Canada-based Cooke Seafood purchased Wanchese Fish Co., Suffolk, Va., creating a new company called Cooke Seafood USA Inc.
“This purchase is an exciting venture for us, as we add a well-respected, family-owned and vertically integrated fishing company to our family’s businesses,” says Glenn Cooke, chief executive officer of the newly formed Cooke Seafood USA Inc. “We have found many similarities in our corporate cultures, not only a strong focus on family values but also on investment in a well-managed and third-party-certified fisheries (MSC)—investments that are core to our family’s business philosophy.”