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The group will propose practical measures for improving quality at landing and reception, with final recommendations due by March next year.

The government says the new body will push for policies and practical measures to make seafood a bigger part of diets worldwide.

These projects are in addition to the two vessels the aquaculture service company already has under construction at Salthammer Båtbyggeri.

"We want to learn from Norway's experience, which has made its fisheries sector the second-largest contributor to its GDP and a global leader in aquaculture," Aquaculture Consortium CEO, Felix Osok.

The Norwegian Food Safety Authority has put forward proposals to enable fish feed with GM ingredients approved in the EU to also be "freely traded" within Norway.

Ellingsen, who is also CEO of Ellingsen Seafood, will continue in her role as chair of the board of the Norwegian seafood federation Sjømat Norge.