Cooke Inc Acquires Farallon Aquaculture de Nicaragua S.A.

Cooke Inc. Acquires Copeinca

December 2, 2024

Food & Beverage

Cooke Inc. acquired 100% of Corporacion Pesquera Inca S.A.C. (Copeinca), one of the world’s largest fishmeal and fish oil producers. Antarctica Advisors International acted as sell-side co-advisor to Copeinca’s shareholders; Copeinca operates 45 vessels, eight processing plants and ~2,770 employees and produces ~200,000 MT of fishmeal and 23,000 MT of fish oil annually.

Cooke Seafood Group Offers to Acquire Fripur S.A. Assets

December 18, 2015

Food & Beverage

Cooke Seafood Group (through its U.S. affiliate Cooke Seafood USA, Inc.) submitted an offer to acquire 100% of the assets of Uruguayan seafood processor Fripur S.A. The bid, announced in December 2015, is being advised by Antarctica Advisors and aims to preserve operations and workers while expanding Cooke's global processing and distribution footprint.

Cooke Inc. Acquires Slade Gorton

March 15, 2023

Food & Beverage

Cooke Inc. has acquired Slade Gorton, one of the largest U.S. distributors, importers, and manufacturers of fresh and frozen seafood. Slade Gorton will remain led by family members Kim Gorton (CEO) and Mike Gorton Jr. (EVP), and will be integrated into Cooke's vertically integrated seafood network to strengthen Cooke's U.S. distribution and product offering.

Baja Aqua-Farms (Castle Harlan) Acquires Baja Marine Foods

September 15, 2025

Food & Beverage

Baja Aqua-Farms, a portfolio company of New York-based private equity firm Castle Harlan, has acquired Baja Marine Foods, a fishing and seafood processing company headquartered in Baja California, Mexico. The deal expands Baja Aqua-Farms' vertically integrated seafood platform and adds marine-ingredient capabilities (fishmeal and fish oil) while enhancing supply-chain traceability.

Jones Fish Acquires Aqua Services

March 22, 2023

Environmental Services

Jones Fish Hatcheries & Distributors, LLC has completed the acquisition of Aqua Services, Inc., a Guntersville, Alabama-based provider of large-scale reservoir aquatic plant control, water quality enhancement and fisheries management services. The deal, supported by Jones Fish's partner Fort Point Capital, expands Jones Fish's service offering and footprint in the Southeastern United States.

Fortune International Acquires New Orleans Fish House

July 18, 2022

Food & Beverage

Fortune International, LLC acquired New Orleans Fish House, LLC, a leading wholesale seafood supplier to restaurants and hotels across New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. The deal will expand Fortune's Gulf Coast footprint, enable cross-selling of products, and improve logistics and route efficiencies; the sellers Bill Borges, Brett Borges and Cliff Hall will remain with the business.