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Sri Lanka's biggest seafood company inks $40 million deal with US importer

The shrimp farmer and crab meat producer has been looking for a way to share its sustainability story with the US market.

Taprobane Seafood founders Dilan Fernando and Tim O'Reilly. The company has 2,000 full-time employees, predominantly underprivileged women, throughout the northern and northwestern provinces of Sri Lanka.
Taprobane Seafood founders Dilan Fernando and Tim O'Reilly. The company has 2,000 full-time employees, predominantly underprivileged women, throughout the northern and northwestern provinces of Sri Lanka.Photo: Taprobane Seafood
Taprobane SeafoodSri LankaFarmed shrimpCrabUnited States
Published 7 June 2023, 05:07Updated 7 June 2023, 13:34