Accordingly, the company will also reduce the number of employees.
In relation to the restructuring, Marine Harvest Group (MHG) will make a provision of approx. $11 million in the second quarter. Corresponding cash effect is approx. $4 million.
These measures are taken to contain losses for Marine Harvest Chile until the main markets for the Chilean salmon have recovered.
Meanwhile MHG's market organization will put a large amount of effort into developing current and new markets for the Chilean salmon through, among other things, introducing more value added concepts and new products.
Marine Harvest Chile's operating philosophy of only producing salmon from the best licenses stands and has positioned the company as one of the cost leaders in the region.
Marine Harvest Chile is notwithstanding continuously evaluating further measures to improve its cost base, and will in this regards capitalize on MHG's global farming strategy through sharing of best practices and good farming husbandry.
MHG has previously advocated that consolidation in Chile is a prerequisite for establishing a profitable and sustainable industry in the region. MHG believes that the current market disruptions and biological situation make this more important than ever.
