date:May 23, 2014
Norwegian farmed salmon producer SalMar announced its strongest ever operational EBIT in the first quarter of 2014 as a result of record high salmon prices.
The operational EBIT reached NOK 485 million (USD 81.6 million, EUR 59.7 million), up NOK 137 million (USD 23.1 million, EUR 16.9 million) from the previous quarter and NOK 250 million (USD 42.1 million, EUR 30.8 million) more than the same period last year.
The average price of salmon was 32 percent higher in the first quarter of 2014 tha