Sealord and Independent Fisheries deal is a ‘piece in a bigger puzzle’

Sealord and Independent Fisheries deal is a ‘piece in a bigger puzzle’
An Independent Fisheries vessel. (Image: Sealord)
Ella Somers
Sealord has crowned itself as New Zealand’s biggest lord of the sea thanks to the acquisition of Independent Fisheries.The fisheries company announced on Friday morning it would become the country’s biggest seafood business through the agreement to buy privately owned Independent Fisheries, one of NZ's largest deep-sea fishing companies. Sealord won’t comment on how much the deal has cost but described it as “the largest financial transaction in the seafood sector” since the Sealord deal in 1992, part of t...

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