Bouctouche Seafood Plant Officially Closed

A seafood plant in Bouctouche has closed for good, throwing 115 people in the community out of work. Mills Seafood failed to reopen this fall throwing the company’s future in doubt but the Times and Transcript confirmed on Friday that the seafood processor has gone into receivership. The business has long been part of the commercial core of the downtown area but it’s assets will now be sold off to pay creditors. Mills Seafood first opened in 1969.