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Grieg Seafood (OSE: GSF) is an international seafood company with fish farms in Rogaland and Finnmark in Norway, British Columbia and Shetland. The company specializes in fresh Atlantic salmon. It has an annual production of 80,000 tonnes of salmon and trout. The company is based in Bergen, Norway, and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
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| Company type | Allmennaksjeselskap |
|---|---|
| OSE: GSF | |
| Industry | Seafood |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Bergen, Norway |
Area served | Global |
Key people | Morten Vike (CEO) Ivar Kvangardsnes (Deputy CEO) Helge Nielsen (Chairman) |
| Products | Salmon Trout |
| Revenue |  NOK 536 million |
| NOK 170 million | |
Number of employees | 410 (2007) |
| Website | www |
The company was listed on 20 July 2007. The largest owners are Grieg Holdings (40.63%) and Halde Invest (20.54%). The corporation was previously a subsidiary of the Grieg Group, and is still co-located with its largest owner in Downtown Bergen. In 2006, the company performed a merger with Volden Group[1] and has previously also operated in Denmark and Chile.[citation needed]
The company is "licensed to produce 23,400 tonnes of salmon annually to North American and Asian markets." The Global Aquaculture Alliance, a standards-setting organization for seafood, has awarded Grieg Seafood as Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP).[2][3]
Together with Marine Harvest and Cermaq, Grieg controls more than 90% of the salmon farming industry in British Columbia, Canada.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Grieg Seafood AS and Volden Group agree to merger". Fish Farmer. 18 October 2006. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "Company - Grieg Seafood, British Columbia, Canada". Grieg Seafood Canada. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "How the pandemic ushered in a marketing evolution at a B.C. aquaculture firm". Campbell River Mirror. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "A Deep-Dive Into the Controversy of Salmon Farming In BC". Douglas Magazine. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2020.