Posts Tagged ‘Nordlaks’
Nordlaks set to resume shelved investment projects
Nordlaks, Norway’s largest privately owned salmon farmer, is resuming a major investment programme it cancelled following the announcement of the salmon tax 18 months ago. Plans for a new slaughterhouse, filleting department and offices at Børøya in Stokmarknes were among several aquaculture projects put on hold in the autumn of 2022 by the industry. Tomas…
Read MoreNordlaks hails lasers in battle against lice
North Norwegian salmon farmer Nordlaks says it is so pleased with laser technology in tackling lice that it has decided to invest in up to 50 machines. Nordlaks says it has tested the use of lice lasers from Stingray Marine Solutions at two locations, Havfarmen outside Hadseløya and Litjevika in Dyrøy municipality. The lasers (pictured)…
Read MoreFrench supermarkets cast critical eye over Norwegian fish farms
FRANCE has long been Norway’s largest European customer when it comes to buying farmed salmon. But the French supermarkets like to see what they are getting and how the fish are being looked after. So two of France’s largest supermarket chains, Carrefour and Auchan have just sent their own inspectors to the snow covered north.…
Read MoreNordlaks celebrates year of significant investment
Nordlaks, the company behind the giant Havfarm1 salmon farming platform, invested more than 850 million kroner (£72 million) in 2019 – a year which it says an algae bloom outbreak affected production. Nordlaks reported operating revenues of NOK 3.06 billion (£260 million), up from NOK 2.95 billion (£251 million) the previous year. After tax and…
Read MoreFish farms urged to go electric
Seafood Norway, the trade organisation which represents companies and employers, has said it is vital that the country’s aquaculture industry should become fully electric within ten years. It made the comments following a serious diesel spill last month when 5,000 litres of oil escaped from a tank at a Nordlaks site in the Troms region…
Read MoreGiant platform receives first salmon
Just six week after completing its epic 15,000 mile voyage from China to Norway, the first salmon has been released into HavFarm1, the giant Nordlaks fish farming platform. Nordlaks said preparations for receiving the fish had gone according to plan. Spokesman Captain André Grøtta said: \’Until now, it has been a hectic period with a…
Read MoreNordlaks suffers 5,000 litre diesel spill
Police and scientists are investigating a large diesel spillage from a fish farm owned by the high profile company Nordlaks. Around 5,000 litres of oil are believed to have come from a site on the island of Grytøya, about 100 kilometres south of Tromso. It has affected a one kilometre long stretch of shoreline. The…
Read MoreA Giant Arrives
The July edition of Fish Farmer has just gone to press and the cover story is the arrival of Nordlaks giant offshore structure in Norway. We also take an in-depth look at how the salmon crisis blew up in China, as well as reporting on the possible impacts of sea warming for the fish farming…
Read MoreOffshore giant arrives on schedule
HAVFARM 1, the giant offshore salmon farming platform, has finally arrived at its new home in Norway after a voyage of almost 15,000 nautical miles. Strapped to the equally large cargo carrier BOKA Vanguard the 33,000 tonne vessel sailed into her new base near the port of Hadsel in northern Norway at 7 am on…
Read MoreNordlaks hail offshore \’revolution\’
A marine giant is today slowly making a long sea journey to Norway is what it is being hailed as one of the biggest development in offshore fish farming for some time. Built in China for the salmon company Nordlaks , the 33,000 tonne, almost 400 metre long vessel is scheduled to arrive at its…
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