trading name nissui type public kk traded as tyo 1332 nikkei 225 component industry fishing food processing whaling founded shimonoseki yamaguchi japan 1911 1911 founder ichiro tamura headquarters nippon bldg 2 6 2 temachi chiyoda ku tokyo 100 8686 japan area served worldwide key people norio hosomi ceo and president products seafood frozen food gorton s of gloucester fine chemicals revenue 6.03 billion fy 2012 566.858 billion fy 2012 net income 50.94 million fy 2012 4.789 billion fy 2012 number of employees 10 175 consolidated as of march 31 2013 website official website footnotes references 1 2 3 nippon suisan kaisha ltd. nippon suisan kabushiki gaisha more commonly known as nissui is a marine products company based in japan . it had annual revenues of us 5.1 billion in 2014 . 4 the company was established in 1911 and is a commercial fishing and marine product procurement corporation . its goal is to establish a global supply chain of marine products . the company is the second largest of its kind in japan after maruha nichiro holdings and owns gorton s a us frozen seafood company among other companies . the company is listed on the tokyo stock exchange and is constituent of the nikkei 225 stock index . 5 its main competitors are maruha nichiro and kyokuyo co. ltd. its former headquarters built in tobata kita kyushu in 1929 is now an exhibit center . 6 as of 2013 the company has 61 subsidiaries and 44 associated companies across japan australia new zealand asia europe and north and south america . 7 contents 1 history 2 whaling 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit 1908 founder ichiro tamura constructed daiichi maru 199 gross tons the first steel frame trawler in japan 1911 ichiro tamura established the tamura steamship fishery division in shimonoseki yamaguchi prefecture and started trawling in cooperation with kosuke kunishi and other people foundation of nippon suisan 1920 hayatomo fishery research group the first private fishery research organization in japan was established 1929 the base of fishery moved from shimonoseki to tobata fukuoka prefecture 1934 first whaling expedition conducted in the antarctic ocean 1937 company name changed to nippon suisan 1946 first postwar whaling expedition conducted in the antarctic ocean with permission of the general headquarters ghq 1949 nippon suisan listed its shares on the tokyo stock exchange 1952 north sea fisheries reopened and nissui s mother ship type salmon and trout fleet began fishing . 1966 head office moved to the present address nippon building in chiyoda ku tokyo 1974 unisea founded in the u.s 1978 emdepes founded in santiago chile as a fishery base 1988 nissui acquired salmones antartica a salmon and trout aquaculture company in chile 1990 nissui obtained approval to make epa e nissui a drug substance 2001 acquired 50 % of shares of sealord a fishery company in new zealand acquired from unilever gorton s and blue water pre cooked frozen seafood brands for household use in north america 2002 acquired 25 % of shares of alaska ocean seafood 2004 founded nal peru a procurement company specializing in fish meat and fish oil in lima peru founded europacifico a marketer of marine products in vigo spain 2005 acquired king & prince seafood a u.s. company of pre cooked frozen seafood for business use 2006 acquired three marketers of marine products nordic seafood in denmark f.w. bryce in the u.s. and nordsee in brazil 2007 acquired shares of cit marine s.a.s. a processed seafood company in france dosa was established in chile in order to administrating marketing and distributing for group fishery companies in chile 2008 qingdao nissui food research and development founded acquired 25 % of shares of glacier fish company hokkaido fine chemicals co. ltd. founded 2009 tn fine chemicals co. ltd. founded acquired hokkaido fine chemicals co from nikkashi 8 2010 acquired shares of delmar nordic seafood a s becomes consolidated subsidiary 2011 opening the nissui pioneer exhibition center 9 whaling edit main article whaling in japan with the implementation of the ban on commercial whaling in 1986 the strategy of the government of japan nippon suisan maruha and kyokuyo was to continue commercial whaling at reduced levels claiming it was for scientific research but continuing to commercially trade the products . although the number of whales killed was initially reduced the hunt has steadily expanded since 1994 . in 1987 273 antarctic minke whales were harpooned . twenty years later the kyodo senpaku whaling fleet plans to kill nearly 1 300 nearly five times as many . in 1994 the international whaling commission iwc agreed a further layer of international protection for whales in the area of the southern ocean through the adoption of an iwc whale sanctuary which prohibited all whale hunting . the southern ocean whale sanctuary was adopted by 23 votes to one japan was alone in its opposition . rather than respect the legality of the southern ocean whale sanctuary kyodo senpaku continued to kill up to 440 minke whales there each year . in 2005 when maruha kyokuyo and nippon suisan jointly owned the kyodo senpaku whaling fleet a major expansion of the hunt was planned with a proposal to kill up to 935 minke whales 50 fin whales and 50 humpback whales each year . humpback and fin whale populations were severely depleted by commercial whaling during the first half of the 20th century particularly in the southern ocean and were designated as vulnerable and endangered by the world conservation union iucn in 1996 . historic records show that nippon suisan kyokuyo and maruha hunted more than 4 200 humpback whales and more than 115 000 fin whales in the southern ocean before their protection in 1963 and 1976 respectively . in 2005 06 the whalers killed 853 minke whales and ten fin whales . due to a fire on the nisshin maru factory ship which cut the season short the following antarctic season ended in a smaller hunt of 505 minke whales and three fin whales . the 2007 08 season was destined to be the first humpback whale hunt for more than four decades resulting in unprecedented international attention to the plight of antarctic whales and an intense outcry at the kyodo senpaku plan . in december 2007 the government of japan agreed to delay the humpback hunt until after the june 2008 annual meeting of the iwc . according to japan s foreign minister komura the humpback hunt will only be postponed as long as the iwc is judged to move towards a normalization of its activities by which he means lifting the ban on commercial whaling . the expanded southern ocean whale kill is intended to be carried out indefinitely with reviews every six years . if the full hunt is carried out from 2008 onwards it will result in the death of over 5 000 antarctic minkes 213 fin whales and 150 humpback whales during its first six years . while the number of whales killed each year has doubled the tonnage of whale meat produced will triple ; fin whales yield an estimated 26 tonnes of whale meat compared to just 4 tonnes from antarctic minke whales . clearly the aim of the expanded hunt is to increase production and consumption of whale meat in japan . with rumours of a new factory ship to be built at an estimated cost of up to 188 million 13 there is no end in sight to kyodo senpaku s commercial whaling unless international pressure is brought to bear on japan s three influential seafood giants . 10 see also edit fishing industry in japan references edit nissui corporate information . retrieved march 17 2014 . nissui financial information . retrieved march 17 2014 . nissui corporate history . retrieved march 17 2014 . nippon suisan kaisha ltd. company profile yahoo finance components nikkei stock average . nikkei inc. retrieved march 18 2014 . opening of the nissui pioneer exhibition as part of nissui s centennial celebrationns . retrieved march 17 2014 . nissui group companies . nissui . retrieved march 18 2014 . hokkaido fine chemicals co. ltd. commences operations . nissui . retrieved march 18 2014 . nissui corporate history . retrieved march 18 2014 . we don t buy it nippon suisan maruha and kyokuyo s continuing support for japan s whaling . international fund for animal welfare . retrieved march 18 2014 . external links edit company website english yahoo finance company profile v t e nikkei 225 companies of japan 7 & i advantest on agc ajinomoto alps ana amada aozora bank asahi breweries asahi kasei astellas bridgestone canon casio chiba bank chiyoda chuden chugai citizen comsys concordia financial credit saison dai ichi life daiichi sankyo daikin dainippon screen dainippon sumitomo pharma daiwa house daiwa securities denka denso dentsu dnp dowa ebara eisai fanuc fast retailing fuji electric fuji heavy industries fujifilm fujikura fujitsu fukuoka financial furukawa co. ltd. furukawa electric gs yuasa heiwa real estate hino hitachi hitachi construction machinery hitz hokuetsu paper honda ihi inpex 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