Aquaculture technology group Akva has acquired 51 percent of the shares in automatic lice counting and biomass tech company Submerged.

"The acquisition of the majority stake in Submerged is of great strategic importance to Akva and will further develop and complement our digital offerings to the market," said CEO Knut Nesse.

"By combining Submerged with our current digital products such as AKVA Fishtalk, AKVA Observe and AKVA Connect ... we can now offer a complete digital solution to enhance precision fish farming."