Folk

In the story of Eide Fjordbruk, it is our staff and the local community who are the heroes.

Philosophy

Our philosophy is simple: Happy fish are tasty fish. And the people working here are the guarantors that the fish are happy, which in turn ensures a good local community with safe jobs.

The people

The people working at Eide are our backbone. Their concern is for the fish, each other and the value of safe jobs. The Eide family run the company with a generational perspective. This means that everything we do shall help create a healthy, long-term, sustainable business.

Our history

The Eide family have a tradition in food production dating back to the 1600s. For nearly 50 years, we have been involved in developing the Norwegian fish farming industry. Our perspective has always been long term, and so it shall continue.
1972
Motivert av Magne Bolstad sitt gjennombrot fatta også Knut Johan Eide interesse for oppdrett av regnbogeaure og starta med aureoppdrett i Skogseidvatnet.
1968
Magne Bolstad startar med oppdrett i Skogseidvatnet. Han bygde òg klekkeri heime i kjellaren, den fyrste rogna kom frå Olav Egeland i Sandnes.
1951
Jordskifte på Eide. Husmannsplassen Luren eigde parsellen «Holmen» som låg ved Skogseidvatnet. Parsellen var på 3-4 mål og jordbruksverdien vart vurdert til null. Likevel ynskte Knut Johan Eide å behalda parsellen og ikkje byta han i anna jord. Smoltanlegget og hovudkontoret ligg framleis på denne parsellen.
1917
Knut Johan Johanson Eide gifta han seg med Karoline Johannesdotter Veum og overtok husmannsplassen «Luren», urydda og ubygd.

Facilities

All of Eide’s business operations, from the smolt facility at Støa to the nettings in the fjords, are designed to live in harmony with nature and to secure long-term sustainability.
We are at nine locations in the Hardanger and Nordhordland regions of Western Norway. What all of these have in common are the unique fjords and Western Norwegian nature. The combination of warm water from the Atlantic Ocean, meltwater from the mountains and fresh Norwegian air make the Western Norwegian fjords the best place to live for both fish and people—in our opinion, at least.