It's taken a long time, a lot of ambition, and a healthy dose of risk, but the seafood sector finally has a "Tyson."

With last week's acquisition of Honduran shrimp farmer Seajoy, Cooke has crossed a threshold that nobody has so far.

The idea of a multi-national, multi-species farmed and wild producing conglomerate has long been a dream for the industry, but despite sitting on piles of cash (as many of our dear readers do), nobody has dared venture too much out of their comfort zone.