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Blue Harvest CEO: ‘Frustrating’ that deal for Rafael vessels can be negated

'We spent a significant amount of time, six months ... negotiating this, working with NOAA to gain approval to purchase' Rafael’s vessels -- Blue Harvest CEO Keith Decker

By Undercurrent News | Dec. 24, 2019 15:39 GMT
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A Blue Harvest Fisheries fishing vessel.
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Keith Decker, the CEO of Blue Harvest Fisheries, has responded to the revelation that Richard and Raymond Canastra, the two brothers who own the seafood auction in New Bedford, Massachusetts, are attempting to acquire as many as 35 of Carlos Rafael's groundfishing vessels and their related permits, negating the deal his company had for the boats.  [...]

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