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Another bumper year coming for seafood M&A after 2019 spend rockets past $5bn 

With deals worth a reported combined $2bn for American Seafoods and Bumble Bee set to close early in 2020, this year could even top 2019's global M&A spend of $5.16bn

By Dan Gibson | Jan. 15, 2020 09:44 GMT
The acquisition of salmon farmer Australis Seafoods for $950m by China's Legend Holdings was the largest seafood deal of 2019. Credit: Australis Seafoods
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With deals for two massive US seafood firms set to close early this year, there's a good chance that 2020 will be another bumper year for seafood mergers and acquisitions (M&A), after 2019 saw a surge in both deal values and quantities [...]

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