October 22, 2024

Salmon Evolution signs contract for deployment of fish-handling equipment at salmon farm in Norway

Land-based salmon farmer Salmon Evolution has signed a contract with Cflow to deliver fish-handling technology to Phase 2 of its build-out process for its land-based salmon farm outside Ålesund, Norway.

According to a release from Cflow, the company will provide fish-handling equipment including piping, valves, and pumps at the company's facility at Langevåg outside Ålesund.

Salmon Evolution chief execution officer Trond Håkon Schaug-Pettersen said in Q2 2024 it completed its financing package to start work on Phase 2. Salmon Evolution said design and engineering work on the phase has already commenced, and equipment deliveries will take place in early 2025 and continue into 2026.

"Salmon Evolution's second phase build-out represents the next exciting chapter in Cflow's land-based future," Cflow chief marketing officer Gunnar Hoff said.

Cflow did not disclose the total value of the contract but said it "is strategically important for the company."

The second phase of Salmon Evolution's land-based, flow-through salmon aquaculture facility will increase its production capacity by 10,100 metric tons (MT) of head-on, gutted salmon – bringing the company's total production volume to 18,000 MT.

"We have worked hard to prepare fish welfare for land-based aquaculture," hoff said. "Salmon Evolution can already demonstrate highly impressive biological results, but our joint ambition is to further improve both animal welfare and their commercial results.

"We have turned every stone and employed our best biologists and engineers to develop a very gentle fish handling system."

- SeafoodSource