Russian Fishery Tries to Get Murmansk Cod Trawlers After Rival Accused of Having Foreign Ownership
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Eugene Gerden - January 30, 2018
The Russian fish industry may have a new leader this year through the acquisition of the FEST Group of Companies, one of the largest fish producers in the Russian Northern Basin (Barents Sea). The Russian Fishery Company (RFC) -- Russia’s second largest fish producer -- hopes to purchase FEST after recent federal investigations.
FEST companies were established in 1997, according to the company's website, and the Murmansk Trawl Fleet was their beginning. RFC also was established in 1997.
The deal between RFC and FEST may be the result of ....
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