Private equity group Paine & Partners, owner of Seattle-based Icicle Seafoods and Norway's Scanbio Group, has made itself a household name in the seafood space over the past several years with its relentless research on the sector and continual interest in nearly all aspects of the industry.

The group's newest fund -- with $893 million (€748 million) in capital commitments from investors -- has the potential to shake up the seafood space, and Kevin Schwartz, president of Paine & Partners and a founding partner of the firm, told IntraFish it is already closing in on deals in the space.

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