Norwegian salmon and trout producer Norwell AS saw production volumes decrease 17 percent and profits fall -- but COO Per Vidar Ottesen told IntraFish he remains optimistic.

"It was a good end to the year, especially the last quarter," he said.

The company's revenues reduced to NOK 1.1 billion ($132,000/€116,000) last year from NOK 1.2 billion ($144,000/€126,400) in 2014 and the operating profit went down to NOK 17.3 million ($207,600/€183,300) from NOK 23.4 million ($2.8 million/€2.4 million).

Net profit for last year was NOK 9.2