Ocean Pride Fisheries Limited

Ocean Pride Fisheries Limited processes and exports seafood from Lower Wedgeport, Nova Scotia. Its listed products are sea cucumber and whelk.

Sea cucumber is the main line. The company has worked with the species since 1999, and a 2016 federal funding release describes cooked and dried sea cucumber products.

It has also worked on extracting fish oils for the nutraceutical market. A 2019 South China Morning Post report says it launched a sea cucumber nutraceutical range under the Bêche brand.

Milton LeBlanc founded the company in 1986. It began with Japanese herring roe, then moved to dogfish and later to sea cucumber.

Production is at Jacquard Road in Lower Wedgeport. Invest Nova Scotia describes the operation as vertically integrated, covering harvesting through processing.

The Nova Scotia business directory lists export markets of Canada, the USA and Asia. The federal release also refers to established sales in Asian markets.

The same directory lists whelk among its seafood products. Volumes, seasons and pack formats for whelk are not established in what we found.

It suits importers and distributors looking for sea cucumber, whether dried or cooked, from a long-running Nova Scotia processor. Whelk buyers should ask the company directly about supply.