Canadian food exporter
Cotter's Ocean Products Inc.
Lockeport, Nova Scotia · Exporter
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Boreal Trade summary
Cotter's Ocean Products Inc. sells lobster from Lockeport, Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotia Seafood Alliance lists its product as live lobster.
The company buys directly from fishermen. It then grades and packs the lobsters, according to its own Facebook page.
Its owner, Michael Cotter, told the Globe and Mail in 2020 that he had worked in the province's seafood industry for 40 years.
An Interfish listing says the company has been in the Canadian live lobster business for over 35 years. That figure comes from the listing and has not been checked elsewhere.
It describes itself as supplying customers worldwide. The Globe and Mail reported in 2020 that it shipped live lobster to China, and Atlantic Fisherman quoted Mr Cotter on European orders.
Nothing found here covers Southeast Asian sales, so that is not established. Plant size, certifications and product forms other than live lobster are also not established.
It suits importers and distributors looking for live Nova Scotia lobster from a buyer-packer who deals directly with the fishermen.
Written by Boreal Trade on October 6, 2026 from public information, including the company’s own published material.
The company has not written or reviewed it, and nothing here is a verified regulatory value.
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At a glance
- Products
- Lobster
- Address
- Not yet verified
- Website
- Not yet verified
- CFIA establishment
- 1D36, LL30113
- SFC licence
- Not yet verified
- Certifications
- Not yet verified
- Exports to
- Not yet verified
5 of these are not verified. Complete them if this is your company
Southeast Asia registration status
- VietnamNot yet verified
- ThailandNot yet verified
- PhilippinesNot yet verified
- IndonesiaNot yet verified
- MalaysiaNot yet verified
- SingaporeNot yet verified
Approval means the destination authority has listed the establishment. It does not tell you whether the company is currently shipping.
Canada publishes an approved-establishment list for Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia, and none for Thailand or the Philippines, so those two read "not yet verified" for every company.
Elsewhere it means we have not found the company on that market's list, never that they are unregistered.
Readiness criteria
- Safe Food for Canadians licence including export activity: not yet verified
- A GFSI-benchmarked food safety certification: not yet verified
- Exporting to three or more countries: not yet verified
- Registration in an ASEAN market: none verified
Importing this into Southeast Asia
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Sources
- Canadian fish and seafood establishments approved for export · Canadian Food Inspection Agency, retrieved September 19, 2026
Last reviewed: September 1, 2026
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