It's one of the European seafood industry's most anticipated sales.

Young's Seafood's pole position in the UK market gives it enormous leverage over the sector, and will give whoever ends up owning it the opportunity -- and the responsibility -- to be the category leader in the country.

“It is my expectation that given a company like this -- with a leadership position in an important, growing category with deep and virtually integrated relationships with its supply base -- would be an attractive asset, including existing suppliers to the business," Young's Seafood CEO Bill Showalter told IntraFish.