The current CEO since 1989 is Regin Jacobsen, also known in the Faroe Islands as Regin á Bakka, he is the son of Hans Jacobsen (Hans á Bakka), while the current CFO Høgni Dahl Jakobsen is the son of Martin Jakobsen.

This record has now been taken by another building that is built and owned by Bakkafrost, the hatchery and smolt farm in Strond, Borðoy.

[8] In March 2015 Gøtuvík (the bay of Gøta) became the first fish farm in the Faroe Islands to carry ASC certification, which is an internationally recognized standard backed by the WWF.

[10] In 2018 Bakkafrost finished the building of the world’s largest hatchery and on-land fish farm.

At the same time Bakkafrost finished the building process of the world´s largest hatchery and fish farm, which is located on Borðoy, Faroe Islands.

[11] This makes Bakkafrost the first Fish farming company in the world to own and operate an aircraft service, and the only fish farming company in the world to own all of the value chain, from roe and feed production to processing, ship operations, and transport service.

[13] In early 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Bakkafrost stopped permanently selling salmon to Russia.

[14] On 22 June 2022, the company announced that it had acquired a Boeing 757 cargo plane to use in shipping salmon from the Faroe Islands to the United States, enabling same-day distribution.