Financial statement information is important for evaluating a firm's performance, and for forecasting its future cash flows. This paper studies the relationship between financial accounting information and market valuation for publically listed salmon farming companies. Of special interest is...

This paper examines the hedging properties of Atlantic salmon futures. Hedging is important since it allows for mitigation of the risk of adverse price changes in the spot market. We examine the hedging efficiency of three types of hedging strategies; unhedged, fully hedged and hedging using...

The recent five years have seen a nearly tenfold increase the salmon stock price index at the Oslo Stock Exchange. This paper tries to shed some light on the reasons why this substantial stock price appreciation has occurred. The primary aim is to ascertain if the market valuation of salmon...

Substantial increases in profitability, in both fisheries and aquaculture, in the recent years have prompted increased attention to rent creation and rent capture in the seafood sector. In fact, Iceland, The Faroe Island and Norway have all recently implemented taxation of economic rent from...

Global aquaculture represents an opportunity for sustainable growth in supply of healthy food and private and public income, but also has environmental footprints and thus requires a balanced policy approach by governments. Salmon aquaculture has until recently experienced rapid growth, and...

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