The finest salmon

We will always supply food of a high nutritional quality

From optimal conditions
The coast of Northern Norway provides what no investment can replicate — cold, oxygen-rich water, natural tidal flow, and low disease pressure. The fish grows at the right pace, in the right conditions, from the start.
From optimal conditions
The coast of Northern Norway provides what no investment can replicate — cold, oxygen-rich water, natural tidal flow, and low disease pressure. The fish grows at the right pace, in the right conditions, from the start.
From optimal conditions
The coast of Northern Norway provides what no investment can replicate — cold, oxygen-rich water, natural tidal flow, and low disease pressure. The fish grows at the right pace, in the right conditions, from the start.
From optimal conditions
The coast of Northern Norway provides what no investment can replicate — cold, oxygen-rich water, natural tidal flow, and low disease pressure. The fish grows at the right pace, in the right conditions, from the start.

«Good people who behave like partners, not just a supplier–customer relationship. It’s really a partnership.»
Purchasing manager, Portugal

How we work

The Nova Sea method

The processing facility at Lovund — Optimal packing

We select salmon from perfect conditions

Our salmon live in cold, oxygen-rich water, with natural tidal flow — the perfect conditions for low-stress and low disease pressure.

We always opt for calm handling

We transport them with gravity flow, avoiding methods that pump or stress the fish. We then hold them in cold water pumped from the depths of the sea.

We cool them further before processing

Further cooling calms them, which results in a better textured meat for the consumer, and a cleaner process for us.

We grade each fish individually

No batch averaging, no hidden variation. Every single fish is identified, measured and graded individually. Only fish that meets the Nova Sea quality standard makes it through.

We pack them right

The fish is brought to optimal temperature before packing, ensuring minimal residue and maximum freshness — from our plant to your location.

We pack them right

The fish is brought to optimal temperature before packing, ensuring minimal residue and maximum freshness — from our plant to your location.

The finest origin

Raised for quality, not volume - farmed along the Helgeland coast under conditions built for welfare and taste.

The finest origin

Raised for quality, not volume - farmed along the Helgeland coast under conditions built for welfare and taste.

The finest origin

Raised for quality, not volume - farmed along the Helgeland coast under conditions built for welfare and taste.

Our first fish farm was established on Lovund in 1972 by Steinar Olaisen.

One pen in the sea off a small island in Nordland, tended by people who had always made their living from the water. Salmon changed Lovund: it kept the young people from leaving, and gave the island a reason to grow instead of empty out. It still does.

Read about our story here

Our facilities

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Looking for site-level documentation?

The certificates above cover the company. The ASC data we publish for each individual sea site — environmental samples, mortality, escapes, medicine use — lives on the location pages.

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Based on Lovund, Nova Sea is one of the largest producers of farmed salmon in Northern Norway. We have fish farms along the entire Helgeland coast - surrounded by cold, fresh water and wild, beautiful nature. Simply put: these are the perfect conditions for producing salmon!