SalMar applies for open sea site for 19,000t fish farm Salmon farmer SalMar has applied for permission to site its planned Smart Fish Farm (SFF) in an area of open sea between 30 and 70 miles off the Norwegian coast.
Second escape from Ocean Farm 1 The Norwegian Fisheries Directorate was today due to inspect SalMar’s Ocean Farm 1 salmon farm after the company reported a fish escape yesterday.
Permit conversion anchors the future for Ocean Farm 1 The eight temporary development permits granted to SalMar’s pioneering Ocean Farm 1 have been converted into ordinary commercial food fish permits by Norway’s Fisheries Directorate.
SalMar wants permanent licences for Ocean Farm 1 Norwegian salmon farmer SalMar has applied to convert the temporary development licences for its pioneering Ocean Farm 1 into permanent, regular permits.
Scottish Sea Farms plans an Ocean Farm in Scotland Scottish Sea Farms today announced that it wants to trial Scotland’s first open ocean farm and has the financial backing of owners SalMar and Lerøy for the project.
Change at the top of SalMar Norwegian salmon farmer SalMar, which owns 50% of Scottish Sea Farms, has announced that president and owner Gustav Witzøe will take over as chief executive from today.
Suspected ISA at Ocean Farm 1 Norwegian salmon farmer SalMar has reported the suspected presence of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) at its pioneering Ocean Farm 1 cage.
Ocean Farm 1 escape total worked out at 16,000 Around 16,000 salmon escaped from SalMar’s experimental Ocean Farm 1 cage last September, it has been revealed.
Ocean Farm 1 fish looking good ahead of harvest The first generation of salmon grown in SalMar’s revolutionary Ocean Farm 1 will be ready for harvest within the next couple of weeks, and the crop looks good, chief executive Olav-Andreas Ervik has said.
Salmar tightens procedures after Ocean Farm 1 escape The chief executive of Norwegian salmon farmer Salmar, which owns the pioneering Ocean Farm 1, says the company has thoroughly reviewed and tightened operational routines following a fish escape from the facility in early September.
Fish escape from Ocean Farm 1 as structure tilts A small number of salmon escaped from SalMar’s flagship project, Ocean Farm 1, on Monday after the structure tilted and the top on the internal net dipped below the water line.
SalMar buys into plan for huge high seas salmon farm SalMar, which owns the world’s first offshore salmon farm, Ocean Farm 1, has announced ambitions to be build an even bigger facility capable of holding more than 12,000 tonnes of fish.
Now we get down to work, says Salmar chief Trond Williksen, managing director of Salmar, says he is pleased that the construction and delivery of the world’s first offshore fish farm has been completed and now it is time to “focus on operations”.
World’s first offshore fish farm arrives in Norway Salmar’s giant Ocean Farm 1 fish farm has arrived in Norwegian waters following an 11-week journey from China.
