Established in 1981, East Coast Seafood® Inc. has built an unrivaled reputation as a global leader in the seafood industry around its signature product, North American live lobster. With headquarters in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, the company sells lobster and other seafood throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. East Coast Seafood services the world’s best foodservice distributors, restaurants, and supermarkets with branded, private label, and retail packaging capabilities. Known for reliability of supply and innovative technologies, the company offers the highest quality lobster products in all forms, including live, fresh, frozen and value added. East Coast Seafood is a subsidiary of East Coast Seafood Group (ECSG) headquartered in the greater Boston area. The ECSG companies sell live lobster, lobster products (fresh and frozen) scallops (fresh and frozen) and fin-fish throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. ECSG subsidiaries include not only East Coast Seafood but also Maine Fair Trade Lobster of Gouldsboro, Maine which operates the largest lobster processing facility in the state; Garbo Lobster which operates live lobster facilities in Groton, Connecticut, Hancock Maine and Nova Scotia. Paturel International Company which operates live lobster and lobster processing facilities in New Brunswick & Nova Scotia, Canada; Seatrade International, operating scallop and fin-fish processing plants in Lakeville and New Bedford, MA selling products throughout the United States and Europe. Canadian Gold Seafood Company which sells live lobster and lobster products with offices in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Brussels, Belgium, as well as Worldwide Perishables Enterprises, Inc. a major Northeastern perishables freight forwarding company located in Chelsea Massachusetts and Halifax, Nova Scotia. The company combined with its affiliated companies ranks among the Top 25 North American Seafood Suppliers as published by Seafood Business.