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Big fish hunting: ASX-listed Tassal is on the menu for Canadian fisheries giant Cooke.

Why Australian salmon is such a tasty morsel for international buyers

Salmon is clearly protein’s new black and there is a corporate scramble to buy those producing it as the bid by Canada’s Cooke for ASX-listed Tasmanian group Tassal shows.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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Andrew Forrest has said his initial bid for salmon farmer Huon was low for a reason.

Forrest defends low Huon bid, says he planned to move fish farms

Andrew Forrest has defended his low initial bid for salmon farmer Huon as the offer factored in costs to move its controversial Macquarie Harbour farms into deeper waters.

  • Dominic Powell
Andrew Forrest’s Tattarang could decide the fate of the takeover of Huon.

Keen Huon buyers await FIRB ruling as Forrest’s bid revealed

All eyes are on Australia’s foreign investment review board’s ruling on a mooted takeover of Huon Aquaculture, with new bids likely to emerge if the deal is knocked back.

  • Dominic Powell
Andrew Forrest’s Tattarang could decide the fate of the takeover of Huon.

‘Serious allegations’: Forrest urges FIRB to examine Brazilian meat giant’s $500m salmon bid

Andrew Forrest has called on Australia’s foreign investment review board to take a hard look at meat processor JBS’s acquisition of Tasmanian salmon farmer Huon.

  • Dominic Powell
Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest’s has long had a passion for ocean conservation.

Big fish: Behind Andrew Forrest’s bold play for Tasmanian salmon producer

Not everyone in Tasmania is on board with the mining magnate’s bid to thwart a $500 million takeover of Tasmanian salmon producer Huon on environmental grounds.

  • Dominic Powell
JBS has lobbed an unexpected grenade in the battle for Huon Aquaculture.

JBS cooks up fresh Huon bid in effort to muscle out Forrest’s Tattarang

Brazilian meat processing giant has launched an unexpected secondary takeover bid for Huon Aquaculture in an effort to muscle out mining billionaire Andrew Forrest.

  • Dominic Powell
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Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest has increased his holdings in salmon farmer Huon in the middle of a takeover bid by Australia and the world’s largest meat processor, Brazilian company JBS.

Forrest’s ‘green’ concerns complicate JBS’ Tasmania salmon takeover

WA billionaire Andrew Forrest’s investment company Tattarang has spent $43 million this week to increase its Huon stake to 18.5 per cent in a move that complicates the $550 million JBS takeover.

  • Peter de Kruijff
A file photo of the Huon Aquaculture and NSW Department of Primary Industry commercial-size yellowtail kingfish trial site off Port Stephens.

Huon pulls plug on controversial Port Stephens kingfish farm

The controversial kingfish farm in the Port Stephens marine park has been abandoned just two years into its five-year trial.

  • Donna Page
Time will tell as to whether conditions in Macquarie Harbour will affect supply of Tasmanian salmon to the consumer.

Fish farmers disagree about hot water in key Tasmanian harbour

ASX-listed aquaculture companies Tassal and Huon are debating the health of Macquarie Harbour, an important salmon fishery on the apple isle's west coast.

  • Jared Lynch

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