Styret i Torghatten Aqua foreslår å betale utbytte etter salget til Mowi.

Torghatten Aqua har solgt den sjøbaserte oppdrettsvirksomheten til Mowi.

Toft Brygge har kjøpt café og overnattingsstedet Torgarhaugen, ved Torghattens fot.

Torghatten Aqua selger oppdrettsvirksomhet på sjø til Mowi

Campus BLÅ is selling its shares in Havbruksakademiet Nord in Leknes, Lofoten, to Nordly Holding.

Chris Guldberg is the new manager of Campus BLÅ at Toft in Brønnøy.

Frode Blakstad will take over as Executive Chairman when Øyvind Løvdahl, CEO of Torghatten Aqua, leaves his job in the autumn.

Torghatten Aqua increased its revenue, acquired several companies and gained a new major owner in 2024. At the same time, low salmon prices and increased costs resulted in a tough operating year.

The county governor of Nordland has approved the major investment in hatchery fish in Vevelstad. Hatchery fish production is expected to create between 20 and 30 jobs.

The Norwegian Environment Agency will assess whether the social benefit is great enough to grant Helgeland Miljøfisk a licence for land-based fish farming on Toftøya.

The Norwegian Food Safety Authority has given the green light to Helgeland Miljøfisk's plans for a land-based fish farm on Toftøya in Brønnøy.

Helgeland Miljøfisk is in the process of finding new solutions that can be accepted by the Norwegian Food Safety Authority, after its application for a new land-based facility was rejected in Brønnøysund.

The county governor of Nordland has approved the major investment in hatchery fish in Vevelstad. Hatchery fish production is expected to create between 20 and 30 jobs.

Torghatten Aqua has appointed Maja Cecilie Fagerland to a newly created position as HR Manager. Maja has a bachelor's degree in administration and management from Nord University, and is now completing a master's degree in HRM and management at BI Norwegian Business School. She comes from the position of Finance and HR Manager at Brønnøy Kalk, and has previously worked in Brønnøy municipality.

Torghatten Aqua acquires all shares in Nordland Settefisk. The acquisition is part of the Torghatten Aqua Group's commitment to land-based fish farming in Helgeland. Nordland Settefisk has long planned to establish a land-based fish farm at Horvneset outside Sandnessjøen. The company already has a licence to produce 10.76 million smolt and large smolt. Now Torghatten Aqua in Brønnøysund is buying all the shares...

Torghatten Aqua has appointed Stig Tore Laugen (48) as Director of IR and Communications. "We are very pleased to have such a capacity on our team, we have recruited from the top shelf," says CEO Øyvind Løvdahl of Torghatten Aqua. Laugen joins the Brønnøysund-based aquaculture group from the Nordic renewables group Aneo.

Torghatten Aqua AS is looking for a permanent HR manager and IR manager. Ann Helen Vedal's temporary HR manager agreement ends on 31 December 2024, and we want to have a new HR manager in place in early 2025. The IR manager will strengthen communication with investors for upcoming projects and work closely with the Group management.

NHO Nordland praises Campus BLÅ for the good work it is doing. Regional Director Hans Christian Kaurin Hansson recently visited us, and was particularly pleased that Campus BLÅ has now been given the go-ahead to start the VG2 maritime programme next autumn.

This summer, iLaks paid us a visit. It resulted in two happy stories from our subsidiary, the success story Campus BLÅ.

This summer, iLaks paid us a visit. It resulted in two happy stories from our subsidiary, the success story Campus BLÅ.

The annual general meeting of Torghatten Aqua AS, reg. no. 977 552 087 (the "Company") will be held on 18 June 2024 at 09.00. The Annual General Meeting will be held digitally and physically at the Company's premises in Toftveien 80, 8909 Brønnøysund, Norway.

Torghatten Aqua congratulates deputy chairman of the board and main shareholder Paul Birger Torgnes with the honorary award from Feap. At Feap's annual general meeting in Istanbul recently, aquaculture pioneer Paul Birger Torgnes was awarded the Feap Prize of Honour. Feap - the Federation of European Aquaculture Producers - is an association of the national aquaculture organisations in Europe.

In December 2022, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority's Northern Region rejected the application to approve the aquaculture facility at Toft. Helgeland Miljøfisk appealed the rejection in January 2023, after which the case went through several rounds before ending up at the Norwegian Food Safety Authority's Appeals Unit in February last year. The Appeals Unit has now overturned the decision in Region North, and is sending it back to Region North for a "new assessment".

Bjørn Arve Bønå will be the new principal at Campus BLÅ upper secondary school. He will take up the position no later than the start of school in August. -"We are incredibly pleased that Bjørn Arve has agreed to become our new principal," says a
satisfied chairman of the board at Campus BLÅ, Rikke Sivertsen Dahl.

On the last day of April, Bue Salmon harvested 90 tonnes of salmon. The superior share was a full 95 per cent. This was the first harvest, and the average harvest weight was
of over four kilos after a 10-month production cycle.

Torghatten Aqua AS acquires 66 % of the shares in INAQ AS from Akva Fonds AS, and the employees in
The company will take over the remaining 34 %.
The acquisition is important for the further growth and development of both companies in line with the companies
ambitious strategies and plans

Campus Blå has hired Olav Skogmo as a new instructor with operational responsibility in the course department. Skogmo will lead and develop the course content and ensure that the courses are run in the best possible way.

On Monday 18 March, the Torghatten Aqua Group will be listed on the NOTC list of the Oslo Stock Exchange. NOTC is an orderly and efficient marketplace for unlisted shares, and is owned 100% by Oslo Børs ASA."Listing on NOTC was a promise we made to our shareholders when we raised capital via Folkeinvest last year," says Øyvind Løvdahl, CEO of Torghatten Aqua.

After just six months, the Campus BLÅ study programme "Aquaculture Operations Manager" can already be characterised as a success. The first cohort started in the autumn, and the second cohort is well underway, with 17 students. The students take a two-year, part-time programme based on e-learning and four sessions. The students come from Bergen in the south to Alta in the north, and they have a lot of good things to say about the programme: -Good content with lecturers who know their stuff. Very pleasant teachers who are good at teaching.

Helgeland fish farmers Nova Sea and Torghatten Aqua are entering into a close and long-term collaboration to strengthen both companies. In addition, the collaboration will contribute to the continued sustainable growth and development of the aquaculture industry in Helgeland.

After almost 6 years of operation at Campus BLÅ VGS, they can still boast a zero dropout rate. All students have graduated. How have they achieved this? What are the success criteria?

The "Campus BLÅ digital" project is investing heavily and is in the process of establishing a new, comprehensive digital knowledge platform for the maritime industries. With us in this digitisation project, we have a steady and skilled partner, Variant. Together with them, we will help people from all over the world succeed with knowledge-based green and digital transformation in the BLUE sector.

Campus BLÅ's sister company, Havbruksakademiet Nord, has finally obtained its teaching licence for fish farming after a long process with the Directorate of Fisheries. Campus BLÅ owns 46 % of Havbruksakademiet Nord, and has been heavily involved in building up the school in recent years. The licence covers 780 tonnes of biomass and is valid for 10 years.

Torghatten Aqua has appointed Stian Olaisen as Quality Manager in the Group. The position is newly created, and Olaisen will start on 1 July at the latest. The new Quality Manager is looking forward to getting started: "In general, everything that happens at Toft is exciting. I'm looking forward to being the first Quality Manager in the Group.

In December, the Facebook page "Laks er viktig for Norge" (Salmon is important for Norway) ran an advent calendar, in which they presented various people who work in aquaculture. On 19 December, our own Lene appeared in the calendar window. Here is an extract.

The Norwegian Aquaculture Centre has today received an important clarification from the Directorate of Fisheries that the display permit has been extended until 18 December 2030. "This was a really great Christmas present! It's especially good to get this now since we've been waiting for almost two years.

What is the status of Helgeland Miljøfisk's plans? ILaks has spoken to CEO Sten Roald Lorentzen of Aquaculture Innovation. Sten Roald Lorentzen of Aquaculture Innovation, and you can read more about it here

The state administrator in Nordland is now processing the application from Helgeland Miljøfisk for a discharge permit for the land-based fish farm on Toftøya, a year and a half late.

More names are ready for the Campus BLÅ conference, also inspired by the sea.

The Ocean Conference is being organised for the third time, and we're looking forward to it: "This year we're focusing on sustainability, seafood trends, technology and expertise, and we're offering good and exciting speakers.

Campus BLÅ once again took part in the Aqua Nor aquaculture trade fair. We had a stand where we told visitors about the totality of our competence programme. In addition to participating with a stand, our students and teachers visited the exhibition. It has become a tradition for us to bring the entire school to Aqua Nor every other year, and this visit was the third in a row.

John Arne Andersen has been appointed principal at Campus BLÅ vocational school from 20 September. Andersen is from Ylvingen in Nordland and was originally a fisherman before becoming a teacher, with further education in management and economics.
He has previously worked as principal at Nordkapp Maritime Vocational School, Nordkapp Upper Secondary School and Hammerfest Upper Secondary School.

Øyvind Løvdahl has been appointed as the new CEO of Torghatten Aqua AS. The former bank manager and Torghatten director has many years of experience in local value creation.

80 million - thank you to everyone who has chosen to invest in us!

- We have thoroughly reviewed the rejection and believe that our arguments provide a good basis for appealing the decision," says Sten Roald Lorentzen, CEO of Helgeland Miljøfisk.

Torghatten Aqua has so far raised NOK 53.4 million through its crowdfunding campaign with Folkeinvest, beating the previous record of NOK 34 million set in November 2021.

The Board of Directors of Torghatten Aqua has decided that Paul Birger Torgnes will take over as CEO of the company until a new CEO is in place.

Helgeland Miljøfisk has already identified several of the points in the Norwegian Food Safety Authority's rejection as manageable.

The Board of Directors of Torghatten Aqua has decided that Paul Birger Torgnes will take over as CEO of the company until a new CEO is in place.

The Norwegian Aquaculture Centre, which is owned by Torghatten Aqua, has this autumn purchased 800 MAB in new aquaculture licences, at a price of NOK 148 million, to increase the production of salmon, through this year's auction under the auspices of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries.

Information evening at 19:00 on Thursday 24 November. Location: Toftveien 80.