Changes in the Board of Directors

(Oslo 15 January 2010) Svein Aaser, who has been Chairman of the Board of Marine

Harvest since the inception of the Company in 2006, has informed the Board of

Directors about his wishes to step down from his position with effect from

18(th) January 2010. The Vice-Chairman of the Board, Ole Eirik Lerøy, will act

as Chairman of the Board and Leif Frode Onarheim will act as Vice-Chairman of

the Board up until the next Annual General Meeting.

- Marine Harvest has just concluded a very good year, resulting in a dividend

to the shareholders. The Company has a very strong management and exciting

prospects. I am pleased to have had the opportunity to participate in

developing the company to its present position, Svein Aaser comments.

- My other board positions, among them as Chairman for The National Museum of

Art, Architecture and Design and The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011,

are now taking up so much of my time that I find it incompatible with my

position as Chairman of the Board of Marine Harvest. The Board of Marine

Harvest has a Vice-Chairman, Ole Eirik Lerøy, who has solid experience from the

seafood industry. Lerøy has also invested considerable private funds in the

company and knows Marine Harvest well. Thus I can hand over the leadership of

the Board of Directors to Ole Eirik Lerøy, Aaser says.

On behalf of Marine Harvest's main shareholder Geveran Trading, John Fredriksen

would like to thank Svein Aaser for his considerable efforts since taking up the

position as Chairman of the Board for the three merged companies Fjord Seafood,

PanFish and Marine Harvest in 2006. Under Aaser's leadership the company has

made a quantum leap both financially and organisationally. Today the company is

the market leader in a growth industry with a solid basis for strong long-term

profitability.

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl

(Norwegian Securities Trading Act)

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