Icewater Seafoods processes roughly 2,000 tonnes of cod fish each year. (Todd O’Brien/CBC)
A major cod processing plant in Newfoundland and Labrador has cancelled all imports of Russian products, a move it describes as a sacrifice to show solidarity with Ukrainians.
Icewater Seafoods of Arnold’s Cove, on the Avalon Peninsula off Placentia Bay, has cancelled its last order of Russian cod, which was placed in the week before Russian forces moved toward Ukrainian cities.
The move brings “daunting operational challenges,” according to a statement by the Icewater Seafoods, because Russian imports have played a key role in keeping 225 employees of the
