HAVFISK BÃ¥tsfjord AS

Name

HAVFISK BÃ¥tsfjord AS

Legal name

Lerøy Havfisk AS

Website

https://havfisk.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

1944

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Fishing

NAICS

Other Marine Fishing (114119), Shellfish Fishing (114112), Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (311710)

SIC

Fishing, Hunting And Trapping (900), Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092)

akta.pro primary industry

Fishing Vessels (Trawlers, Longliners, Purse Seiners) (IMAJADAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Primary Seafood Processing (Heading/Gutting/Deheading; Icing) (AFANADAA), Shellfish Processing (Shrimp, Crab, Lobster, Mollusks) (AFANADAC)

Keywords

• Trawler fishing operations
• Whitefish catch sales
• Frozen fish production
• Fish processing facilities
• Seafood supply chain

Headquarters

HQ city

Båtsfjord

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Whitefish Catch and Sales: Primary revenue from catching white fish including cod, haddock, saithe, and prawns. All fish are headed and gutted on board the vessels, with capability to provide both fresh and frozen fish year-round. The group operates an integrated value chain with fishing vessels and processing plants.

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Lerøy Havfisk AS operates commercial trawler fishing for whitefish including cod, haddock, saithe, and prawns, with all fish headed and gutted on board to provide fresh and frozen fish year-round. The company owns six onshore processing facilities in Northern Norway and newer vessels additionally produce fishmeal, oil, and fish silage from residual raw materials. Output is sold through B2B commercial channels, primarily to sister company Lerøy Norway Seafoods which operates the processing plants under long-term leases.

Product overview

Lerøy Havfisk AS is Norway's largest trawler company operating 10 trawlers with 29.6 cod trawling licences and 31.9 saithe quotas. The company operates an integrated value chain comprising three shipowning subsidiaries (Nordland Havfiske with 4 vessels, Finnmark Havfiske with 4 vessels, and Hammerfest Industrifiske with 2 vessels) and six onshore processing facilities in Northern Norway (Båtsfjord, Kjøllefjord, Honningsvåg, Hammerfest, Melbu, Stamsund). The primary products are white fish (cod, haddock, saithe) and prawns, processed on board and at onshore plants leased to sister company Norway Seafoods. Newer vessels also produce fishmeal, oil, and fish silage from residual raw materials.

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Products and services

• Trawler Fishing Operations Commercial trawler fishing operations catching white fish including cod, haddock, saithe, and prawns from Northern Norwegian waters. The fleet operates 29.6 cod trawling licences and 31.9 saithe quotas, with all catch headed and gutted on board for year-round fresh and frozen production. Sold B2B to fish processing companies.
• Fresh and Frozen Whitefish Products Headed and gutted fresh and frozen whitefish products (cod, haddock, saithe) and prawns, processed on board the vessels and at the company's onshore processing facilities. Sold to further-processing companies serving food retail and food service.
• Fishmeal, Oil and Fish Silage Fishmeal, fish oil, and fish silage produced on board newer vessels from residual raw materials generated during onboard processing. By-product stream that utilizes processing residuals.
• Onshore Processing Facilities Owned onshore processing facilities in Northern Norway producing fresh fillets, salted fish, crab, and stockfish. Operated under long-term lease by sister company Lerøy Norway Seafoods. The plants provide the integrated value chain connection between catch and final processing for B2B buyers.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Lerøy Seafood Group ASAcoreOthers · 1 January 2016Lerøy Havfisk AS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lerøy Seafood Group ASA. The parent company acquired Havfisk AS in 2016 and the company was renamed to Lerøy Havfisk AS in 2020.
• Lerøy Norway SeafoodscoreOthersSister company that operates the fish processing plants owned by Lerøy Havfisk AS under long-term lease contracts. Lerøy Norway Seafoods processes fish at the production facilities in Båtsfjord, Kjøllefjord, Honningsvåg, Hammerfest, Melbu and Stamsund.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Pelagia AS: Large Norwegian seafood processor and distributor with broad whitefish and pelagic operations. Comparable as a downstream buyer/processor of whitefish catch and an integrated player in the Norwegian seafood value chain.
• SalMar ASA: Large Norwegian salmon farmer and seafood processor with vertical integration. Relevant broad incumbent comparable in capital intensity, Norwegian domicile, and group-level seafood value chain integration.
• Mowi ASA: World's largest Atlantic salmon producer with growing whitefish and value-added exposure. Comparable as a major Norwegian-headquartered seafood group with integrated processing and European distribution.
• Royal Greenland A/S: Vertically integrated Greenlandic/Danish seafood company operating trawlers and processing for cod, prawns, and other groundfish. Comparable large-scale wild-catch and processing operator with European distribution reach.
• Austevoll Seafood ASA: Norwegian seafood conglomerate that is the ultimate parent of Lerøy Seafood Group. Overlapping wild-catch and processing exposure, with Lerøy Havfisk effectively contributing to Austevoll's harvesting segment.

Direct peers

• HB Grandi hf: Icelandic seafood group operating trawlers and groundfish processing for cod and similar whitefish. Directly comparable in fleet-based wild-catch whitefish harvesting with on-shore value-added processing.
• Brim hf: Icelandic vertically integrated fishing company with a large trawler fleet catching cod, saithe, and other groundfish. Closely comparable to Lerøy Havfisk in operating model (trawlers, processing plants, whitefish focus) and target end-markets in Europe.

Regional players

• Norway Pelagic AS: Norwegian pelagic fish harvesting and sales company. Comparable as a Norwegian fleet-based harvesting operator serving European seafood processors, though focused on pelagic species rather than groundfish.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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