Bakkafrost acquired Faroe Seafood UK Limited, a sales company based in the United Kingdom's seafood processing hub Grimsby.

<p>Administrerende direktør Regin Jacobsen i Bakkafrost. </p> Photo: ( Joar Grindheim)
"We had been negotiating with the previous owners for the past two weeks, and the deal was finalized over the weekend," Regin Jacobsen (pictured), CEO at Bakkafrost, told IntraFish.

"It will take effect from Jan. 1," Jacobsen said.

Faroe Seafood UK is a trading company selling salmon primarily but also other species into the UK market.