Salmon ova producer Benchmark Genetics has signed a five-year agreement to supply AquaCon, the Norwegian company planning to produce around 50,000 tonnes of Atlantic salmon annually in recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facilities in Maryland in the eastern United States.

Global aquaculture supplier AKVA group has signed a non-binding agreement the Norwegian company AquaCon AS for a potential supply of equipment, engineering and design for a planned 15,000 tonne on-land salmon farm on Eastern Shore, Maryland, in the United States. Eastern Shore forms the eastern border of Chesapeake Bay.