Posts Tagged ‘RAS (recirculating aquaculture system)’
Tank burst at Havlandet RAS site
A 500 cubic metre tank has burst at an experimental new pilot land-based salmon farm in Norway just a few days before the facility was due to take its first fish. According to the newspaper Bergens Tindene, initial estimates of the cost of the damage to the tank – also known as a bioreactor –…
Read MoreBioMar signs up for Swedish RAS salmon project
A major land-based salmon farming project in Sweden has signed up international feed group BioMar as its supplier. BioMar and Quality Salmon Sotenäs AB have agreed a deal for BioMar to provide feed for Quality Salmon’s new site once it starts production in 2022. The farm, based in Sotenäs, in western Sweden, aims to produce…
Read MoreBenchmark appointment to lead RAS sales
Benchmark Genetics has appointed Harry Tziouvas as RAS sales manager, signalling a commitment to growing in the field of land-based RAS (recirculating aquaculture systems). He was previously technical sales manager for Benchmark Animal Health, where since March 2018 he was responsible for managing key accounts and customer’s portfolios in the Mediterranean region. Tziouvas holds a…
Read MoreNutreco teams up with Nordic Aqua Partners to build RAS facility in China
Dutch feed manufacturer Nutreco has completed its further investment in Nordic Aqua Partners (NAP), which is building a Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) facility for salmon farming in China. Earlier in November, Nordic Aqua Partners announced successfully completing a private placement of new shares with gross proceeds of approximately €55.1 million. The farm, which will be…
Read MoreMass mortality at Atlantic Sapphire’s Danish pilot
SOME 227,000 salmon have died at the Danish site of land based farming pioneer Atlantic Sapphire. The company lost the fish at its commercial pilot facility over the weekend, according to a statement posted on the Oslo Stock Exchange. ‘Preliminary analysis, subject to further verification over the next days, indicates higher nitrogen levels than desired…
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