SalMar ASA is a Norwegian

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company and one of the world's largest producers of

farmed salmon The aquaculture of salmonids is the farming and harvesting of salmonids under controlled conditions for both commercial and recreational purposes. Salmonids (particularly salmon and rainbow trout), along with carp, and tilapia are the three most ...

. The company's main activities include marine-phase farming, broodfish and smolt production, processing and sale of farmed salmon. It holds 100 licenses for production of

Atlantic salmon The Atlantic salmon (''Salmo salar'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the third largest of the Salmonidae, behind Siberian taimen and Pacific Chinook salmon, growing up to a meter in length. Atlantic salmon are ...

in Norway, located in

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denma ...

, Nordmøre and, through its subsidiary Senja Sjøfarm AS,

Troms Troms (; se, Romsa; fkv, Tromssa; fi, Tromssa) is a former county in northern Norway. On 1 January 2020 it was merged with the neighboring Finnmark county to create the new Troms og Finnmark county. This merger is expected to be reversed by t ...

. It also owns 50% of Norskott Havbruk which operates fish farms as Scottish Sea Farms. The company is based in Frøya and is listed on the

Oslo Stock Exchange Oslo Stock Exchange ( no, Oslo Børs) (OSE: OSLO) is a stock exchange within the Nordic countries and offers Norway’s only regulated markets for securities trading today. The stock exchange offers a full product range including equities, der ...

since 2007. The company was founded in 1991, its main shareholder is today the founder's son Gustav Magnar Witzøe. SalMar sells farmed salmon across Asia, the United States, Canada, the Russian Federation and Norway.

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Food and drink companies of Norway Companies based in Trøndelag Food and drink companies established in 1991 Companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange 1991 establishments in Norway {{Norway-company-stub