A Norwegian-Scottish company has developed an onshore tank for salmon farming commercially profitable. And it may Norwegian fjords become redundant, according to the class struggle.
Today there is a cap on salmon production because of problems with sea lice. With onshore or closed offshore aquaculture industry can produce salmon without a risk of sea lice. The new technology also makes it more affordable.
– Land-based salmon farming is not something that comes about five or ten years. It’s here now, and our tank is evidence, says director Arve Gravdal company Niri said. The company has set the world’s largest land-based farming tank for salmon in operation. The idea, which is in Scotland, holds 1,600 cubic meters.
Norway produced 1.3 billion tonnes of farmed salmon in 2015, equivalent to 95 percent of all farmed fish. With land-based aquaculture fish can be produced anywhere, not just in the Norwegian fjords.
– In ten years it will be completely unnatural to fly fish products to China and the United States, according to Bethesda.
Bendik Fyhn Terjesen, Senior scientist at Nofima and director of Ctrl Aqua SFI researcher on closed systems, says Norway is not ready to put 700,000 tons of fish right in closed systems just yet.
– I think it’s going to take five to ten years before the coming large-scale commercial production of salmon in closed containment. We have a big responsibility for fish health and welfare, which means that this takes time.
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