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Aker BioMarine

Logo: Aker Biomarin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Norwegian fishing and biotech company

Aker BioMarine is a norwegian company that develops krill-derived products for consumer health and nutrition. It is the world's largest catcher of krill, with 64% of 620,000 metric tons of krill taken from the Southern Ocean in 2025. Given the resulting impact risk on the Antarctica ecosystem and whales, Aker BioMarine is the subject of critics, its ship Antarctic Sea being struck by Paul Watson's ship Bandero on March 31, 2026.2 It employed 32 people in 2026.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2006Founded1
  • Industryfishing1
  • HeadquartersOslo1
  • Websiteakerbiomarine.com
  • Legal formallmennaksjeselskap1
  • LEI549300V34T6VWDSYWE643
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressOksenøyveien 10, 1366 Lysaker, Norway3
  • Registered withThe Brønnøysund Register Centre, 913 915 0623

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Aker BioMarine is a norwegian company that develops krill-derived products for consumer health and nutrition.2

Corporate structure

Aker BioMarine is part of a group headed by The Resource Group Trg. 43 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • The Resource Group Trg Lysaker, Norway
    • Aker Carbon Capture Fornebu, Norway
      • SLB CAPTURI NORWAY AS Subsidiary · Fornebu, Norway
    • TRG Holding Lysaker, Norway
    • AKER MAINSTREAM RENEWABLES AS Subsidiary · Fornebu, Norway
    • INDUSTRY CAPITAL PARTNERS AS Subsidiary · Lysaker, Norway
    • MAINSTREAM RENEWABLES HOLDING AS Subsidiary · Fornebu, Norway
    • NORMAND DRIFT AS Subsidiary · Skudeneshavn, Norway
    • THE QRILL COMPANY AS Subsidiary · Stamsund, Norway

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Aker BioMarine was established as an independent enterprise in 2006, building on years of deep-sea fishing experience as part of Norway's Aker Group. Its previous business activities were with the exception of the biotechnology company Natural, previously organized under Aker Seafoods Holding, a 100 percent subsidiary of Aker ASA. In 2003, Aker BioMarine began harvesting and processing Antarctic krill. Aker BioMarine claims to solve the problem of harvesting krill in both a commercially viable and environmentally sound way through its proprietary "ECO-HARVESTING" technology. The company re-listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange on July 6, 2020.

From Wikipedia’s article on Aker BioMarine, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

Technology and products

Aker BioMarine produces krill products rich in omega-3 phospholipids. Krill is mainly used for the production of krill meal and krill oil, which in turn is used for animal or aquaculture feed and for human consumption through health products and omega-3 supplements.

The company has registered Superba as the company’s brand name for nutraceuticals and Qrill as the company’s brand name for its krill meal and krill oil products for aquaculture.

According to a 2009 animal study, supplementation with Superba krill oil led to a substantially greater reduction in heart and liver fat in obese rats than omega-3 from fish oil. In a company sponsored feeding trial, krill-fed salmon acquired 11% greater body weight than that of the fish in the control group.

In 2011, krill oil was classified as generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for use as a human food ingredient.

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The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified "ECO-HARVESTING" as sustainable on June 15, 2010, but WWF and the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition are objecting this decision, arguing that krill harvesting puts wildlife and humpback whales at risk.

Fleet

As of 2024, Aker Biomarine operates a fleet consisting of four vessels, Three factory trawlers, and one support vessel, which transports krill from the trawlers, and crew and supplies to the trawlers, similarly to a platform supply vessel and reefer.

From Wikipedia’s article on Aker BioMarine, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company (GLEIF)

Ultimate parent

Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Employees over time

  • 2026321

Timeline

  1. Jan 23, 2023Parent Directly consolidated by AKER CAPITAL AS3
  2. 2006Founded Founded1

Sources

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