Land-based salmon farmer reports more progress at flow-through site
Norwegian fish farmer Andfjord Salmon has achieved the next stage of its flow-through facility at Kvalnes in Andøya, Norway – and says biological performance of the smolts released into its first pool has been good.
The company has announced that pool K1 at the site, the first newbuild pool of the ongoing build-out phase at Kvalnes has been filled with seawater and will undergo extensive testing and preparations prior to the planned release of approximately 750,000 smolt in early November.
Meanwhile, the smolt release into the existing pool K0 has been a success, resulting in a minimal number of mortalities and strong growth after nearly three weeks in the pool, the company said.
On 30 September 2025, Andfjord Salmon released approximately 350,000 smolt, at an average weight of around 180 grams, into pool K0. The company has so far recorded 95 mortalities which is equivalent to a survival rate of 99.97%.
Andfjord said the fish “…displays good external health, with minimal occurrence of visible wounds or injuries. The smolt’s average weight has already grown by approximately 45% since release, indicating biological performance above expectations”.
Martin Rasmussen, CEO of Andfjord Salmon, commented: “The smolt release in K0 and the subsequent period has gone better than we dared to hope for. The fish logistics system worked perfectly during the smolt release and we hardly lost any fish. The smolt has demonstrated a healthy appetite from day one and are growing faster than expected. This is a great start, but there is a lot of hard work to be done over the coming months before we can celebrate.”
Since its previous production cycle that ended in June 2023, Andfjord Salmon has been working on developing new pools, a harbour area, and waterways that can handle large-scale production at Kvalnes. The site infrastructure is designed to support future production of approximately 48,100 tonnes (head on gutted and post-smolt) at Kvalnes.
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