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Atlantic Sapphire hires Trump-linked Florida lobbying firm

Brian Ballard, the founder and president of Ballard Partners, chaired US president Donald Trump's campaign in Florida in 2016

By Jason Huffman | June 26, 2020 13:07 BST

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Atlantic Sapphire (AS), the publicly traded Norwegian company that's building a massive new salmon recirculating aquaculture system in Homestead, Florida, has hired a big lobbying firm with strong ties to US president Donald Trump, Undercurrent News has confirmed [...]

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