SalMar

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

SalMar ASA reported record-high fish farming volumes in 2025, with operational improvements and lower costs driving strong financial performance.

10th February 2026

SalMar reports record salmon harvest

10th February 2026

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Frøya, Norway-headquartered producer SalMar ASA has agreed to acquire 49% of the shares in Øylaks MTB AS, following which SalMar will own 100% of the Midsund-based salmon farming company. 

14th January 2026

SalMar buys remaining 49% of salmon farmer Øylaks

14th January 2026

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Moleaer has announced the international launch of Freya, its first fully submersible nanobubble oxygenation system tailored for the aquaculture industry.

20th August 2025

Moleaer revolutionises aquaculture oxygenation

20th August 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Ahead of the 2025 UN Ocean Conference, The FAIRR Initiative has released new analysis following a four-year engagement with seven global salmon producers (Bakkafrost, Grieg Seafood, Lerøy Seafood, Mowi, Multi X, SalMar and Salmones…

22nd May 2025

FAIRR: Feed stocks unable to keep pace with salmon production, raising supply chain risks

22nd May 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The boards of Wilsgård AS, SalMar Farming AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SalMar, and SalMar have approved a plan for a triangular merger, with SalMar Farming as the acquiring company, Wilsgård as…

23rd April 2025

SalMar to merge with Wilsgård

23rd April 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The last quarter of 2024 has marked a turning point for SalMar after a challenging year, with significant improvements in biological conditions and financial results signalling positive prospects for 2025.

19th February 2025

Strong finish to challenging 2024 for SalMar

19th February 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Norway’s salmon industry achieved record breaking profits in 2023, overcoming challenges such as reduced production output and rising costs, with earnings per kilogram of head-on gutted (HOG) salmon increasing 15-20% to close…

4th December 2024

All-time-high earnings for Norways salmon industry

4th December 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The latest Salmon Welfare Scorecard, published by Compassion in World Farming, has found that 62% of the farmed salmon producers that it assessed have improved their reporting and policies on welfare compared…

4th December 2024

Salmon Welfare Scorecard – Small improvement in industry transparency

4th December 2024

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Alleged collusion and unlawful price-fixing between six of the world’s leading salmon producers have been detailed in a new collective action proceeding filed in the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, which is demanding…

25th June 2024

Legal action launched against salmon farmers, millions sought for UK consumers

25th June 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms has teamed up with a seaweed growing venture in a scheme that combines salmon and kelp farming on Loch Spelve, in the Sound of Mull. The aim of…

6th June 2024

Seaweed collaboration first for Scottish Sea Farms

6th June 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

SalMar has launched an ambitious research and development initiative to help safeguard the future of farmed salmon.

8th March 2024

SalMar launches salmon industry initiative

8th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

SalMar has enjoyed a record 2023 with an operational EBIT of €710,000 (€2.81 per kg) and a consolidated harvest volume up 31% to 254,100 tonnes.

16th February 2024

Solid fourth quarter ends a record year for SalMar

16th February 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The European Commission has informed Norwegian salmon producers Cermaq, Grieg Seafood, Bremnes, Lerøy, Mowi and SalMar of its preliminary view that they breached EU antitrust rules by colluding to distort competition in…

25th January 2024

Brussels sends Statement of Objections to six salmon farming companies involved in cartel case

25th January 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

GreenFox Marine AS has had its Norwegian patent application for automatic sex sorting of farmed fish approved, with the expectation that the solution can help improve conditions for fish at hatcheries and…

7th November 2023

Patent given to farmed fish automatic sex sorter

7th November 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian-headquartered salmon farmer SalMar ASA harvested 44,300 tonnes of head-on gutted (HOG) salmon in the second-quarter of this year, up 11,900 tonnes on the corresponding period of 2022, with increased volumes coming…

10th July 2023

Increased Q2 salmon harvest for SalMar

10th July 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Falcon Bidco AS, a company indirectly wholly-owned by infrastructure funds managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has entered into an agreement with NTS AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SalMar ASA and Frøy…

5th June 2023

Goldman Sachs to buy NOK 6.6 billion Frøy

5th June 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Norwegian-headquartered farmed salmon group SalMar ASA has sent notice of layoffs to 851 employees at its processing facilities in Frøya and Senja, with the government’s proposed new salmon tax cited as the main…

14th November 2022

SalMar lays off 851

14th November 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The merger between salmon farming companies SalMar ASA and Norway Royal Salmon ASA (NRS) has been finalised.

8th November 2022

SalMar-NRS merger done

8th November 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

SalMar ASA’s proposed share buyout of NTS ASA and also its merger with Norway Royal Salmon ASA (NRS) have received clearance from the European Commission, with the EU executive finding the deals…

1st November 2022

Salmon merger approval

1st November 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Linda Aase has notified SalMar ASA’s board of directors of her decision to step down as CEO of the Frøya, Norway-headquartered salmon farming company.

28th October 2022

SalMar changes CEO

28th October 2022