Norfra A/S Competitors

Marine Harvest is the world's leading seafood company. We offer our customers and consumers a wide range of seafood products and produce one fourth of the world's farmed salmon. Marine Harvest has salmon farming and processing activities in Norway, Chile, Scotland, Canada, Ireland and the Faroes. Value adding processing activities take place in the US, Canada, Chile, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Czech republic, Poland, Turkey, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. In addition Marine Harvest has several sales offices worldwide. The company is present in 24 countries and has 13 233 employees worldwide. It is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and traded over the counter in the US (MHGVY).

The Norwegian Seafood Council works with the Norwegian fisheries and aquaculture industries to develop markets for Norwegian seafood through local market intelligence, market development and reputational risk management. The Seafood Council is headquartered in Tromsø and maintains local offices in thirteen of Norway's most important international markets. The Norwegian seafood industry finances the activities of the Norwegian Seafood Council via a tariff on all Norwegian seafood exports. The Norwegian Seafood Council is a public company owned by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Fisheries.

Aqua Gen is a selective breeding company which develops, produces and delivers genetic material to the global sea-farming industry. Through a market-oriented research and development Aqua Gen has achieved a leading position as a provider of fertilized eggs of Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout. Aqua Gen owns and preserves the world’s most refined genetic material from Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout. Since the 1970’s when collection of these fish species began, a continual research and development program has been carried on in cooperation with commercial operators and research institutions. By focusing on genetic traits related to health, animal welfare, growth and quality, Aqua Gen contributes an important component of a sustainable and profitable aquaculture industry. Aqua Gen carries out R and D projects both independently and in cooperation with a large number of national and international research institutions. The goal of R and D work is to generate and implement new research findings and technology in existing breeding and health work. Aqua Gen’s family-based selective breeding covers a unique and desirable material for research on Norwegian farmed salmon, and is thereby a national resource which benefits the aquaculture industry in many areas. Aqua Gen’s vision: The independent and leading provider of innovative genetic and biological products to the global aquaculture industry.