Who processes the pelts and how?
There are only a few major processing companies. NuTan Furs, formerly known as Atlantic Marine Products ( PO Box 39, Main St., Catalina, NL, Canada A0C 1J0, Tel: (709) 469-2849, Fax: (709) 469-3211, Contact: Chris Pilgrim. Sales manager: Martin Duchesne, 709-785-7387, aag819@thezone.net; Plant manager: Dean Russell, 709-469-2849, cell 709-468-6347). This is the second largest processor. It is a subsidiary of the Barry Group (one of the largest seafood companies in Atlantic Canada). NuTan Furs / Atlantic Marine Products sells over 100,000 pelts each year. They are capable of processing up to about 150,000 pelts in their Catalina, Newfoundland plant. Another processor, Carino Company Ltd., (P.O. Box 6146, St. John’s, NL,Canada A1C 5X8, Tel: (709) 582-2100, Fax: (709) 582-2487, Contact: John Kearley), which is owned by a Norwegian corporation, G.C. Reiber and Co., has a plant in a sealing town called South Dildo, Newfoundland. (We are not making this up.) The plant is located in a small i
