Environmental & Social Information • Apr 3, 2014
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Marine Harvest salmon even healthier
Marine Harvest has entered into an agreement with FF Skagen to clean all
relevant fish oil used for Marine Harvest salmon farming. Cleaning of fish oils
removes environmental pollutants, and should make intake limitations for salmon
redundant. This sort of cleaning is not currently being carried in production of
salmon feed and will be a differentiator for Marine Harvest.
- This is a major step in the strategy of Marine Harvest becoming a fully
integrated protein producer, able to follow and control all ingredients from our
fish feed to the consumers plate. We want to use our position to ensure top
quality and confidence in the product all the way. From time to time the
discussion of how many salmon meals the consumer should and could eat pops up in
media. We recognize that such debates can confuse the consumer. Our aim with the
cleaning of fish oil is to remove all doubts regarding salmon intake. The result
is that Marine Harvest salmon becomes even healthier, says CEO Alf-Helge
Aarskog.
-We at FF Skagen are proud to be a part of securing even healthier salmon than
before, as we enter in to agreement with Marine Harvest to deliver cleaned fish
oils to their new production of fish feed, says CEO of FF Skagen Johannes
Palsson.
Press contact Marine Harvest
[email protected] or +4748189900
About Marine Harvest Group
Marine Harvest Group is the world's leading seafood company and largest producer
of farmed salmon, with presence in 22 countries and a total of 10 400 employees
worldwide. The company is headquartered in Bergen, Norway, and is listed on the
Oslo Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Please see
www.marineharvest.com for further information.
Forward looking statements
This release may be deemed to include forward-looking statements, such as
statements that relate to Marine Harvest's goals and strategies, salmon prices,
ability to increase or vary harvest volume, production capacity, trends in the
seafood industry, restructuring initiatives, exchange rate and interest rate
fluctuations, expected research and development expenditures, business prospects
and positioning with respect to market, demographic and pricing trends,
strategic initiatives, and the effects of any extraordinary events and various
other matters (including developments with respect to laws, regulations and
governmental policies regulating the industry and changes in accounting
policies, standards and interpretations) on Marine Harvest's business and
results. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words or
phrases, such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "estimate," "may
increase," "may fluctuate," "plan," "goal," "target," "strategy," and similar
expressions or future or conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should,"
"would," and "could." Forward-looking statements are Marine Harvest's current
estimates or expectations of future events or future results. Actual results
could differ materially from those indicated by these statements because the
realization of those results is subject to many risks and uncertainties. Marine
Harvest ASA's registration statement on Form 20-F filed in 2014, including the
section captioned "Risk Factors," contain additional information about factors
that could affect actual results, including: changes to the price of salmon
including the value of our biological assets; hedging risks; risks related to
fish feed; economic and market risks; environmental risks; operational risks;
risks related to escapes, disease and sea lice; product risks; risks related to
our acquisitions; financing risks; regulation risks including relating to food
safety, the aquaculture industry, processing, competition and anti-corruption;
trade restriction risks; litigation risks; tax and accounting risks; strategic
and competitive risks; and reputation risks. All forward-looking statements
included in this release are based on information available at the time of the
release, and Marine Harvest assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking
statement.
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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