Hong Kong buys into a rejuvenated Atlantic Sapphire

TWO significant developments have been announced overnight around the Florida land based salmon company Atlantic Sapphire. The company has announced on the Oslo Stock Exchange that its water temperature problems are now back under control. It has also been revealed that the Hong Kong based venture capital fund VLTCM has bought a ten per cent…

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Mass mortality at Atlantic Sapphire’s Danish pilot

SOME 227,000 salmon have died at the Danish site of land based farming pioneer Atlantic Sapphire. The company lost the fish at its commercial pilot facility over the weekend, according to a statement posted on the Oslo Stock Exchange. ‘Preliminary analysis, subject to further verification over the next days, indicates higher nitrogen levels than desired…

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Skretting wins Atlantic Sapphire feed contract

SKRETTING has won the contract to supply the world’s biggest land based salmon farmer, Atlantic Sapphire, with the majority of its feed supply. The contract, beginning this month, covers most of Atlantic Sapphire’s feed requirements at its facilities in Denmark and in the US, Skretting announced today. Johan Andreassen, CEO of Atlantic Sapphire, said: ‘Skretting…

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RAS farmer ‘learnt from mistakes’

LAND based salmon farming pioneer Atlantic Sapphire is now reaching expectations at its Danish farm, said the company, presenting an investor update at the North Atlantic Seafood Forum in Bergen. The company’s farm in Langsand, Hvide Sande, Denmark, operating since 2011, has achieved a biomass of 870 tonnes (real live weight), which will produce an…

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