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Article: American Seafoods Announces Acquisition of Factory Trawler HIGHLAND LIGHT.
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- Food Weekly News
- Article date:
- September 4, 2008
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America Seafoods Group ("American Seafoods") announced that it has acquired the factory trawler HIGHLAND LIGHT and the fishing vessel TRACY ANNE from subsidiaries of Yardarm Knot, Inc. following the receipt of applicable government approvals. The purchase price was not disclosed.
With the acquisition, American Seafoods further expands its Alaskan catcher-processor fleet. The fleet is used primarily to harvest whitefish in the frigid waters of the Bering Sea and off the Pacific coasts of Washington and Oregon. American Seafoods also harvests cod aboard three catcher-longline vessels.
"The addition of the HIGHLAND LIGHT to our state-of-the-art factory ...