Mariculture, the wholly-owned company of SalMar Aker Ocean AS, has obtained the green light from the Fisheries Directorate for an intelligent fish farm in the Norwegian Sea. With this, they are continuing the steps of the Smart Fish Farm project, which would be the world's first facility designed for offshore aquaculture.
SalMar Aker shared information about their design of Smart Fish Farm to be an advanced production unit. Specifically, the company stated that its design would allow for capture twice the Ocean Farm.
In concrete terms, the company estimated that the platform would have the capacity to produce three million salmon distributed across its eight production halls, within 70 meters in height and 160 meters in diameter.
Nevertheless, there were still project details to fine-tune. Specifically, the following phases the company must complete would involve securing land rental rights and establishing the regulatory framework for offshore aquaculture. However, as Roy Reite, the CEO pointed out, "This is an important step forward in harnessing the potential of marine aquaculture."
SalMar and Aker, two leaders in aquaculture and industry, have co-founded SalMar Aker Ocean, the owned of Mariculture. This new company is focus on open-sea salmon farming, with plans to produce 150,000 tons of salmon annually by 2030. Furthermore, they have completed two successful production cycles with Ocean Farm 1, with expansion plans in motion.
SalMar is one of the world's largest and most efficient producers of salmon. Moreover, the group has farming operations in Central Norway, Northern Norway, and Iceland, as well harvesting and secondary processing operations in Scotland.