The reduction is due to the transfer of planned harvesting of 1,000 metric tons each from operations in Finnmark, Norway, and British Columbia, Canada, into the first quarter of 2011, the company said in its third-quarter report.
“The transfer is a result of optimization of production and adaptation to market conditions,” Norway-based Grieg said.
The result for British Columbia was marginally better than last year’s third-quarter performance, despite the fact the biological situation was relatively good in a quarter normally characterized by biological challenges and high mortality, the company said.
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