AKVA group has secured a contract with fellow Norwegian company AquaCon AS for the construction of the first phase of a land-based salmon farm in Maryland in the eastern United States.

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.