June 12, 2017
Norway's Marine Harvest gets licenses for 4 'Egg concept' salmon farms
Norwegian seafood giant Marine Harvest has been granted by the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries development licenses to operate four salmon farms using the Egg concept of production.
The Egg method allows Marine Harvest to farm salmon at depths where sea lice cannot survive. The production facility is a 44-meter-high supertanker-like structure that is shaped like an egg.
Marine Harvest, the world's largest producer of Atlantic salmon, said it applied for 14 Egg facilities on Feb. 10 last year but that 10 had been rejected.
It said it will appeal the decision rejecting the "remaining 10 development licenses for the Egg concept".
Nevertheless, Marine Harvest expressed pleasure that "the authority (Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries) shares the view that 'the Egg' represents a potential new production solution within salmon farming which may contribute to further develop the salmon farming industry".
The Egg salmon farming concept HAUGE AQUA PHOTO
