N.S. seafood companies harvest scallops for Ocean Choice International after its trawler sinks
CBC
Nova Scotia seafood companies have come to the aid of Ocean Choice International of St. John's, harvesting hundreds of tonnes of scallops for the company after its factory trawler Atlantic Destiny sank on Georges Bank in March.
"Thankfully, they had enough capacity among them in the fleet to be able to take the quota out of the water," said Ocean Choice CEO Martin Sullivan.
"They were all really helpful. Firstly, around the sinking, helping us in that situation, but then also helping us harvest our quota."
The company had landed about one-fifth of its 2021 allocation when the trawler went to the bottom in heavy seas.
The entire crew was rescued but the sinking left quota held by Ocean Choice worth millions of dollars on the ocean floor off southern Nova Scotia.
Sullivan reached out to the five other companies holding Maritime offshore scallop enterprise allocation licences.
Four of the five were able to help.