Cooke acquires Californian distributor

Seafood, Icicle Seafoods, Wanchese Fish Company, and Omega Protein Corporation. Cooke Aquaculture Inc. is a vertically-integrated family company based in...Cooke Seafood on Monday announced it acquired fresh seafood distributor All Seas Wholesale of San Francisco, California. The transaction was...Seafood products to additional markets," said Glenn Cooke, CEO of Cooke Inc. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed as both companies are

Finance  intrafish.com 19 Mar 16:54 GMT

The unsurprising salmon cartel; land-based skeptics; whitefish recovery; Brexit fears

America, Cooke Aquaculture unveiled it is using a CAD 45 million lease package to combat one of its biggest salmon farming problems, while land-based salmon...omega 3 oil and MSD Animal Health acquired a fish health company. Speaking of acquisitions, the (very) long awaited announcement regarding the sale of

NEWS  intrafish.com 12 Mar 08:10 GMT

Finally, we have a Tyson. Can Cooke keep it together?

, Salmones Cupquelan, Culmarex, Omega Protein. No company has ever come close to the kind of diversity in species or geography as Cooke. There may be a reason...Honduran shrimp farmer Seajoy, Cooke has crossed a threshold that nobody has so far. Was 2018 the biggest year yet for seafood M&A deals? The idea of a.... "No company has ever come close to the kind of diversity in species or geography as Cooke. There may be a reason for that." Can Cooke make it work

Commentary  intrafish.com 13 Feb 12:10 GMT

Virginia menhaden compliance ruling postponed indefinitely

menhaden fishery out of compliance. Cooke-owned Omega Protein is the largest participant in the state's menhaden fishery. The company has long held that...-compliance stems from the fact that Virginia has not codified a reduced cap on Omega Protein’s menhaden harvest in the Chesapeake Bay, which was slashed by 41..., according to Omega Protein. “The Commission made the right decision today because the Bay Cap is not ‘necessary for the conservation of the fishery,’ as is

Fisheries  intrafish.com 08 Feb 12:07 GMT

Omega Protein pays $1 million to settle 2010 fraud allegations

Subsidiaries of Cooke Aquaculture-owned Omega Protein agreed to pay $1 million (€873,218) to resolve allegations that they obtained a loan from the United States by falsely certifying compliance with federal environmental laws, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said last week. Omega, Cooke company...not owned by Cooke at the time, which acquired Omega Protein in 2017. In 2013, Omega Protein, Inc. pled guilty to violations of the CWA between May

Fisheries  intrafish.com 06 Feb 12:05 GMT

Cooke buys shrimp farmer

Omega Protein in 2017 for about $500 million (€429.9 million). As a result, Cooke now employs around 6,000 people worldwide, produces 275,000 metric tons...Cooke Inc., parent of Cooke Aquaculture, said Friday it has completed its acquisition of Seajoy Seafood Corporation, one of the largest vertically integrated, premium shrimp farms in Latin America. Company profile: Cooke Seafood The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “The acquisition of

Finance  intrafish.com 04 Feb 12:13 GMT

Report: Gulf menhaden fishery stocks healthy, sustainably managed

public affairs for Omega Protein. "This new assessment is just the latest confirmation of a healthy Gulf menhaden fishery." The fishery is targeted by Cooke-owned Omega Protein, which also participates in the Atlantic menhaden fishery, recommended for MSC certification in December.

Fisheries  intrafish.com 22 Jan 12:09 GMT

10 seafood trends you can bank on in 2019

is that we are now seeing more companies acquire other companies that are outside their home region. Canada’s Cooke buying US companies such as Wanchese and Omega Protein and Chinese group Legend holdings buying Chilean salmon farmer Australis are just a couple examples. But there are plenty more and

Commentary  intrafish.com 14 Dec 2018

Omega Protein menhaden fishery given provisional OK for MSC certification

will now field input on the proposed certification over the coming weeks. Omega Protein was acquired by the Cooke group in 2017....Omega Protein's US Atlantic menhaden purse seine fishery was given a tentative thumbs up for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification -- with key caveats. Company profile: Cooke Seafood Certification group SAI Global wrote in its public comment draft report that fishery was "provisionally

Fisheries  intrafish.com 04 Dec 2018

Company profile: Cooke Seafood

Uruguay. Cooke's latest acquisition was the one for integrated specialty oils and protein products provider Omega Protein in 2017 for about $500 million...Cooke Seafood Cooke Seafood key executives The Canadian company began as Kelly Cove Salmon, with a single marine cage site and 5,000 salmon. It has...salmon, sea bass and shellfish suppliers in the world. The Cooke family of companies includes global aquaculture divisions under Cooke and its wholly

Company Profiles  intrafish.com 07 Sep 2018