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Onward Fishing Company has bought the trawler Fridborg. The ship is specially strengthened for sailing in ice and equipped for shrimp fishing.  

A week long process, of transporting the largest quantity of living smolts that has ever been transported from Iceland to Norway, came to an end recently for Islandsbleikja, Samherji´s subsidiary in fish farming. A ship, largest of it´s kind came ashore in Kirkenes in North Norway with 600.000 living Salmon smolts worth 6 million NOK.

The sales- and marketing team from Samherji introduced Samherji´s products at The International hotel, catering and food exhibition Sirha which was held in Lyon in France recently. The exhibition guests were able to taste various fresh seafood products, dished up in a delightful way at the Samherji stand.   

–in spite of the financial turmoil

A very successful visit to The Culinary Institute of America.

-          Both trawlers parked after years of successful fishing.

On Thuesday the staff of Samherji’s prawn processing plant in Akureyri were told at a meeting that the company has decided to discontinue its prawn processing operations and close down the Akureyri factory. 

Samherji´s subsidiary Kaldbakur has bought 2.444.446 shares in Rem Offshore ASA in Norway at the rate 53,50 and will in due course own 6,24 % of the total shares. Five shareholders of total 50,51% shares have, at the same time, entered into an agreement to act as one in General- and Shareholders meetings and on first option of shares. This was announced to the Norwegian Stock Exchange this morning.

A new sales company has been set up for Samherji. The company is called Ice Fresh Seafood and is fully owned by Samherji.

Samherji took an active part in the European Seafood Exhibition 2007 in Brussels with a large and stylish stand.