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US: Fishermen seek antitrust ruling

By  |  January 28, 2015

A federal court judge has granted a temporary restraining order against Pacific Seafood Group’s plans to purchase a controlling interest in Ocean Gold Seafoods and its affiliates.

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    The action, ordered last Friday by U.S. District Court Senior Judge Owen Panner, adds to the antitrust litigation filed more than four years ago by several West Coast fishermen.

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    The fishermen fear the acquisition would give Pacific Seafood monopoly power in the market for groundfish, whiting and cold-water shrimp.

    The federal judge in Medford, Oregon, granted the temporary restraining order Friday and set a hearing for Feb. 9 on the antitrust lawsuit.

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