Marine Harvest will build up as a feed producer, regardless of whether the purchase of Cermaq and Ewos goes through, said Alf-Helge Aarskog, CEO at Marine Harvest, at the company's annual general meeting (AGM) on Thursday, reported Dagens Næringsliv (DN).

He said 50 percent of Marine Harvest's earnings will come from farming, 25 percent from processing and 25 percent from feed.

When asked by Anders Gjendemsjo, an analyst at Norne Securities, if that will also be the case if Marine Harvest fails in its takeover attempt for Cermaq, Aarskog replied with "yes."

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