Kelly Cove Salmon acquires defunct Aqua Bounty

Aquaculture pens inside a laboratory

Source: Cooke Aquaculture

Kelly Cove Salmon, the Atlantic Canadian salmon farming division of Cooke Aquaculture, has acquired the former operations of Aqua Bounty Canada on Prince Edward Island 

Aqua Bounty, which was known for pioneering genetically engineered salmon and focusing on land-based biotech farming, ceased operations in December 2024.

The acquisition will encompass key Aqua Bounty facilities on PEI, and help KCS produce large smolts for its existing ocean salmon farming operations.

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