In the recent IntraFish Industry Report Investing in Seafood, I have analysed the shareholder structure of the 50 largest publicly seafood companies in the world, by identifying the top 5 shareholders with stakes of 5 percent or more.

The conclusion? The top 5 shareholders on average control 53 percent of the share capital in the seafood sector, with founding families still being the most important, controlling 27 percent.

The largest founding family stakes are in CP Foods, worth €2.0 billion (accounting for 45 percent of the company’s market cap), Marine Harvest €0.9