working on loading containers hold product while at sea so Get social with board merchants, tugs and fishing vessels. We we can deliver directly from the vessel to the are so happy to welcome him to the team and Cooke Aquaculture Chile client maintaining optimal freshness. we look forward to working with you on our next Mathias Arenares, Fleet Manager of the Kalatxori. LOS LAGOS, CHILE – We are excited to announce that Our main markets include: Russia, China, Korea, harvest! we are now active on Linkedin and Instagram! Our published content has been very well accepted by the community and our collaborators. We invite you to follow us and visit our pages to learn more about what is going on here in Chile!

Continual improvements in bass and bream welfare SPAIN – Fish welfare is of the utmost important to Culmarex, which recently formed an operational and multi-disciplinary team dedicated to enhancing protocols to assess and maintain the well- being of all fish on its Spanish farms. The project involves reinforcing and updating the current practices and standards to ensure we are going above and beyond in caring indicators, which may be operationally applied. This will support for our fish and marine environment. The team is working with Culmarex in maintaining a monitoring program that is practical and the University of Alicante and Fish Ethobase experts to identify backed in the latest science for continuous improvements of fish additional European seabass and Gilthead seabream welfare welfare.

LABIOTEC, the new biotechnology laboratory of the Culmarex group is now a reality SPAIN – Biotechnology has become a cornerstone of fish health, genetics, and aquaculture research and development. In an effort to leverage our experience in these domains, teams from Culmarex R&D, Genetic & Fish Health, and ABSA Hatchery have partnered to establish LABIOTEC, a new applied biotechnology laboratory. LABIOTEC is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment for bacteriology, DNA extraction, cryopreservation of bacteria and genetic material, water filtration, qPCR machines, and more. Close collaboration with operational teams, veterinarians, and genetic departments allows for rapid development and validation of the advanced protocols needed to meet the group’s growing demand for fast, reliable and affordable diagnostics and biological investigations in bacteriology and virology. The team can also also offer analytical studies and future vaccines, and more than 3,000 PCR carried out so and operational support to our salmon, bass, and seabream far, the LABIOTEC team has already delivered great results. geneticists. Today, there is still a lot more on the horizon. More than 5000 of our With a list of more than 30 types of polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Canadian’s Salmon brood fin clips are going to be processed for DNA hundreds of field bacterial strains cryopreserved for characterization extraction and there are 20,000 more to come!

14 15 Quick Facts

 The inner Bay of Fundy population of salmon has been listed as endangered under the Species at Risk Act since 2003. In an effort to save this declining population, some of the last remaining wild salmon of Fundy National Park were Fundy Salmon Recovery releases hundreds of collected by Fisheries and Oceans Canada for “live gene banking”. This has protected endangered salmon into national park rivers the unique genetic lineage of this ALMA, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA – are transported back to the rivers. These population which would have otherwise Close to 400 wild Atlantic salmon were salmon will spawn the next generation of been lost. released in early October by a Canadian Coast wild salmon, providing their offspring with Fundy Salmon Recovery is working on Guard helicopter, in an effort to help the  full exposure to the wild and therefore the three inner Bay of Fundy rivers and the recovery of the endangered fish. This year’s best chance of survival as adults. release in Fundy National Park precedes recovery effort expands to Fundy National Fundy Salmon Recovery is the first the release of salmon into the Petitcodiac Park’s second salmon river, the Point Wolfe conservation collaborative in the world River system by Fort Folly Habitat River. Fundy Salmon Recovery’s successes to collect juveniles from the wild and Recovery. Sustainability over the last five years on the Upper Salmon raise them on a dedicated conservation River in Fundy National Park and on the Wild endangered salmon are grown farm site. The Fundy Salmon Recovery  Petitcodiac River, managed by Fort Folly First to maturity on the world’s first marine collaboration includes Fort Folly First Nation, supported the conservation group to conservation farm dedicated to wild Nation, Parks Canada, Cooke Aquaculture, expand their operations to a third inner Bay Atlantic salmon at Dark Harbour on Grand Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association, of Fundy river. Manan Island, New Brunswick. Cooke the University of New Brunswick, Province Aquaculture operates and maintains the The wild Atlantic salmon released into the of New Brunswick, Fisheries and Oceans farm with assistance from the Atlantic Upper Salmon River and in Point Wolfe River, Canada and the Atlantic Salmon Law Canada Fish Farmers Association. are part of an endangered stock of Atlantic Enforcement Coalition. Together this salmon in the inner Bay of Fundy. These team is looking to change the fate of the  Salmon are health tested in the rivers and fish were collected as juveniles from Fundy inner Bay of Fundy population of Atlantic on the conservation farm by Province National Park rivers and raised to maturity salmon through an innovative recovery of New Brunswick veterinarians for on the Village of Grand Manan’s Wild Salmon model. introductions and transfers permits, with Marine Conservation Farm, operated by routine monitoring and surveillance by Here at Cooke we are so pleased to be a Cooke Aquaculture and the Atlantic Canada Cooke Aquaculture veterinarians and fish part of such a wonderful program helping Fish Farmers Association. health experts. to keep our rivers and marine environment Once fish mature on the marine farm, they stocked with wild Atlantic salmon for  To help ensure the protection of the are ready to spawn and it is crucial that they future generations to enjoy. Atlantic salmon during their freshwater life stage, local law enforcement agencies are working together as part of the Atlantic Salmon Law Enforcement Coalition. Together, the coalition has increased joint patrols and surveillance on inner Bay of Fundy rivers, especially those in which there are active recovery efforts.

To learn more about the Fundy Salmon Recovery program visit: fundysalmonrecovery.com

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Cooke named as a top seafood supplier in North America for Sustainability & Conservation True North Seafood officially recommended as sustainable by Ocean Wise

SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA – BLACKS HARBOUR, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA – “The Ocean Wise Seafood program is proud to partner with True North We are proud to announce the partnership between True North Seafood and work with them to increase access to sustainable seafood e are very pleased to announce communities as one of our guiding principles industry engagement. The resulting list Seafood Inc. and the Ocean Wise Seafood program. Ocean Wise options for their customers. Partnering with influential businesses Cooke Inc. has been named while producing fresh, quality seafood.” catalogues best practices for driving the by SeafoodSource.com as one industry onward and upward, providing Seafood is a conservation program that makes it easy for consumers like True North Seafood will send a strong message to industry SeafoodSource.com is a division of Diversified of the Top 25 Seafood Suppliers valuable insight into the inner workings of some to choose sustainable seafood for the long term health of our oceans. that preferentially choosing sustainable seafood helps ensure the long Communications, based in Portland, Maine, Win North America for Sustainability & of seafood’s most promising and prominent True North Seafood is one of the largest and most trusted providers of term success of this industry,” said Sophika Kostyniuk, Ocean Wise USA, a leading international media company Conservation. sustainability trailblazers. seafood globally. Seafood Program Manager. providing market access, education and The Top 25 list features North American information through global, national and “We hold our relationship with our marine Ocean Wise Seafood recommendations cover both farmed and wild All divisions within the Cooke family of companies have mandated seafood companies demonstrating efforts and regional face-to-face events, digital products, environment very seriously,” adds Richardson. seafood. The organization works directly with restaurants, markets, sustainability, environmental and biodiversity policies enshrined advancements as it relates to sustainability and publications. The company’s global “These areas provide livelihoods for the food services and seafood suppliers to ensure they have the most within their operating and reporting practices. We are proud to offer and conservation. The chosen companies seafood portfolio of expositions and media communities in which our people live and work have proven to be leaders in transforming the includes Seafood Expo North America/Seafood and where we co-exist with the natural world.” current scientific information regarding sustainable seafood and to our customers and consumers high quality and sustainable seafood industry to become more sustainably minded Processing North America, Seafood Expo help them make ocean-friendly buying decisions. Sustainable fishing options. Our commitment here at Cooke to sustainability, and validated their commitment to protecting Global/Seafood Processing Global, Seafood and aquaculture practices include: science-based marine practices, and forward- To learn more about the Ocean Wise seafood program visit: the environment within their business Expo Asia and SeafoodSource.com. They thinking innovation has afforded us many practice. also produce the SeaWeb Seafood Summit, • Harvesting that ensures healthy and resilient stocks and https://seafood.ocean.org/ certifications and recognition in recent years. the world’s premier seafood conference on populations. “In addition to our best practices and We were recently recognized as a 2020 winner sustainability. Effective and adaptive management. environmental certifications, being recognized of the Canada’s Best Managed Companies • Limited negative impacts on habitats and other species. as one of the top among some of the best in To compile the 2020 list, the SeafoodSource Platinum Club designation for the 15th • class seafood producers provides assurance editorial team conducted an extensive consecutive year. Winners are amongst the “With this Ocean Wise Seafood recommendation for our wild fishery to our customers that our True North Seafood nomination and analysis process involving best-in-class of Canadian owned and managed and aquaculture products, our customers can feel confident that products come from a sustainable, responsibly the consultation of a panel of outside experts companies demonstrating strategy, capability, the work our fishermen and sea farmers do every day ensures our harvested resource,” says Joel Richardson, renowned in the seafood sustainability and commitment to achieve sustainable growth. Vice President of Public Relations, Cooke community. SeafoodSource also accounted for products come from a sustainable, responsibly harvested resource,” The Top 25: Seafood Sustainability & Inc. “We are committed to maintaining and leadership, industry accolades and recognition, said Joel Richardson, Vice President of Public Relations, Cooke Inc. Conservation list is available at: improving the health of our oceans and coastal pioneering initiatives, partnerships, and “True North Seafood carries several third party certifications, which www.seafoodsource.com attests that our products meet the highest standards. We are delighted to add the Ocean Wise symbol next to our seafood items assuring customers of an ocean-friendly seafood choice.” Seajoy commits to mangrove program True North Seafood is very pleased to now offer the following wild caught products as Ocean Wise Seafood recommended: bay scallops, for the 12th consecutive year sea scallops, Sockeye salmon, Pink salmon, Chum salmon, Coho NICARAGUA – While we have been faced with This year may have looked a bit different farms where employees help to nurture the salmon, Dungeness crab, Pacific cod, pollock, and Pacific halibut. The great challenges and difficulties this year with social distancing and masks, however, seedlings prior to plantation. recommendation also includes the company’s farm raised oysters and with the global pandemic, Seajoy continues to whiteleg shrimp. the group was still able to plant 120,000 Thank you to all who participated in this fulfil their commitment to the environment by seedlings in their natural environment great program. Seajoy is proud to be an taking part in their 12th year of the Mangrove with the help of many volunteers. In order environmentally responsible corporation and Project. to achieve such a great outcome, Seajoy with support like this we can help to take established eight nurseries in each of our care of our earth for years to come.

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Farmed or wild – salmon is a healthy choice says Dalhousie University study Research reveals nutritional differences The study involved farmed Atlantic, farmed between salmon species organic Atlantic, farmed organic Chinook, wild Chinook, wild Pacific pink and wild HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA – Sockeye, which are commonly available New research out of Dalhousie University to Canadians. Colombo compared the reveals the surprising differences between the lowest mercury content, a high nutrient nutritional value of each type, focussing salmon species, helping consumers decide density, and is more affordable and available specifically on omega-3 and mercury levels. which ones to put on their plate. For frequent on both of Canada’s coasts. consumption, the study found farmed Atlantic “Consumers cannot look to nutritional labels “One of the main reasons for their low salmon is an excellent option due to nutrient to help them decide, because fresh seafood mercury is because of what farmed Atlantic density, low mercury, affordability, and does not require them in Canada and the salmon are eating in their diet, and nowadays availability. U.S.,” she says. their diet is more plant-based and plants do Stefanie Colombo is an assistant professor Colombo says the main finding in terms of not accumulate mercury,” she says. “Wild of Aquaculture at Dalhousie University’s nutritional quality was that it depends on salmon are eating fish and that is how the Agriculture Campus. She hopes her research the species of salmon, and not whether it is mercury is getting stored.” published recently in the Journal of Agriculture wild caught or farm raised. The study was funded by a Discovery Grant and Food Research, will dispel some “It really is not about wild versus farmed, awarded to Colombo from the Natural misunderstandings about farmed salmon. because even within the wild category, there Science and Engineering Research Council of “We all know salmon is really good for you, were big differences,” she says. “It is more Canada. but I hear from a lot of people who only eat about the species.” *SOURCE: Halifax Today, News 95.7, https:// wild salmon and not farmed salmon because Colombo says the study revealed for www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/dalhousie- they believe it is not as good for you,” she told frequent consumption, farmed Atlantic research-reveals-nutritional-differences- News 95.7’s the Rick Howe Show. “I decided to is among the best options because it has between-salmon-species-2559366 investigate this.”

An ocean of opportunity awaits

At Cooke, we believe in rewarding initiative, resourcefulness and work ethic. Please visit MyCookeCareer.com to review potential opportunities to move your career forward. LFT 20 21 Bioriginal now a NASC Preferred Supplier Bioriginal announced it has been accepted as ingredients or other supporting products In the News a Preferred Supplier by the National Animal or services to NASC Primary Suppliers (of Supplement Council (NASC) for its plant and finished products) who are also required marine oils, protein and collagen ingredients. to uphold strict requirements for the NASC Quality Seal. Currently, only about 90 The NASC is a nonprofit industry organization companies have been accepted as a Preferred dedicated to protecting and enhancing the Supplier and can now serve as a pre-qualified health of companion animals and horses supplier to the almost 180 Primary Suppliers. throughout the United States. Ingredients that have the NASC Preferred Supplier Seal must Bioriginal’s ingredients, such as its wild are excited to be approved as a Preferred adhere to NASC quality standards, as well Alaskan fish oils, are regularly tested for Supplier by NASC. This validates our as have multiple batches of the ingredients quality and purity. Caught and processed ingredients as safe and effective for animals tested by an NASC-approved laboratory to in the USA, wild Alaskan fish oils are full of allowing for further expansion into a key Ocean Beauty Seafoods ensure the ingredients’ compliance to their omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, that help to market. Bioriginal has a keen focus to extend rigorous quality standards. keep pets healthy and happy. our very successful ingredient offerings NASC-approved Preferred Suppliers are Cam Kupper, Vice President of Business into the pet supplement market and NASC’s and Icicle Seafoods pre-qualified companies that can supply Development for Bioriginal noted, “We assent is a key step.” announce merger Industry Associations working together in times of uncertainty With the many challenges being faced today!” ACFFA says in a Facebook post. help, we can amplify our common message due to the pandemic, some of our industry and inspire people to Eat Maine Seafood.” Meanwhile, in Maine, the Maine Aquaculture associations have rallied to develop Association is collaborating with the Maine Check out both organizations online and campaigns to promote shopping and eating Partnership designed to grow the value of seafood resource in a way that benefits John Woodruff, Chief Operating Officer of Coast Fishermen’s Association to launch a on social media – you are sure to see some local during these difficult times. The Atlantic Alaska seafood the company’s customers, employees, and Icicle Seafoods, will become Executive Vice hashtag campaign aimed at promoting Maine familiar Cooke faces in their promotional fisherman partners. President of Alaska Operations for the new Canada Fish Farmers Association (ACFFA) SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, USA – In late seafood. materials! company. A respected Alaska fishing industry and the Maine Aquaculture Association May 2020, two of Alaska’s oldest and largest Included in the merger are all five Icicle leader, he has built deep relationships across (MAA) each launched campaigns this “With more people preparing seafood seafood companies, Ocean Beauty Seafoods shoreside plants and all five Ocean Beauty the state. summer encouraging our communities to eat at home, we have a real opportunity to LLC and Icicle Seafoods, Inc., announced they shoreside plants in Alaska. Ocean Beauty locally-produced, healthy seafood. build excitement around all the delicious, would be merging their wild salmon and Gulf Seafoods’ smoked salmon and distribution According to Mr. Woodruff, “Partnerships can sustainable, healthy seafood that Maine has “Atlantic Canada Grown - Atlantic Canada of Alaska groundfish operations. The new operations will remain under its current provide employees with additional career to offer,” the association posted on Facebook. company is named OBI Seafoods LLC. ownership and will operate under the name growth opportunities in a wider variety of Proud” is the tagline being used by ACFFA to OBS Smoked & Distribution, LLC. The Ocean positions and locations. As a unified team, remind people living on the East Coast about “Please join us in using #EatMaineSeafood “The Alaska salmon business is experiencing Beauty and Icicle Seafoods Gulf of Alaska we are confident we can make improvements the incredible products that their friends and whenever you post a Maine seafood photo or significant market and resource fluctuations. groundfish operations and all salmon to benefit employees, fishermen, customers, neighbours in aquaculture are producing. a picture of one of Maine’s beautiful working In order to flourish in this rapidly changing operations will operate under the newly and vendors. To be more competitive globally, waterfronts, be sure to follow the hashtag environment, we need to develop flexible and “Farmed Atlantic salmon is fresh, local and formed OBI. Icicle Seafoods’ processing operational efficiencies in processing must be on Instagram, and Tweet about it! With your efficient business models and form innovative good for you! Bring some home to your family operations on the P/V Gordon Jensen and the realized, along with continuing strong fleet partnerships,” said Mark Palmer, President permanently moored craft Northern Victor relationships and placing an added focus on and CEO of Ocean Beauty Seafoods, who will in Dutch Harbor are not included in the sales, marketing and distribution.” serve as CEO of the newly merged company. merger. These plants will continue to operate “The merger will enable more focus on selling Founded in 1910, Ocean Beauty Seafoods in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and seafood products in the global marketplace by LLC is owned by the Bristol Bay Economic Western Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries, leveraging both strong sales teams. Increased Development Corporation and a group of and will operate under Icicle Seafoods, Inc. sales will bring additional investment to individual owners with experience in the support growth and jobs,” he added. “The two companies’ cultures will blend seafood industry. Founded in 1965, Icicle well,” Palmer said. “We will be combining Seafoods, Inc. has been owned by the Cooke The agreement will allow the new partnership two very talented workforces that are family since 2016. Upon closing, Icicle to make strategic investments to enhance its highly motivated to compete successfully in Seafoods Inc, and Ocean Beauty Inc, each ability to compete in the world seafood market. today’s challenging market. This merger also own a 50% stake in the new company. Initial plans include modernizing processing presents the best opportunity for the new facilities and combining marketing and The merger took full effect on June 1, 2020, company to optimize our branded value- value-added product expertise. The changes in line with the 2020 wild Alaska salmon added seafood and make strategic long-term are designed to grow the value of the Alaska season. investments.” 22 23 Our People Cooke Chile takes part in First Aid and Psychological First Aid Courses LOS LAGOS, CHILE – We are committed to our annual Occupational Health and Safety program which includes basic first aid training. Led by area health advisors, the team is given basic knowledge to help them in the face of an emergency situation. This year we also introduced the opportunity for our teams to take part in a Psychological First Aid course. Given the “A lot of aquaculture is coastal based in current state of our world, people are struggling shallower water, but when you move the with their mental health in ways they may equipment out to sea with higher wave heights not have prior to the pandemic. Psychological and currents, there is a different way you have First Aid is defined as a support tool designed to approach it, but it is all essentially about to accompany those people who are in crisis minimising the risk to the environment during scenarios. This training will help employees salmon production,” she added. to assist colleagues and loved ones to recover When she is not helping to analyze and emotional balance in times where that may be improve the environment for Scottish salmon necessary. The program was very well received – which is one of the UK’s biggest exports – you by our teams and we will hopefully continue this will find Naomi, not on, but in the water as she type of training opportunities in the future. also enjoys free-diving for scallops.

Naomi, who completed her PhD at University of Aberdeen, explained that this new hobby was something she discovered recently while on lockdown: “I love all seafood, especially shellfish like scallops and mussels. During lockdown we were limited on what we could Meet Naomi Dempsey, the farmer who get on the island, and I had a very strong craving for scallops. works above and below the water “Then one day I was walking along the beach. There was one of the lowest tides I had ever ORKNEY, SCOTLAND – seen and I was able to pick scallops up along the shore! Then I discovered I could snorkel aomi Dempsey is living her best life Scotland, which operates around 40 of the firm’s salmon farm in the coastal waters of for them, so I did. I free-dived just a couple after moving to the Orkney island of Scotland’s 200 fish farms that collectively Hoy. Prior to Covid-19, Naomi was involved in of metres down, in one breath, to pick them Hoy off the north coast of Scotland. produce more than 150,000 tonnes of salmon sampling to assess the nature of the seabed and up from the seabed. Now my freezer is full of She swapped her busy and hectic life every year. the marine environment. them, just enough to eat! I pan fry them with Nin Surrey for the beautiful landscapes of the Naomi, 39, said: “I absolutely fell in love with “It is really about rearing the best quality butter, two minutes on each side, and serve Orkney Islands back when she was studying Orkney, it was complete contrast to where I salmon that we can, so we need to have a with some beautiful black pudding.” for her Master’s degree, and she loved it so lived in Surrey which was far more populated good quality environment to do that. We need much, she has never left. Living on Hoy, Naomi has naturally and busy than it is here. to ensure we are not having a detrimental established a strong connection with the world Today, the environmental analyst is settled on effect and to maintain the environment for the “I love my job. As salmon farming is such an around her, on both land and sea, and she Hoy and is about to buy a house on the island salmon to be healthy, so we have a strong and integral part of the community here, it is easy loves every minute of it. after finding love with an Orcadian salmon high quality product. “It is really important,” she to talk about in this kind of environment. Yet, farmer, who is now her husband of seven explained. She added: “I am sitting in my front room in other areas of Scotland and the UK, there years. looking on to Scapa Flow. I go out walking is so much about food production that people The environmental analyst studies currents and every day with my dogs, I go swimming in But it’s not just the romanticism that has separate themselves from so it is harder to different water depths and their effect on how the sea, and I forage for plants. Because we kept her embracing island life, for Naomi appreciate where food is coming from and fish are reared and the environment they are see people working in it, we really appreciate is passionate about the environment how it is produced.” farmed in. She is also part of the team that is how important it is to maintain and sustain and, in 2014, landed her dream role as an looking into offshore salmon farming which, as The role of her team at Cooke is hugely the world around us, and it is critical for me to environmental analyst for Cooke Aquaculture she points out, is a “whole new ball game for us”. important to the quality of fish produced at have that interaction.”

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Processing teams face new world of challenges The pandemic has changed all our lives and But despite facing a whole new world of “The world keeps throwing challenge after anywhere in our family of companies, there is over the past several months, our processing challenges, this team just keeps on going. challenge at us and to see everyone pull an attitude that you can just feel. To work in teams have seen a complete transformation in together and stay committed to our work, it is processing, you kind of have to be strong. You Even as the pandemic had virtually shut the way they do their jobs. just very special to be part of.” have to be tough and you need a great team to down much of the world, the processing team support one another. We saw that so clearly as Workstations have been overhauled with the continued to play an important part in getting Letsie said she wants to make sure all our we have been dealing with the pandemic. Our addition of distancing and physical barriers, quality seafood products to people who processing workers throughout the company people are dedicated to doing a great job and break times are staggered to maintain space needed them. know how much they are appreciated. I have yet to see a challenge that they cannot in the kitchen and the addition of face masks “I am just so proud of the whole team,” said “It does not matter if you are in New overcome.” to PPE means smiles are covered. Director of Processing Letsie Blackmore. Brunswick or Newfoundland or Maine or

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Thinking outside the box – and outside the office Drive Thru Job Fairs help with recruiting in the time of Covid NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA – Without the usual opportunities to meet job seekers at organized career fairs or school events, our Human Resources team in New Brunswick thought outside the box, well, outside in general, by holding a series of “Drive Thru” style job fairs. Calling it “the easiest job fair ever” our hiring team set up shop under tents in parking lots in St. Stephen and three different locations in Saint John in an effort to meet with potential employees and talk to them about the ocean of opportunity with Cooke. It gave people a chance to meet the Cooke Beach clean up team and learn about job opportunities while maintaining a safe distance. MAINE, USA – Maintaining the coastlines where we live and work is an important part of our operations. Pictured above, are two of our summer students, Davin Murry and Ethan Robinson, who cleaned the beaches The events drew dozens of job seekers and even around all of Cooke Aquaculture’s Down East Maine salmon sites. Thank you both for your hard work! got some media attention, including reports on CBC TV and radio.

Thank you Shoreland! We wear our masks Bioriginal celebrates 2nd We love our Shoreland Transport drivers every day but National Trucking Week for each other annual National Coconut Day (September 6 to 12 in Canada) and National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Nothing is more important than the health SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA – As a founding member of the CCA, Bioriginal (September 13 to 19 in the US) are great times to tell the world how we feel. and safety of you and your family. That is why On Friday, June 26th, the beloved coconut got celebrated the day with some delicious coconut Without the 400,000 Canadian and 3.5 million American men and women who we moved quickly to implement policies and its 2020 day of glory. Established in 2019 by treats and beverages handed out to staff keep our freight moving – and the protocols in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. the Coconut Coalition of the Americas (CCA), throughout the Saskatoon office. However, many wonderful drivers around National Coconut Day is a day when the Bioriginal did not keep the celebration to One of the easiest things we can all do to keep the world, we would not enjoy the industry comes together to honour this special themselves. In the days leading up to, and on each other safe is to wear a face covering products we need and love so much. and versatile drupe with fanfare, promotions National Coconut Day, the team shared a variety when keeping our distance is a challenge – as and recipes. of facts and information about coconuts and Thank you to our Shoreland demonstrated here by Marc Bondoc, Quality coconut products with their customers and Transport team – and all drivers Control Supervisor at our Blacks Harbour The Coconut Coalition of the Americas (CCA) followers on LinkedIn. who are on the road, making a Processing Facility. led the 2nd annual National Coconut Day difference, every day. celebration with a #gococonutty theme by So, just how amazing is the coconut? Check out Since we all want to do our part to keep each providing online education, a recipe contest, these facts: other safe, these Cooke buffs have become coconut recipe demonstrations, and ended the extremely popular.  Coconut is not a true nut, but actually a drupe day with a virtual social and trivia hour. – a type of fruit with an outer fleshy part that “We are excited at the increasing interest surrounds a shell with a seed inside. in coconut products. Raising the profile of  Coconut oil contains 63% medium chain this fruit and its properties is a key CCA triglycerides (MCTs). MCTs are efficiently used objective. Celebrating through a National Day by the body for energy production. They are lets us honour our supply chain, traditions rapidly metabolized and not stored as fat. and wonderful coconut products in many  Coconut oil is the world’s only low-calorie fat. different formats from foods to beverages to Coconut oil has at least 2.56% fewer calories supplements,” notes CCA Executive Director per gram of fat than other fats and oils. Len Monheit. More information can be found at bioriginal.com.

28 29 Omega Protein spearheads Cameron, Louisiana relief efforts after former company home hit hard by Hurricane Laura ABBEVILLE, LOUISIANA, USA – Lions Club and their charitable In August, the Category 4 Hurricane Laura organization, the Cameron Educational made landfall on Cameron, Louisiana near and Charitable Endeavors Inc., to help peak intensity, with sustained winds of with cleanup and recovery from the 150 mph. It was the strongest hurricane to hurricane. strike Louisiana since 1856. Omega Protein is working to share its Omega Protein partnered with the GoFundMe campaign with employees Cameron Lions Club to raise money for across the Cooke, Inc. family of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, which was companies to help spur awareness of the devastated by Hurricane Laura at the end damage to Cameron Parish, and raise of August. Omega Protein has set up and money from across North America for will contribute to a GoFundMe campaign, relief efforts. which will raise funds to be used in relief “Cameron Parish has sustained incredible and recovery efforts for the community. damage from this storm,” said State The Gulf menhaden fishery was a mainstay Representative Ryan Bourriaque, whose in the Cameron Parish business community District 47 includes all of Cameron Parish. for over 65 years. Omega Protein operated “But with the help of good neighbours a fishing facility there from the mid-1960s like Omega Protein and the generosity through the end of 2013. of people everywhere, we’ll rebuild this Armistead Perry of Evans Seafood with community and get it back on its feet.” Lakeisha Williamson, driver for True North. “Cameron was a wonderful home for us for nearly half a century,” said Ben Landry, The Cameron Lions Club was founded in Director of Public Affairs for Omega 1944, and has served charitable causes Protein. “Even though we no longer operate in and around Cameron Parish for over Community in Cameron, the people there are still our 75 years. Its initiatives include promoting friends and neighbours, and we will not higher education through academic turn our back on them during their time of scholarships, the Louisiana Lions Camp need.” for children with special needs, the Keep Louisiana Beautiful campaign, help with All funds raised from the GoFundMe community hearing and vision needs, campaign will go directly to the Cameron Cooke helps send truck full of supplies to and an annual fishing festival. support relief efforts after Hurricane Laura

SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA, USA – In September, the Washington, NC volunteered his facility for with the seafood, bulk ice, and some cleaning North Carolina Fisheries Association (NCFA) staging and Ross Butler of Wanchese Fish supplies. The truck arrived in Lafayette later sent several pallets of seafood and bulk ice Co and True North Seafood offered the use that week. The seafood and ice were picked to Louisiana to assist in the relief efforts as a of one of its refrigerated tractor trailers and up by various relief sites to be used to feed result of the devastating impacts of Hurricane driver to get the contents to its destination. storm victims and relief workers. The ice Laura. They also supplied the pallets of bulk ice for was used for coolers to keep food cold for residents in the affected areas until power Member Doug Cross of Pamlico Packing the effort. could be restored. in Grantsboro, NC called NCFA’s Executive Charlie Hohorst of Acadiana Cold Storage in Above top: True North driver Lakeisha Director Glenn Skinner and suggested NCFA Lafayette, LA offered the use of his location Assisting Doug Cross was Meade Amory of Williamson with “Helping Hands” gloves from the Gulf Seafood Foundation. Photograph by get involved. Skinner agreed and said if Cross to accept and store the donations from North Amory Seafood who coordinated donations Jim Gossen at Acadiana Cold Storage facility would take care of assembling the seafood, Carolina. The Gulf Seafood Foundation’s in Virginia. in Lafayette, LA. NCFA would take care of the logistics of Helping Hands project coordinated the Thank you to all groups who helped to make Above bottom: Jim Gossen, Chairman of the getting it to Louisiana. Government Affairs deliveries to various locations. this donation possible! It meant so much to Director Jerry Schill volunteered for that task. Gulf Seafood Foundation’s Board of Directors, True North’s driver Lakeisha Williamson the communities who were so unfortunately alongside the True North truck, wearing his Armistead Perry of Evans Seafood in arrived at Evans where the truck was loaded impacted by this natural disaster. groups “Helping Hands” gloves.

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Sales team launches Community Pantry to help those in need Cooke Aquaculture BLACKS HARBOUR, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA – We love to support the communities we call Scholarship awarded home so our team at Cooke Aquaculture in Blacks NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA – Northeast Harbour has installed a Community Pantry to Nutrition General Manager Matt Miller provide food and other necessities for anyone who presented the Cooke Aquaculture Scholarship needs it in the village of Blacks Harbour. to Seanna Wells-Blagdon of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. Seanna is enrolled in in the BSc The pantry is filled with non-perishable food items, (Agriculture), Aquaculture program at the cleaning supplies, and hygiene products and will Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in Truro. be maintained by our volunteers. The Community Pantry is located behind the Visitor Information Centre, next to the elementary school. The way it works is simple: Take what you need, leave what you can. Culmarex donates materials to Rafael Mendez Hospital SPAIN – In times like these it is important In recent days, many companies in various production lines to manufacture materials The team developed the Community Pantry as that we work together in solidarity and sectors have been involved in restocking needed for patient care. We are so proud to part of our 2019 Cooke Christmas Give and we are support our communities. Culmarex these materials for our health care teams by have had the opportunity to help those who very excited to introduce the Community Pantry to showed their appreciation for our front line donating. Others have even modified their are keeping us safe during this time. Blacks Harbour! healthcare workers and made an important donation of materials to the Rafael Mendez hospital. Seajoy supports local Among the donated materials are single-use hats, masks, and suits, which will serve to hospital by helping to protect health workers who each day care supply new equipment for thousands of patients affected by the coronavirus pandemic. There has been a lack HONDURAS – In August, the Seajoy team was of supply of safety material in some hospitals very excited and proud to deliver a new portable in the Region of Murcia and elsewhere in x-ray machine to the Southern General Hospital. Spain and the Culmarex group has felt the Working in partnership with the Rotary Club and need to lend a helping hand. other companies in the area, the team was able to equip the healthcare facility with this important tool for improving patient care. Colourful Salmon Run returns to Uptown Saint John Cooke employees donate to SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA – Discover Saint John’s popular public art installation – Salmon local Teen Resource Centre Run – returned for another season and the event includes a SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA – couple of Cooke connections – aside from our obvious love When you are part of #TeamCooke, you are for all things salmon. part of a community and that means helping First, we are thrilled to be greeted each day by this piece out where we can. Thank you to everyone in outside our 40 Wellington Row office. our Wellington Row and Carleton Street offices for giving generously to the Teen Resource Second, two of the event’s colourful salmon were created by Centre! Your supplies helped more than 110 Holly McKay, wife of our graphic designer, Mark Clinton. local teens get ready and be prepared for “The Salmon Run has been a favourite of locals and visitors school. since 2017,” says Victoria Clarke, Executive Director of Discover Saint John. “Our beautiful historic uptown coupled with unexpected, amazing local art provide the perfect backdrop for selfies and photos primed for social sharing.”

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Our contribution to the Donated phones to students Supporting our communities Puerto Aysén Hospital in the town of Paso El León during difficult times at In October, our team donated Paso El León is a rural town in Chile located Cooke Aquaculture Chile equipment and medical supplies to in the commune of Cochamó in the Los Hospital de Aysén. This equipment Lagos Region, next to the Manso River, and LOS LAGOS, CHILE – During this time, the challenges faced will be used to provide quality care for on the border of Argentina. Due to the health due to the global pandemic has been difficult for everyone patients who are cared for at home. crisis that our country is going through, in many different areas. After much thought, Cooke Chile The hospital’s medical team expressed the children of Paso El León were strongly has decided on ways to be present in the communities that great appreciation for the collaboration affected by not being able to continue with surround us, providing support and collaboration through of our company as an active participant their face-to-face classes due to school different actions. Here are some of the great things our in the needs of the community. closures. To help ease this situation, Cooke teams in Chile have been taking part in recently. Aquaculture Chile delivered cell phones to all children from the school so that they can continue studying online and easily connect Support to Renacer Family Residence with their teachers and educators as needed. We have developed a long-term relationship with the Renacer Family Residence in the town of Los Muermos. This home houses girls whose rights have been violated and who are currently in the process of reparation and/or adoption. As a company, we provide the house Menhaden fishing vessel Smuggler’s Point with a monthly donation of salmon to ensure they can assists in at-sea rescue off Maryland coast incorporate a healthy protein option into their diet. Recently, we were able to supply them with table games, REEDVILLE, VIRGINIA, USA – In August, The cause of the fire aboard the No Filter is yet to have to do and you talk about it and have personal protection supplies, a computer, and a printer the F/V Smuggler’s Point, which harvests to be determined, but all six crew members safety meetings about it and you try to have a in addition to our monthly donations so that they can menhaden exclusively for Omega Protein, were rescued safely. After their rescue from plan for it, and in my opinion the rescue went continue with their education during this time. Delivered food boxes to residents of participated in an at-sea rescue when a nearby the water, the Smuggler’s Point crew offered extremely well,” said Captain Smith. boat caught fire near Ocean City, Maryland. them a warm space in the pilothouse, water, the Lagunitas sector of Puerto Montt The crew members of the Smuggler’s Point are Omega Protein is proud of the quick and “and masks of course,” said Captain Smith, longtime menhaden fishermen, with decades Another initiative that we have carried professional actions taken by the captain and until authorities arrived to take them safely of experience in the industry. Captain Smith out as a company during this period is the crew of the Smuggler’s Point, which led to a back to shore. has been with the fishery since 1988, working delivery of food boxes for our neighbours positive resolution to a dangerous situation. at the Lagunitas sector, a hostel. We hope “I’m just thankful we were able to help them,” in a variety of roles in both the Atlantic and our donation will help our neighbours In the late afternoon on the 20th, the Smuggler’s said Robert Huff, Captain of the Smuggler’s Gulf of Mexico. He has been a vessel captain through any food insecurity they have Point, which is owned and operated by Ocean Point. “I feel like it’s something anybody in since 1990. Captain Huff has been with the been facing during this time. Harvesters, was returning from a day of fishing that situation would’ve done, just like we did.” menhaden fishery since the late 1970s and has off the coast of New Jersey to Omega Protein’s served as a captain since 1985. “I know it’s something you don’t ever want facility in Reedville, Virginia to unload its catch. While steaming off the coast near Ocean City, the crew received a mayday distress call over the radio from another nearby vessel, No Filter. Smuggler’s Point immediately sprang into action, changing course and heading toward the ship’s broadcasted coordinates. “We were in the right place at the right time,” said Roger Smith, First Mate on the Smuggler’s Point, and a licensed captain. “We were half a mile away at the most.” The Smuggler’s Point was first to arrive on the Open Dining Rooms for the community scene, where the crew found a vessel on fire in different sectors of Puerto Montt and six people in the water. The crew quickly We have supported the community during this turned the 170-foot Smuggler’s Point toward health crisis with the implementation of open the distressed people, then deployed life-saving dining rooms. Cooke Chile has delivered food to rescue equipment to bring them on board. The people who have been faced with a loss of income crew remained in constant communication with as a result of the pandemic. We were so pleased to the Coast Guard and Maryland marine officials provide families free lunches during this time. throughout the rescue.

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