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Live Nova Scotia LobsterR.I Smith Co. has been serving the live lobster industry for over 30 years. We deal in wholesale shipments to markets in both the United States as well as Canada.
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R. I. Smith Lobster Co. has been providing seafood to global markets since the original company’s founding in the mid-1930’s It is our goal to offer top-quality lobster throughout the year, with product sourced as far north as Newfoundland and as far south as the Maine coast.
Started as a salt fish business by brothers Robert and Wilbert Smith in 1935, the company has grown to become a significant player in the seafood industry. To reflect the company’s focus on the live lobster market, the company has been renamed R. I. Smith Lobster, and is still a family-owned business.
Lobster is stored in both our pound and refrigerated storage tanks in Bear Point and Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia. This allows for a large storage capacity, facilitating our ability to provide product nearly year-round.