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.
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.
Marine Farms ASA is a Norwegian fish farming company.
A visit to Iceland inspired former Head of Innovation at The Walt Disney Company and founder and former CEO of theAudience, Oliver Luckett, to get into the seafood business with his business partner, entrepreneur and Icelandic politician who helped launch the Best Party, Heiða Kristín Helgadóttir. They started an Iceland-based holding company called EFNI in 2015. In June 2018, Luckett and Helgadottir together launched Niceland Seafood, which is backed by EFNI and Iceland-based investment firm Eyrir Invest.
Niceland Seafood is an Icelandic company operating in the USA which produces fish.[1]
Niceland Seafood is an Icelandic company operating in the USA which produces fish.[1]
It is the largest shellfish producer in North America.
The company was founded in 1976 by John Risley and Colin MacDonald. The pair sold lobster out of a truck, and gradually expanded the business from there, reaching global revenues of C$500 million in 2015.
Clearwater Seafoods is a vertically integrated producer, meaning it is involved in all stages of the process from harvest to distribution. The company fishes and processes products that include sea cucumber, crab, lobster, scallops, and clam, distributed in 59 countries. As of 2019 its global sales were C$612 million. However, its sales were significantly impacted by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the cessation of live lobster sales in China.
In November 2020, it was announced that Clearwater Seafoods was acquired as a joint venture partnership between Premium Brands Holdings Corporation and a group of Mi’kmaq First Nations (under the name FNC Holdings Limited Partnership) for C$1 billion. As part of this deal, the Mi'kmaq acquired all of the company's fishing licenses. Membertou First Nation Chief Terry Paul referred to the deal as a "generational acquisition" which "will have lasting positive impacts on the economics of our Mi'kmaq communities". Reports on this sale have commented that it may exacerbate the 2020 Mi'kmaq lobster dispute.
Clearwater Seafoods is a seafood company based in Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada.