Many IntraFish readers will no doubt be familiar with the Hatlebrekke, who is often quoted to comment on events in the salmon industry and on Oslo-listed seafood companies.
Last year, he was awarded the prize for the best fisheries and aquaculture analyst in Norway by global market information group TNS Prospera.
It was the seventh time he scooped the TNS Prospera award in the past nine years.
But now the analyst says it is time to move on.
"I have done this for 11 fantastic years with the same employer.
