Carnegie Brokerage Seafood Analyst Karl Oystein Oyehaug is joining land-based farmed salmon producer Atlantic Sapphire as its new finance director.

He will start his new position at the end of September or beginning of October.

"It will be very exciting," Oyehaug told IntraFish. "I will get the opportunity to help industrialize a relatively new technology.

"I believe land-based salmon farming will be a game-changer in the long run -- and it's extra fun to get the opportunity to work for the pioneering company in the sector," he said.