Marine Farms

Marine Farms ASA
Public (OSE: MAFA)
Industry Fish farming
Founded 1976
Founder Bjørn Myrseth
Headquarters Bergen, Norway
Key people
Bjørn Myrseth (CEO)
Trygve Bruvik (chair)
Revenue NOK 735 million (2007)
Number of employees
547 (2008)
Website www.marinefarms.no

Marine Farms ASA is a Norwegian fish farming company. Based in Bergen, it operates salmon farms in the United Kingdom and Spain, through the subsidiaries Lakeland and Culmarex, respectively. It also holds investments in Belize and Vietnam. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.[1]

The company was founded in 1976 as Lax AS by Bjørn Myrseth, for his ownership in Stolt Sea Farm. The Stolt shares were sold in 1987, and the company started making its own investments in fish farming.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Marine Farms. "Marine Farms". Retrieved 2008-11-01.


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