Ready Seafood co-owner Brendan Ready: Desire for supply chain control spurred new processing plant

Brendan Ready is the co-owner of Portland, Maine, U.S.A.-based Ready Seafood Co. and Maine Seafood Ventures, along with his brother John Ready. The lobster dealer announced on 13 March it will build a new processing facility in southern Maine by 2019. The new building will also include tanks to keep live lobsters for shipping. In an interview with SeafoodSource, Brendan Ready said the facility’s lobster processing and holding capabilities will rival the largest existing facilities in the state, which currently sends much of its lobster catch to Canada for processing...