Gathered Foods, a New York-based producer of the Good Catch plant-based seafood brand, closed a Convertible Note round co-led by investors and equity firms New Crop Capital, San Francisco, and Stray Dog Capital, Leawood, Kan.

Aquabanq, Sheridan, Wyo., announced plans to commence construction on a modern aquaculture plant in Millinocket, Maine.

A $75,000 gift from two seafood companies will fund a fourth field season for a University of Maine, Orono, Maine, deepwater lobster settlement monitoring program.

The global aquaculture market is fragmented and competitive, based on a report published by Transparency Market Research, Albany, N.Y.

BlueNalu, San Diego, Calif., moved to a larger research facility that will allow the company to provide a wide array of sustainable seafood products via its cellular aquaculture process.

BioFishency Ltd., Israel, completed a $2.4 million investment round from Aqua-Spark, China, and The Trendlines Group, The Netherlands.

Cooke Inc., a Canada-based division of Cooke Aquaculture Inc., acquired Seajoy Seafood Corp., a Miami, Fla.-based vertically integrated, premium shrimp farm.

InnovaSea Systems, Boston, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Norway-based Nortek Akvakultur.

BlueNalu, San Diego, Calif., announced the closing of a $4.5 million seed round, just two months after launching the company.

Finless Foods, San Francisco, raised a $3.5 million funding round led by Draper Associates, Silicon Valley, Calif.