The salmon farming industry will only be harvesting fish on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday ahead of the Christmas break, however, prices are still slightly rising.

"There are uncertain days with flights and transport now," an exporter told IntraFish. "The sale therefore starts earlier than usual."

Prices are expected to go up a few kroner up to NOK 43 (€4.09/$5.01) to NOK 44 (€4.18/$5.12) per kilogram across different industry sizes, an exporter said.