Marine Harvest would rather have kept the assets in Scotland , but once it had to sell, it was is happy the operations went to Canadian group Cooke Aquaculture in a deal worth £122.5 million ($203 million/€147.2 million).

"We see this as a good deal and are satisfied with the price, which in our view is fair. We would prefer to keep the operations there, so it is with sadness that we sell," Ivan Vindheim, CFO at the company told IntraFish.

"That