Business View Magazine | May 2019

175 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE MAY 2019 MacLean also gives a shout-out to local fishing communities and associations. “Through our work with these communities on an ongoing basis they continue to sell us the raw product. We have wholesalers we’ve been selling to for extended periods. It’s an environment built on relationships and we’ve had lots of long-standing relationships with other fish companies, where we provide fish to each other. Even though it’s a competitive industry, it’s all about trying to maintain a certain level of employment.” Most of the finished products are, typically, sold in the States and some markets in Canada. But that’s slowly starting to change. Louisbourg Seafoods now ships a fair amount of fish into the Asian market, particularly China, and they’ve been actively engaged in trade missions to increase the scope of their markets, looking at ways to capitalize on the new trade arrangements with countries such as Japan and South Korea. Market demands are changing; even product form is changing for different markets, and the company LOUI SBOURG SEAFOODS , LTD . APRIL 18, 2019 A MESSAGE OF CONGRATS FROM THE LOUISBOURG SEAFOODS TEAM: Louisbourg Seafoods is thrilled to announce that our owners, J IM & LORI KENNEDY, are being inducted into the Cape Breton Business Hall of Fame! They are being recognized for their exemplary leadership in the values of business excellence, entrepreneurial spirit, and community leadership. We couldn’t be prouder of them. Thank you to the Cape Breton Regional Chamber of Commerce and Cape Breton University for recognizing the invaluable contributions Jim and Lori have made, and continue to make, to our island.