Last winter the Norwegian government presented the seafood report The world’s foremost seafood nation.

"The mainstays that will aid us in succeeding are knowledge, profitability and sustainability, and investment in knowledge runs like a common thread throughout the report,” said Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, minister for fisheries and coastal affairs, back then.

The government said it would invest in knowledge -- but it’s now summer and the same government is about to sell knowledge. At this point in time the two private equity funds Altor and Bain Capital are examining the values in the feed company EWOS after having gained exclusive negotiation rights based on an indicative bid of NOK 6.2