Our large (60,000 sq. ft.), modern processing plant is located in Cap-Lumière, New Brunswick, Canada, on the coast of the Northumberland Strait, part of the waters that make up the legendary North Atlantic fishing grounds, home of the best seafood in the world.
Our plant is optimized for efficiency. In our 20 years in business, we have developed techniques and business practices that avoid processing bottlenecks that may cause delays and negatively impact on quality. The choices we make on a daily basis are to ensure the highest quality products possible. That is not negotiable.
We have ensured that our plant is adaptable and flexible to the various fishing seasons. Our plant in Cap-Lumière boasts 1,000 HP in refrigeration capacity. There is definitely no lack of space. When it’s time to fish, it’s time to fish. And when it’s time to fish, it’s time to freeze. The environment and the seasons wait for no one. We’ve built substantial plant refrigeration capacity to guarantee the consistency and reliability what we process.
We conduct daily in-house quality-assurance testing to ensure food safety. You can’t have quality without safety. That’s a given. Independent third-party testing is also carried out on a regular basis.
After processing and testing, we custom package our products to our clients’ specifications and ship them – mostly by truck and sea – to corporate customers throughout North America, Asia and Europe.
I was born and raised in this business. My entire life has been dedicated to buying and processing the best quality, most delicious seafood available on the market today. From the time the traps are put in the water to the time the plate is put in the dishwasher after a fine meal featuring Captain Dan’s Seafood products, we stand behind what we process and sell.
As the third generation of my family in the fishing and seafood processing business, I’m immensely proud of the fact that Captain Dan’s Seafood is family-owned. Our company is built on a strong tradition of quality, environmental sustainability and customer service.
I’m not a desk person. I’m out there working hands-on every day to make sure our customers are happy – to make sure our quality is top-notch – and to make sure our family tradition is honoured. Since I own the company, let’s just say that I’m not allowed to quit my job, so I’d better make sure everything we do is based on excellence. It makes life – and business – a lot easier that way.
Without quality, there’s not much else, is there? That’s the mission of Captain Dan’s Seafood. That’s why we’re here – and that’s our promise to you.
From humble beginnings in 1994, today we have a solid and diversified product line and do business all over the world with $60 million per year in sales. We have a strong, reliable management team and employees and are partnered with the best fishers and harvesters in the business – professionals whose standards of excellence and commitment to environmental sustainability are as high as our own.
We’d love the opportunity of talking about doing business with you. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if we can be of service.
Normand LeBlanc
President
Captain Dan’s Seafood has been producing the freshest top-quality seafood for its clients since 1994. From its humble beginnings in a small family-owned plant on the Pointe-du-Chêne Wharf in Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada, it has grown today to more than 200 employees working year-round in a large modern facility in Cap-Lumière, New Brunswick.
Today, Captain Dan’s Seafood sells its products to large retailers, restaurant chains, cruise lines and regional distributors internationally to North America, Asia and Europe. We are still family owned and managed, too, allowing the personal touch and guidance of owner Norm LeBlanc and his expert staff to shine through.