Norwegian seafood processor Austevoll Seafood announced yesterday (4 September) that it had acquired smolt producer Eidane Smolt AS through its subsidiary Veststar AS.


Eidane is a modern smolt plant with a license to produce 1.5m of seaworthy smolt. The acquisition will meet Veststar’s requirements for quality smolt for its salmon fleet.


The purchase price is NOK24m (US$3.79m).

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