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‘One way traffic’: Why Australia’s food giants keep ending up in foreign hands

Australia is a global heavyweight when it comes to exporting food - so why can’t we produce or hang on to any big listed food companies?

  • Jessica Yun

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Australia’s largest Tasmanian salmon producer Tassal Group has rejected another takeover bid by Canada-headquartered aquaculture giant Cooke Inc.

‘Very much Tasmanian’: Salmon grower Tassal chief bats away foreign ownership concerns

The fourth bid has been the charm for Canadian giant Cooke, which has secured the Tasmania-based salmon grower after a long pursuit.

  • Jessica Yun
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
Australia’s largest Tasmanian salmon producer Tassal Group has rejected another takeover bid by Canada-headquartered aquaculture giant Cooke Inc.

Tasmanian salmon grower Tassal rejects $1bn takeover bid

Canadian aquaculture giant Cooke may need to lift its offer for Tassal above $5 per share if it is to succeed in its billion dollar pursuit of

  • Jessica Yun
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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