The Icelandic whitefish giant Brim is prefers having seafood company Fisk Seafood as a shareholder -- with an 8.5 percent stake in the company -- over a pension fund, especially since Fisk shares Brim's export strategy, Brim Chairman of the board Kristjan Davidsson told IntraFish.

Publicly listed Icelandic pension fund Gildi sold its shares in the Icelandic seafood giant Brim (formerly called HB Grandi) to Fisk for around ISK 5 billion (€36 million/$40 million) on Aug. 19.

"Fisk is an important seafood company in Iceland and are processing for the export market as we are doing," Davidsson said.