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Mr. Parker
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations the numbers, names and owners of the quick-freezing fish plants erected in Newfoundland and Labrador up to the end of 1945 and since then.
Mr. P. Noel-Baker
The following fish refrigeration plants were in operation in Newfoundland in 1946:
Operators and Location.
- Job Brothers & Co., Ltd., Port-aux-Basques.
- Job Brothers & Co., Ltd., St. John's.
- Job Brothers & Co., Ltd., St. Anthony.
- Fishery Products Co., Isle aux Morts.
- Fishery Products Co., Burnt Illands.
- Fishery Products Co., Burin.
- Fishery Products Co., St. John's*
- Fishery Products Co., Holyrood.
- Fishery Products Co., Joe Batt's Arm.*
- Fishery Products Co., La Scie.
- Harvey & Co., Ltd., St. John's.*
- Harvey & Co., Ltd., "Sunset Glow" (Floating Plant).
- Geo. Penny & Sons, Ramea.
- North Eastern Fisheries, Ltd., Harbour Grace.
- Bonavista Cold Storage, Bonavista.
- Canada Bay Cold Storage, Englee.
- United Cold Storage, Burin.
* These have since been dismantled.
A new plant operated by Fort Amherst Seafoods has recently been erected at St. John's.