Marine Harvest's announcement to buy Acuinova Chile for $120 million (€92.6 million) could mean Cermaq and Ewos will be repaid some of the debt the bankrupt Chilean salmon farmer has with the companies.
In total, Ewos had NOK 400 million (€48.3 million/$62.5 million) in outstanding feed credits this spring with Acuinova and Nova Austral, both owned by Chilean fishing firm Pesca Chile, which in turn is owned by Spanish multinational Pescanova.
As part of its sale agreement to private equity groups Altor and Bain, Cermaq could recover NOK 180 million (€21.7
