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Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Viking Fisheries
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Description area
Dates of existence
1954-1965
History
Viking Fisheries Ltd. was founded in 1954 by Lloyd R. Crouse of Lunenburg, N.S., who became its secretary-treasurer. The company was incorporated under the Nova Scotia Companies' Act on 25 November 1954, with a nominal capital of $17,000. Its first share-holders were: Captains Edward J. Hansen and Walter Crouse of Lunenburg; and Lloyd R. Crouse, Kinsman E. Crouse and Allen U. Crouse, also of Lunenburg. The company owned and operated one 65 foot dragger, David Frances, which was built in April 1955 by Smith and Rhuland of Lunenburg. Depletion of fish stocks resulted in the dissolution of Viking Fisheries in the mid-1960s, along with the two other fishing companies founded by Lloyd R. Crouse, Crouse Fisheries and Atlas Fisheries.