A02 Aquaculture

Sector booms as Asians happy to shell out for abalone

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Original article by Sue Neales
The Australian – Page: 17 : 21-Jan-19

Australian seafood exports are valued at $1.5 billion, with abalone now its second biggest seafood export. Around 4,000 tonnes of Australian abalone is exported each year, with around a quarter of abalone exports coming from abalone farms in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Yumbah Aquaculture, Australia’s biggest producer of farmed abalone, is planning to construct a new $60 million farm near the Victorian town of Portland. However, the Glenelg Shire Council has received over 300 objections to the proposal.

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GLENELG SHIRE COUNCIL, YUMBAH AQUACULTURE

Tassal reels in De Costi

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Original article by Jared Lynch
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 27 : 2-Jul-15

Shares in Australian-listed Tassal Group closed 8.1 per cent higher at $A3.60 on 1 July 2015, in response to a deal to acquire De Costi Seafoods. Tassal has advised that the $A50m cash component of the deal will be financed via debt, while De Costi will also be issued up to 10 million shares in the salmon producer over three years.

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TASSAL GROUP LIMITED – ASX TGR, DE-COSTI SEAFOODS (HOLDINGS) PTY LTD, SYDNEY FISH MARKETS PTY LTD

Beston IPO to follow lobster, dairy stakes

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Original article by Simon Evans
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 20 : 9-Apr-15

Former WorleyParsons executive Sean Ebert has become CEO of Beston Global Food Company ahead of its proposed Australian sharemarket float in July 2015. Beston has also appointed GrainCorp chairman Don Taylor and formers Santos chairman Stephen Gerlach to its board. Meanwhile, it has acquired stakes in live lobster exporter Ferguson Australia and biodynamic dairy firm B.-d. Paris Creek

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BESTON GLOBAL FOOD COMPANY LIMITED, FERGUSON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, B D FARM PARIS CREEK PTY LTD, GRAINCORP LIMITED – ASX GNC, WORLEYPARSONS LIMITED – ASX WOR, IOOF HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX IFL, BELL POTTER SECURITIES LIMITED, WOOLWORTHS LIMITED – ASX WOW, COLES SUPERMARKETS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, INDEPENDENT GROCERS OF AUSTRALIA, BESTON WINE INDUSTRY TRUST, CHALLENGER LIMITED – ASX CGF

Scales tipped in favour of $400m Huon IPO

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Original article by Bridget Carter
The Australian – Page: 18 : 29-Sep-14

Huon Aquaculture, which has a share of 40% of the salmon market in Australia, is staging an IPO worth more than $A400m. Simon Marais, MD of fund management firm Allan Gray Australia, notes that with Tassal commanding 50% the industry is a virtual duopoly, and this will underpin good earnings prospects for Huon. However there are some doubts by others, based on the long maturation period of three years for salmon stocks. Also planning a float is jewellery company Lovisa

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TASSAL GROUP LIMITED – ASX TGR, HUON AQUACULTURE COMPANY PTY LTD, LOVISA PTY LTD, ALLAN GRAY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, PETUNA AQUACULTURE PTY LTD, CREDIT SUISSE (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED, CIMB SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, MORGANS FINANCIAL LIMITED