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Clearwater Seafood reaches across the Atlantic to buy Macduff Shellfish for $195 million

HALIFAX – Nova Scotia-based Clearwater Seafoods is buying a UK seafood company with a strong presence in the European Union for the equivalent of 195-million dollars.

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Macduff Shellfish Group has 14 scallop harvesting vessels and production plants in Mintlaw and Stornoway in Scotland.

Clearwater chief executive Ian Smith says the two companies have been building a working relationship for more than three years.

The deal is expected to close by October 30th.

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