Pandemic or no pandemic, Canadian seafood giant Ocean Choice International (OCI) is continuing with its growth plans, announcing last week plans to boost its sales presence in Europe.

“We see tremendous opportunities in the European market, particularly after the free trade agreement with Canada,” Martin Sullivan, CEO of OCI, told IntraFish.

OCI, a vertically integrated company with around 40,000 to 45,000 metric tons of finished product to sell, wants to get closer to its customers and take its powerful raw material further downstream.