Illustrative view of Tytlandsvik Aqua's completed facility with 6 halls.
Photo: Grieg Seafood.
Grieg Seafood announced today that Tytlandsvik Aqua, the post-smolt RAS facility it owns in partnership with Bremnes Seashore and Vest Havbruk, is initiating a planned expansion with the development of Halls 5 and 6, starting building work in March 2026.
According to the company's statement, the development plan for the post-smolt facility located in Hjelmeland municipality, in Ryfylke, Rogaland, Norway, included six post-smolt buildings with a production capacity of 1,500 tons per year from the outset.
The infrastructure for these six buildings has been prepared, and now the last two, 5 and 6, will be expanded with the objective of having the first smolt installations in Hall 5 by August 2027 and in Hall 6 by September 2028.
"Tytlandsvik has long worked with a goal of completing the facility with 6 halls, the increase in capacity is important for the further work with post-smolt in the region. We are looking forward to continuing the good collaboration with Grieg Seafood and Bremnes Seashore," said Nils Viga, General Manager of Tytlandsvik Aqua, commenting on the announcement.
In Grieg's case, the company is continuing with its new strategy following the sale of its subsidiaries in Canada and Finnmark to Cermaq last July. As the newly confirmed Grieg Seafood CEO, Nina Willumsen Grieg, said at the company's Q2 2025 results presentation, focus has shifted from global to regional, and from growth to profitability.
"While industry trends point towards consolidation, we still believe there are advantages in being small and focused. We will centre our efforts on being close to our fish and excelling at core operations. Investment opportunities will be considered if they support regional synergies rather than volume expansion itself," she then said.
Although, as mentioned above, Tytlandsvik Aqua's expansion plan was planned from the outset, it also fits in Grieg's new strategy of prioritizing local initiatives and streamlining its operations in order to achieve its main goal of positioning the company as a highly profitable and stable salmon farmer, prepared for the future.
"We see that the work done with post-smolt over many years is yielding good results. Our experience shows that when large post-smolt is released into the sea, mortality is halved," Nina Willumsen Grieg said now.
"We also see that it significantly improves lice control. In recent years, around 60% of the company's fish have not needed lice treatment at all, due to the use of large post-smolt together with other preventive measures. We welcome the planned expansion of Tytlandsvik Aqua," the CEO of Grieg Seafood concluded.
Located, as said, in Hjelmeland municipality, in Ryfylke, Tytlandsvik Aqua post-smolt RAS facility is under construction and has the capacity to produce 6,000 tons of "large smolt" for delivery to fish farmers, mainly in Rogaland.
Now, thanks to the expansion of the facilities, which will begin in March 2026, once the last two modules have been completed and delivered, the facility will have a total production capacity of 9,000 tons of 1,000-gram post-smolt.
Coinciding with Grieg Seafood's release, also today, AKVA Group has announced that it has been awarded the RAS contract for the delivery of the two post-smolt modules to Tytlandsvik Aqua's land-based facility in Rogaland, worth an estimated NOK 220 million.
In its stock exchange announcement, the aquaculture technology group explained that it has already delivered all previous post-smolt modules to the Grieg Seafood, Bremnes and Vest Havbruk-owned facility, and that this latest award further strengthens the long-standing collaboration.
Regarding the new modules, the RAS specialist has said that each one will provide a production capacity of 1,500 tons. AKVA—which also recently announced a major contract for a post-smolt module with Icelandic Laxey—plans to begin design and engineering work in the fourth quarter of 2025.