Founded in 1995 as a partnership between Canadian-based Clearwater Seafoods and Mr. Eduardo S. González-Lemmi, Glaciar Pesquera is an Argentine fishing company dedicated exclusively to the Patagonian scallop.
Headquartered in Mar del Plata, the company has 165 full-time employees and operates two state-of-the-art factory vessels for harvesting and processing scallops, as well as a land-based plant and cold storage facility in Ushuaia.
In 2006, the Patagonian scallop became the first scallop fishery in the world to receive the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, the fishing industry’s gold standard for independent third-party certifications of sustainable fisheries. Glaciar Pesquera has also received several recognitions for its commitment to social responsibility in improving and benefitting the communities in which it operates.
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