SalMar Aker Ocean becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of SalMar and changes its name to SalMar Ocean

After thorough evaluations and discussions, SalMar and Aker have concluded that the further development of technological solutions and technical and regulatory frameworks across locations and production areas will be better managed with SalMar Aker Ocean as an integrated part of SalMar.

SalMar Aker Ocean will change its name to SalMar Ocean and continue as a wholly owned subsidiary of SalMar ASA. SalMar’s ambitions and plans for offshore and semi-offshore aquaculture in and outside Norway remain unchanged.

Alongside the changes in ownership, there will be changes in management. Roy Reite and Trine Sæther Romuld, respectively CEO and CFO, have chosen to step down as the company now becomes an integrated part of SalMar. Anders Fjellheim will become the new managing director of SalMar Ocean. He has until now been the operations director of the company. As the leader of SalMar Ocean, he will report to SalMar’s COO for Farming, Roger Bekken.

“I look forward to continuing the work of realizing SalMar’s plans for offshore aquaculture. Through several production cycles in our facilities, we have already demonstrated and documented good results, and we have identified interesting and relevant new projects both in Norway and elsewhere,” says Anders Fjellheim.

“For Trine and me, it is natural to step down when the business is incorporated and led as a wholly owned subsidiary of SalMar. We are both pleased with what we have achieved together with the team and look forward to following the company further from the outside,” says Roy Reite.

“Our ambitions and plans remain unchanged. Realizing offshore aquaculture is one of several challenges that the industry and we at SalMar must solve to continue to grow and produce healthy salmon on the salmon’s terms. Roy, Trine, and the rest of the team at SalMar Aker Ocean deserve great thanks for bringing us to where we are today. Now, we at SalMar will together lift SalMar Ocean further to realize the significant potential that lies in offshore aquaculture,” says Frode Arntsen, CEO of SalMar.