Icelandic seafood giant Samherji will sell some of its shares in pelagic processor Sildarvinnslan as the latter plans to list on the main market of Nasdaq Iceland in the first half of this year.

Samherji CEO Thorsteinn Mar Baldvinsson told Icelandic daily Frettabladid earlier this week the company would sell some shares in Sildarvinnslan as part of the listing in response to calls for more diverse ownership in the fisheries sector, and issue that has raised increasing political attention in the country.