Shares in land-based salmon producer Atlantic Sapphire held steady following the departure on Wednesday of Ole Spicker, managing director of the company's Danish operations.

Atlantic Sapphire opened Thursday trading at NOK 141.5 (€14.10/$16.83) per share, almost the same level as Wednesday's close, keeping the company's market capitalization at NOK 11.3 billion (€1.1 billion/$1.3 billion).

Spicker initially took over from Ole Christian Norvik, who resigned from the managing director position in January 2020.