Work starting this month on Maine RAS farm site

Great Northern Salmon (GNS), the company looking to build the first recirculating aquaculture system in the US state of Maine, says it is about to start work on preparing the ground at its construction site.

GNS is building a RAS facility with capacity for 10,000 tonnes of salmon annually, in Millinocket, Maine. Pre-construction work is expected to start this month, in collaboration with the site owner, Our Katahdin.

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Bakkafrost smolt hatchery set for expansion

Bakkafrost has signed an agreement with Norwegian recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) technology company Nofitech to expand the Glyvradal smolt hatchery on the Faroe Islands. The project will expand the hatchery’s capacity by 13,000 cubic metres. Bakkafrost says the move is part of its long term investment plan and will mean that the annual production of…

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