Omega Protein ‘definitely next’ if Oceana-Daybrook deal goes through

May 22, 2015 National

Foreign seafood companies such as Marine Harvest and Royal DSM are likely watching the Oceana-Daybrook deal approval process like hawks to see whether it will allow South Africa-based Oceana to follow through on plans to acquire Louisiana-based menhaden company Daybrook. The $382.3 million deal will be a litmus test for another likely acquisition target: Omega Protein, Tyson Bauer, a senior analyst with . “I think if this deal goes through, Omega Protein is definitely next,” Bauer, who follows Texas-based menhaden catcher and processor Omega Protein, said. Read the rest here 14:44

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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