Salmon farmers suspected of acting as a cartel to keep prices high may face serious punishments if the allegations are proved, according to Norwegian legal experts in the field.

Normal production at most of a salmon smolt plant owned by Lerøy Seafood Group (LSG) is set to resume after a fatal fire at the weekend.

A worker is believed to have died in a fire at a salmon hatchery Lerøy Seafood Group (LSG) has in Finnmark, northern Norway.

Lerøy Seafood Group (LSG), the world’s second-biggest salmon and trout farmer, has reported a reduced operating profit for the third quarter of 2018 compared to the same period the year before.

Lerøy Seafood Group (LSG), which jointly owns Scottish Sea Farms with SalMar, harvested nearly 9,000 fewer tonnes of fish in Norway in the third quarter of this year than in Q3 2017, figures released to the Oslo stock exchange today show.

The Norwegian co-owners of Scottish Sea Farms – Lerøy and SalMar – both published their annual reports today.