Posts Tagged ‘Land based farming and hatcheries’
Kingfish Company’s Phase 2 is now operational
The Kingfish Company has announced that the second phase of expansion for its land-based farm in the Netherlands has been completed and is now fully operational. In a 2023 final quarter trading update, the yellowtail producer said the standing biomass has more than doubled to 967 tonnes in the company’s RAS (recirculating aquaculture system) facility.…
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Selcoth Fisheries already runs largely on renewable energy but the family running it want to do more. Robert Outram finds out why Selcoth Fisheries is a trout farm in the hills near Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway, in the southwest of Scotland. It’s a small family business, run by Olly and Shara Routledge but earlier…
Read MoreGeo Salmo’s new land farm finally breaks the ice
Icelandic company Geo Salmo has finally broken ground on its state of the art hybrid flow-through farm in the south west of the country. Amid sub-zero temperatures, the company carried out a start of construction ceremony at the site west of Þorlákshöfn which is not too far from the town of Grindavik, currently hit by a…
Read MoreGigante Salmon encounters high mortality in smolt release
Norwegian land-based salmon farmer Gigante Salmon has reported “significant mortality” with its second smolt batch. The company said in its 2023 Q4 report that the first delivery went very well, but there were problems with the second delivery at its Rødøy facility in the north of the country. It said: “We will return with an…
Read MoreTrout farmer receives first eggs – and eyes US expansion
Hima Seafood has just taken delivery of the first eggs for its new trout farm in Telemark, Norway. The company also disclosed that it is looking at moving into the United States over the next few years. Hima’s managing director, Sten Falkum, told the US magazine Forbes that it has acquired a plot of land…
Read MoreSalmon Evolution ends 2023 with record biomass
Land-based fish farmer Salmon Evolution recorded an all-time high biomass of more than 2,200 tonnes as 2023 drew to a close. The Norwegian company’s latest trading update also notes that last year saw record harvest volumes. As at 31 December 2023 the company had a standing biomass of more than 2,200 tonnes (LW) and had…
Read MoreTakeoff for GeoSalmo with financing completed
Land-based salmon company GeoSalmo has successfully raised ISK two billion (around £11.5 million) allowing it to move ahead very soon with its large-scale fish farm project in Iceland. The effort attracted an influential group of investors from across Scandinavia and northern Europe. GeoSalmo plans to build 24,000 tonne HFS farm (hybrid flow-through system) at Ölfus,…
Read MoreProximar’s salmon reach first post-smolt grow-out stage
Proximar Seafood AS has just announced that the first batch of Atlantic salmon has been successfully transferred from the nursery department to the post smolt grow-out facility (PSG). The fish will be harvested at the company’s Oyama facility near Mount Fuji during the third quarter of 2024. Chief Operating Officer (COO) Dharma Rajeswaran said: “It…
Read MoreGigante takes big step towards production
Norwegian land-based fish farmer Gigante Salmon has reached a major milestone for its new plant, with the farm’s nursery pool now filled with sea water. The company is building one of Norway’s most advanced RAS (recirculating aquaculture system) facilities, on the island of Lille Indre Rosøya in Rødøy, and flooding the nursery pool is an…
Read MoreAndfjord Salmon completes first harvest
Norwegian land based fish farmer company Andfjord Salmon has carried out its first slaughter but, like many young salmon businesses, it is still finding that profits remain elusive. The company has achieved a third quarter operating income of NOK 27.7m (around £2m) but has reported a loss of NOK 28.2m or just over £2m) against…
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