Who owns Ducktrap River of Maine?
Ducktrap River of Maine is owned by Mowi (Norway, OSL: MOWI).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Mowi Integrated Annual Report 2025, Mowi ASA. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Mowi ASA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇳🇴 Norway, Bergen
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Lincolnville, Maine
- Founded
- 1978 by Des Fitzgerald
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Fish & seafood
- Parent ticker
- OSL: MOWI
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Ducktrap River of Maine
Ducktrap River of Maine is an American smoked seafood brand that grew from a trout farm Des Fitzgerald built in Lincolnville, Maine, in 1978, before he began smoking his trout and then salmon. It now smokes Atlantic and sockeye salmon over fruit and hardwoods at a 125,000 square foot campus in Belfast, Maine, and came to Mowi through Fjord Seafood, one of the companies that formed Marine Harvest.
Ownership timeline of Ducktrap River of Maine
Where Ducktrap River of Maine sits in Mowi
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Mowi
Mowi controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in food.
Also in food
- MOWI (2018)
Other brands in fish & seafood, and who owns them
The 38 brands in fish & seafood on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Bakkafrost, with 6; Mowi has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Islands | Bakkafrost | 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands |
| Fisher Boy | High Liner Foods | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Isabel | Bolton Group | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| La Monégasque | Unimer | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Ōra King | NZ King Salmon | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Mushroom | QL Resources | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Coln Valley Smokery | PRFoods | 🇪🇪 Estonia |
| Nutaaq | Royal Greenland | 🇬🇱 Greenland |
About the owner: Mowi
Mowi is a publicly listed company headquartered in Bergen, Norway, founded in 1964. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control, and it is listed as OSL: MOWI.
Mowi is a Norwegian seafood company headquartered in Bergen and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, which says it is the world's largest producer of farm-raised salmon by volume and turnover. The business began in 1964, was renamed Marine Harvest after Norsk Hydro took full ownership, and later took back the Mowi name. It had record operational revenue of 5.7 billion euros in 2025, when it took full ownership of Nova Sea.
🇺🇸 Ducktrap River of Maine and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 501 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Ducktrap River of Maine among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Ducktrap River of Maine?
The parent company of Ducktrap River of Maine is Mowi, a publicly listed company headquartered in Norway.
Is Ducktrap River of Maine American or Norwegian?
Ducktrap River of Maine originated in the United States in 1978, but it is owned today by Mowi, which is headquartered in Norway. So Ducktrap River of Maine is an American-origin brand under Norwegian ownership.
Is Ducktrap River of Maine still owned by Mowi?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Ducktrap River of Maine is still owned by Mowi. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Mowi Integrated Annual Report 2025 — Mowi ASA, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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